[Dailydrool] Mandy the Cocker Spaniel

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 Today is 3 months since Mandy the Cocker Spaniel left us.
 Mom took it real hard.  She thought she hadn't done enough
 for her but everyone has been telling her that she did all that
 she could.  Mandy had a liver problem for over half her life &
 mom would get up 1 hour before breakfast to give Mandy her
 liver pill.  Then Mandy went deaf & mom would sign language
 to her. After that Mandy went blind & mom would carry her 
 outside & sometimes back inside. Mandy still could find her
 way to the back door. She knew how to maneuver between
 the kitchen & family room. When Mandy's skin cancer grew
 over the top of her foot, mom would wrap it up twice a day in
 a handiwipe. Her  skin cancer was an open soar. Then it grew
 onto the bottom on her foot & it was difficult for her to walk so
 mom would cushion it & put a child's sock on it. With it being
 such an open sore & if you didn't have it covered, you would
 have blood all over the place. If she went to scratch her face,
 her face was full of blood & blood would be splattered all over.
 Mom didn't mind cleaning up after her, what else was she
 going to do for her first girl but take care of her. Near the end
 Mandy didn't want to eat & mom would mix whatever she could
 in her food & spoon feed her. Sometimes she would eat with
 gusto off of the spoon. She would warm up her food with the
 liverwurst in it. Mom did whatever she had to - to help her
 little girl. Then it was time for Mandy to get her hair & nails
 done. The groomer had the vet check out Mandy & they told
 mom it was time. They gave mom & us time to spend with
 Mandy. We all went in. It was a horrific experience for mom.
 They had Mandy on a coral & white afghan on the table & 
  then at the end they laid her down on the floor for us to say
  goodbye. When they brought her out to the car in her coffin,
  the box slipped open & mom saw she had a white & yellow
  afghan in there instead of the coral & white one. Mom knew
  it was a sign. You see, when mom got Mandy, she came with
  a white & yellow afghan. We still have it.
  Mom went to a yard sale & there was a Cocker Spaniel there
  & she almost started crying. She wanted to hold that dog like
  she use to hold Mandy. Mandy is the only dog she could hold
  & dance with. She misses that so much. She never looked at
  anything at that yard sale because of that dog. She had to leave.
  Mandy's 15th birthday was this past Friday. Mom took the day
  off & had appointments all day so she didn't have to cry much.
  Mom misses her so much.


            Pwincess Sadie & Countess Penny of Indiana
                Sadie1 at dogomania.com






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