 Dakota I miss you
I just wanted to write this because I am still missing my boy Dakota very much. Dakota was 8 when he went to the rainbow bridge in October 2007 after a long battle with Rheumatoid arthritis. One day in May 2007 he was running and playing with my son and the neighbor's little girl and the next day he was limping. I thought he just over did it. he has always had problems with is elbows. I took him to the vet and they thought it was lymes. we treated for that but it got worse instead of better. He was walking on 3 legs. My poor boy already had bad hips and from putting all his weight on them it made them worse. In a short 3 weeks my once exuberent and full of life boy looked as if he was 16yrs old. We tried steroid and he rapidly improved but the damage was already done. Here he had RA which destroyed his elbow joint. He was walking but with a limp. Slowly the steroids began to fail and he was beginning to hurt. They night before he went to the rainbow bridge he got up the strength to walk up the stairs for one last time. He barked for me to lift him into my bed where he usually slept until he got sick. that's when I knew he was telling me this was to be his last night with me. I woke the next morning to him licking my face as if to tell me he knew his pain would be over soon. I just held him and cried and wondered if I was making the right decision. I just couldn't let my best friend suffer anymore. He seemed so calm and relaxed as we went for that last car ride. I just know that he knew he would be out of pain soon. I just hope he knows how much I loved him. I was with hime when he went to sleep. It couldn't have been any more peaceful. He just went to sleep in my arms. I miss him so much. He was such a good friend to me, my husband and my kids. It is so hard when my 3 year old asks where his co co is. I have to tell him that he lives at God's house now where he can run and play and swim like he always loved to do. Thanks to everone on this forum that shared their stories. It's nice to know that many special rotties have touched our lives
Jen
mommy to Dakota 1999-2007 UKC Ch Rinehart's Kodeman V Konefal, CGC  |