Daisey

May 1987-September 19, 1998

I miss my friend terribly. Some days are easier than others but every day I remember all we shared. I had her since she was 5 months old and she was everything to me. She was my first baby, even though two children came years later. She was diagnosed with congestive heart failure on Dec. 17, 1997. The vet and I decided to start her on pain relieving medication until it didn't work anymore.

I kept her comfortable and happy until Sept. 18, 1998. That night she couldn't lay down at all because of the fluid backing up into her lungs. She rested that whole night up against the side of my daughters bed. That morning I called our vet and I told him she was tired and it was time. It was almost as if Daisey told me she had enough and was ready. I took her to the vet at 12:30pm on Sept. 19 and held her in my arms as I helped her pass peacefully at 1:01pm. I kissed her head, told her what a good dog she was, told her how much she was loved, and thanked her for being such a good friend.

It was such a peaceful moment, the vet let me spend as much time as I needed after she passed. I know my dog felt better because I helped her go on to a better place. I told her goodbye one last time before leaving and that I'd see her again. I picked up her ashes 3 weeks later, she was idividually cremated, and I have her ashes bedside in the handmade oak urn my husband made. In with her are her harness and leash, a St.Francis medal, her brush, a milkdone dog biscuit, and a piece of blanket from her bed. I made a memory book with all her pictures and all the doggy poems I've acquired over the years.

Pictures adorn my walls as also I still haven't picked her bed up yet. I feel her around here sometimes, and I swear I can hear her trotting down the hallway upstairs. She left behind a doggy friend, Princess, who we got when Daisey was 2. She wanders around looking for her sometimes. Princess didn't eat for two days after Daisey passed. My oldest Daughter still makes a bed for Daisey at the bottom of her bed.

We all miss her, but I the most. She was mine first before I shared her with all the people whom I love in my life. Daisey was special, there will never be another dog like her ! The Very Best Dog In The Whole World!!!