Lilly has been battling several health issues for the past few years: bladder cancer, epilepsy, and digestive problems. Late yesterday evening at the age of almost 14 1/2, everything seemed to converge, and she started having severe seizures that we could not get under control. I drove her up to the nearest emergency hospital in Columbia, SC, but to no avail. It became readily apparent that this wonderful little Bichon was finished, and it was time to let her cross the rainbow bridge.
While we knew this was coming, it still doesn't make it easier. We are grieving now, and the younger Bichon is lost without her older sister. The love of a good dog is so very special.
I have read that if you "don't know sadness, then you won't know joy." I suppose that is true, but it still hurts.