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…...because I sure did.
My sister had to have her beloved old dog euthanized yesterday afternoon. The time had come; he could no longer hold down food or water and he was in pain. He was a sweet old guy but the time had come and he was suffering terribly.
She spent the day on her bed, cuddling him and waiting for the vet to come. It was a dark and gloomy day with no break in the clouds.
When the vet came, she gave him a sedative shot first to make him sleep and then a few minutes later gave him the shot that would stop his breathing and his heart. As my sister and brother-in-law held him, the vet kept a stethoscope on him and announced that his breathing had stopped and that his heart was slowing. Just as she announced that his heart had stopped, the clouds parted and a bright beam of sunlight burst through the window onto the bed.
I'm not a formally-religious person and I don't know if I believe in heaven and hell, but if there IS a heaven, I'm sure the gates had opened for that good old dog. I wouldn't want a heaven that didn't have room for God's noblest creation.
Rest in Peace, good boy.
My sister had to have her beloved old dog euthanized yesterday afternoon. The time had come; he could no longer hold down food or water and he was in pain. He was a sweet old guy but the time had come and he was suffering terribly.
She spent the day on her bed, cuddling him and waiting for the vet to come. It was a dark and gloomy day with no break in the clouds.
When the vet came, she gave him a sedative shot first to make him sleep and then a few minutes later gave him the shot that would stop his breathing and his heart. As my sister and brother-in-law held him, the vet kept a stethoscope on him and announced that his breathing had stopped and that his heart was slowing. Just as she announced that his heart had stopped, the clouds parted and a bright beam of sunlight burst through the window onto the bed.
I'm not a formally-religious person and I don't know if I believe in heaven and hell, but if there IS a heaven, I'm sure the gates had opened for that good old dog. I wouldn't want a heaven that didn't have room for God's noblest creation.
Rest in Peace, good boy.