I am so grateful for this group as I lost Cookie unexpectedly yesterday and I am having a hard time dealing with the loss.
We adopted Cookie on May 2 of last year and he was sick when we got him- he was on two rounds of antibiotics, and even ended up with an eye infection. I know the vet at the time didn’t think he would make it, but we nursed him back to health, he had a few more check ups and we were told things seemed to be on the mend.
Just yesterday my daughter came home from school and went upstairs to say hello to him and all I heard were screams. I just knew right away something had happened but didn’t know what. Bottom line he had passed and was in the stages of Rigamortis.
I can’t get over this overwhelming sense of guilt. I didn’t physically check on him yesterday morning- I just assumed he was sleeping in his house. I keep thinking if I would have checked on him maybe we could have addressed the issue- my daughter did tell me she had heard him sneezing, but didn’t mention this to me until after he passed. I know deep down it probably would have more traumatic for me to find him before because I know at that point it was too late. My only thing giving me any peace is that my daughter did take him out and hold him the night before he died and we were giving him love.
We only had him a short 7 months, but he was our precious sweet baby. I would love to find a similar breed to adopt, if anyone can clarify what they think he was?
I know this one will always be the hardest because it was the first. When he passed he just looked like he was in a peaceful sleep on his side.
RIP Cookie
We adopted Cookie on May 2 of last year and he was sick when we got him- he was on two rounds of antibiotics, and even ended up with an eye infection. I know the vet at the time didn’t think he would make it, but we nursed him back to health, he had a few more check ups and we were told things seemed to be on the mend.
Just yesterday my daughter came home from school and went upstairs to say hello to him and all I heard were screams. I just knew right away something had happened but didn’t know what. Bottom line he had passed and was in the stages of Rigamortis.
I can’t get over this overwhelming sense of guilt. I didn’t physically check on him yesterday morning- I just assumed he was sleeping in his house. I keep thinking if I would have checked on him maybe we could have addressed the issue- my daughter did tell me she had heard him sneezing, but didn’t mention this to me until after he passed. I know deep down it probably would have more traumatic for me to find him before because I know at that point it was too late. My only thing giving me any peace is that my daughter did take him out and hold him the night before he died and we were giving him love.
We only had him a short 7 months, but he was our precious sweet baby. I would love to find a similar breed to adopt, if anyone can clarify what they think he was?
I know this one will always be the hardest because it was the first. When he passed he just looked like he was in a peaceful sleep on his side.
RIP Cookie
