[Dailydrool] Our Rosie has Gone to the Bridge

[Sexton, Kathy]

We helped Rosie to the Bridge last Friday afternoon. She was 12.

 

She had a 2.5 pound tumor removed from her liver at the end of February.
The Doctors thought they got the whole malignant mass, but after
diagnosis this past week, we discovered the disease had returned and
Rosie was slowly dying of liver cancer. She had stopped eating and was
losing her zest for life. We decided to send her to the Bridge before
she started to suffer more. 

 

Rosie was our 'middle child', our 'Drama Queen' - who always had
something to say. Her older sister Roo is 14 and blind due to glaucoma.
Her little sister is Emily and she will be 4 in August. Roo ruled the
roost - unless Rosie decided she wanted to do things her way - and she
surely let everyone know. 

 

She was part of my Basset Brigade. It was always funny to watch people's
expressions as we walked all three of them together on Sunday evenings.
It was nice to see people smile at our Basset Clowns.

 

Rosie loved to sit on the middle step of the back deck stairs and watch
out over her kingdom for any furry critters that may invade her
territory. She was never one to hunt them down, but did enjoy keeping
watch.

 

One would think that having two dogs still here, the absence of one dog
would not be noticeable, but the lack of her presence is overwhelming. I
keep expecting her to come around the corner and I still feel extreme
guilt of having to make the decision to end her life - I still can't
shake the intense sadness of having to make that final call and take her
for the last trip to the Vet.

 

But it's strange. Many years ago when we first moved into this house, I
had planted Rose bushes along the front of our walk. Over the years,
they all withered and were never replaced.  This week, one lone rose
bush had broken through the junipers and is flowering prolifically with
tons of red blossoms. 

 

I wonder if that Rose bush is Rosie's message that she will always be
with us. I hope so - we all miss her so much already. Momma loves you
Rosie. Be well.

 

Roo, Rosie (ATB 4/20/1996 - 6/20/2008), Emily, and Kathy & Dan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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