Being an animal lover as i am ..... im totally crushed

[CookieMama13]

Worst day in a ver long time that i really needed to write about ....

i got a call from my older bro today .... crying  i automatically thought something bad happen to my mom ( again) since mom last told me he was going over to her house ... glad to say it wasnt anything with my mom but worst yet is it was about huis dog (my bro)... ok well he finally gets out through his crying  that he needs my help , that mom .... sobbing (now all i hear at that point is mom , so im freakin now) than he goes on to cry mom says i know who to call he needs a vet now  coco cant get up she is just layin there ... so i jump into action crying of course and call 24 hr vet on clove rd  and run out door callin bro im on way to him ... mind u im in westerleigh he is by mall and vet is on clove rd in sunnyside .... not fun ... well after going thru 1 red light 2 stop signs  and crying hysterical ... cause i still had in head MOM .... u get there Coco alert and they have ice under her back leg , guy w bro says looks like it could have been a stroke or maybe even heat strok i have no clue .... but anyway we get cocoa and bro in car ... all of us crying (bro & me ) and start for drive to vet ... bro is holding  dog from front seat cause he couldnt fit in back coco good size ( golden retriver ) and car seat was only have out of way it got stuck ... anuyway coco was  pantung but alert and was even trying to get up on way .. mind u i have a heavy foot sad to say ... but here we go bro talkin to her and saying how her gums are white and she is panting heavy and shes is tryin to get up ,, thought maybe it was a stroke and she was gonna be ok .... well no we are almost at vet on clove rd just off express way and like 2 blocks away he starts screamin nooooooooooooo  i turn dont see her movin anymore and start crying no no were 2 blocks away u cant do this ... well sorry to say but yes she can ... this dog is my brothers life  he adored her we all did , she was a part of the family ... now we in front of place he jumps on falls on floor crying  i look yes she is gone ... im crying hes cryin finally im like get her bring her in ... ok they all send him in a room w coco yes dog offically passed ...well he was in that room ... and the strongest man on eart was turned into the biggest baby in the world over his dog ... it was so god damn sad ,,, all i could do was be there for him ... it was so emotional  and scary ... bro was hyperventilatin he was crying so hard and there was a point he just stopped breating too  i wacked him so damn hard on his back he started again ... whatever it was it freaked me out ... so now i not only hate my car and see her dead in my back seat but  worry now if my bro is gonna have a heartattack ...  and than i come home to my cold ass hubby who dont give to shits ... he dont care like we do bout animals ... so cryin and being upset and having someone to hold me comfort me was out with my own hubby , even just to  vent about my bro .. so this is why i just had to get it out somewhere  ... im sorry if i make no sense in this sometimes or at all i just so needed to vent ,  i so loved that dog she was 11 , and now my bro wants me to tell his 13 yr old daughter ... she was away at a family even with her mom .. now if anyone has any advice for me on how im suppose to tell my neice calmly that her dog died please tell me .... im so freaked by this ... how do you have an animal for such along time and not make it apart of ur family ???? im sorry but ya can't not if u have a caring bone in ur body ... i wish i knew when i meet my husband that he was so god damn cold hearted i never would have married him .. and so many other reasons .. would have just had my Dani on my own and that would have been it ....

well thanks for who reads and has any advice for me ....

[crzybrattgrl]

Apr. 26, 2009 at 3:17 AM

I had a similar situation a few years back with our dog. I was getting ready for work and she just fell over by the front door. I rushed her to the vet and she was gone by the time I got there, she was14 and had a heart attack. So I really do feel for you and know what your going through. I've had to let go of a lot of pets and it's never easy.

My advice for telling your neice is call them up, and tell the mom first, unless it can wait untill they get home. When Sugar went (our dog) I took my sister out of class that day and we met our mom at the beach. There is no easy way to say it, just to be with eachother. I hope you all get through this, and know that its ok to let out your feelings.

[Lb128f]

Apr. 26, 2009 at 6:42 PM

I'm sorry....so sad. :( I hope you will help your niece make a memorial for the dog. I hope she will be okay. :(