One-year anniversary

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Freela

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Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of when we lost Tomie, and I'm having some feelings about it. It's really hard for me when pets don't live to old age- Tomie was only 3.5 years when she died, it feels like she should still be here. She had underlying issues with hyperthyroidism that we had investigated and were trying to get her meds optimized so that she could gain and hold onto weight normally. She developed laboured breathing and was being treated for a respiratory infection, but after a couple of days of antibiotics she was breathing much easier and really did seem like she was coming out on top and I breathed a premature sigh of relief. My husband and my daughter both saw her up at the food bowl between 7 and 8 a.m., but I found her collapsed around 10 a.m. and she passed in my daughter's arms while we tried to drive her to the vet. Looking at her and having been through the dying process with pigs before, I'm positive that there's nothing that the vet could have done anyhow, but we tried to get her there just in case. I just miss her and I wish that she could have been a medical success story- we worked so hard to help manage her hyperthyroidism and she was actually starting to even gain a bit of weight just before she got sick. I always wonder whether she had a more serious underlying condition because we didn't know WHY she was hyperthyroid... vet couldn't feel a lump but her blood tests were notably hyperthyroid. I guess if I knew she had thyroid cancer or something (we could never rule it in or out based on blood/physical exam) I would feel better about her passing. Not really knowing what went wrong makes it harder somehow.

Anyways, we're thinking of you, Tomie. One trip around the sun without you and we still miss you every day. We love you. We wish you were here.
 
Anniversaries are always hard. Sending you and your family hugs. Tomie had the best life with you. No matter how long or short that life is. She’s looking down on you all with love. ❤️
 
Tomis will always have a special place in your heart.
An anniversary always brings back the memories and can be difficult days.
Holding you in my heart ♥️
 
BIG HUGS

The ones you lose at a younger age are always harder to come to terms with. Nevertheless, you have given Tomie as long and happy a life as you could and much longer than she would have had in most other homes. She was meant to find you and you to find her; you will always have that magic time and that special piggy in your heart.
 
I just wanted to reach out and give your hand a virtual squeeze. I know how you feel. You were very kind and sent a really lovely message to me when we lost our first piggie back in June. She also was only a young piggie. I absolutely understand the internal questioning "why couldn't my piggie be the medical/surgical success?"

She was the first piggie we had to say goodbye to but I realised that I was looking at her life with sadness, essentially because of her age. "She didn't reach old age so that's a failure right?" I don't think she would want to been remembered like that.

My aim going forward is to think each little piggie is a privilege to look after, they are totally unique and however long their lives are, they get the same love, attention and care and I want to remember them as successful, happy little lives - young or old.

Other are much more eloquent but I hope sharing this helps you look at Tomie's life with more joy than sadness. They're such little characters!
 
Sending hugs and remember that Tomie is watching over you always 💐
 
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