Our Little "Squirt" May 1997 - Oct 3, 2008

This is so hard to write. We had to have Squirt put to sleep on October 3rd. He was 11 years old and the sweetest little guy. He has had health problems for quite a few years, but with medication, etc. - he kept on going. He was completely blind, had diabetes, Cushing's disease and hypothyroidism...but he was happy, and loving, and doing well with the medications.

I was in California taking care of Mom, who had had surgery, and DH called me one night and he was very upset. He said Squirt had started having seizures. He took him to a small animal emergency hospital, and they said his blood glucose was so low that they could hardly get a reading. They put him on a dextrose IV and also valium. They had DH pick him up the next morning and take him to our regular vet. They monitored him and checked him over, and he kept having seizures.

The Vet told us that the seizures had caused too much neurological damage, and he was suffering. We couldn't let him suffer anymore. It sounds stupid, I know, but I called the vet office and asked their vet tech, Kim, if I could talk to Squirt, so I could say good bye - she held the phone up to his ear, and she said he calmed down when he heard my voice.

Our hearts are still broken. We will all miss him so much! The other doggies miss him too...they keep looking for him, especially Sassy.

Surely there must be a heaven for a precious little dog like that? I hope so. He blessed our lives with his.

...Grieve not,
nor speak of me with tears,
But laugh and talk of me
as if I were beside you...
I loved you so,
'twas Heaven here with you.
Isla Paschal Richardson