| NIKEETA HAS CROSSED OVER... MY LITTLE ROTTIE JUST PASSED AT 4 AM THIS MORNING AT THE VET HOSPITAL. IT IS SO HARD TO WRITE THIS BUT I FEEL THAT IT IS NEEDED. MY 10 YEAR OLD FEMALE HAD A CANCEROUS SPLEEN REMOVED 2 MONTHS AGO. THE DISEASE HAD SPREAD TO THE LIVER BUT SHE CAME HOME WITH ME TO SPEND HER FINAL DAYS. SHE HAD HER UPS AND DOWNS OVER THE LAST 2 MONTHS AND JUST THIS WEEK STARTED TO SHOW WEAKNESS AND CHANGES IN HER BREATHING. SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE EUTHINIZED EARLIER IN THE WEEK, BUT SHE IMPROVED UNTIL YESTERDAY. DEEP DOWN INSIDE I KNOW I SHOULD NOT HAVE PUT THIS OFF AND OF COURSE THE WORST HAPPENED. SHE MUST HAVE STARTED TO BLEED OUT AGAIN AND HER BREATHING INCREASED, HIGH FEVER AND NOT BEING ABLE TO STAND. AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF THIS WAS 2 AM IN THE MORNING SO I COULD NOT GO TO HER REGULAR DOCTOR, HAD TO GO TO AN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL. I DID NOT WANT HER TO PASS IN A STRANGE PLACE THAT SHE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH, BUT I HAD NO CHOICE. BY THE TIME I GOT HER THEIR SHE WAS ALMOST OUT. I SPENT SOME TIME WITH HER BEFORE THE DRUG WAS GOING TO BE GIVEN AND SHE MUST HAVE BLED OUT AND SHE JUST DIED IN MY ARMS. THE DOCTOR COULD NOT FIND A GOOD VEIN DO TO THE DROP IN PRESSURE, SO THE DRUG WAS NEVER ADMINISTERED. JUST HOPE SHE WAS NOT IN NO PAIN. I FEEL SO BAD BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT HER TO GO THAT WAY. THE EUTHINESA DRUG MAY HAVE BEEN MORE COMFORTABLE FOR MY LITTLE GIRL. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU NIKEETA. YOU TOUCHED MY HEART OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY. ALWAYS THEIR NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF MOOD I WAS IN. ALWAYS WANTING TO GO FOR WALKS AND RIDES IN THE CAR. I WILL MISS YOU DEARLY. REST IN PEACE SWEATHEART. FRANK - ROTTIESNUMBERONE
__________________ Rocky - (Rocco) 7 years old Nikeeta - (Nikki) 10 years old - at the Bridge
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