[Dailydrool] Delilah Belle to the Bridge

[Sandi Scranton]

Hello friends,
As many of you on FB already are aware, my sweet, gentle Delilah Belle made
her way across the Rainbow Bridge on Sunday evening, December 2nd.  She had
had surgery the previous Monday to remove a cyst, a lipoma and a mass on
her left hindquarter.  She's always been a lumpy, bumpy girl and had many
removed over the years and recovered quickly and well.  Not this time.  She
seemed to have little interest in eating and then drinking and by mid-week
wasn't able to stand up on her own to urinate.  I made special pureed food,
gave her dropper-fulls of water mixed with chicken broth to keep her
hydrated, to no avail.  We don't know for sure exactly what happened,
possibly a spinal stroke, as I made the choice NOT to go the emergency vet
route for financial and other reasons.  She was no longer sighted secondary
to her glaucoma, did not do well in strange places and if it was her time I
wanted to her to know I was there with her and she was not alone in a cold,
clinical environment.

About a half hour before she left me, she lifted up her head and howled,
much like she did when my husband passed away when we were miles away in
Florida and she was here in NJ with our eldest daughter who was dog
sitting.  It broke my heart - but I loved on her, and spoke quietly to her
as I rubbed those long, beautiful silky ears.  She left on her terms with
her Mama and her kitty nearby.

To say that I am devastated is the understatement of the century.  I miss
her constant, warm presence, the comfort of her gently snore from the end
of my bed, her pungent houndie odor, the grace with which she accepted her
thrice daily eye drops and the treats that followed.  She helped me through
the grief of the loss of my beloved granddaughter, my husband, my dear Aunt
and gave her intuitive, unconditional love to our family for every year of
the twelve plus years we were privileged to share with her.

Run free, sweet girlie girl until we are together again...I will never,
ever forget you.  I think of you every single day and miss you more than I
can ever express.  I hope you found Daisy, Dudley and old man Dozer.

Hug your hounds tightly tonight, Droolers...and cherish every moment with
them.  Tomorrow is not promised.

Love and hugs,
Sandi and Miss Delilah Belle
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