Hanging in there
Sunday was a week since my sweet Easton went to heaven.
It really doesn’t feel like a week.
The other day I thought I heard him barking. Yesterday when
it was raining so bad, I caught myself going outside to bring him in. He HATED
bad storms. Usually he would "bangs" at the window to let him
in.
We got Easton's ashes last week, that made it real. On the
way to the vet, I was shaking and felt tears in my eyes. Then on my way back
how, I was holding back tears. When I got in the carport, I just sat there for
5 minutes and looked out the backyard. When I got inside, I went to the
kitchen, sat down and read the papers that they had for the owners......there
were two poems and other thing in it. That's when I busted out crying. I took
the box out of the bag and looked at it for a few minutes. It was so beautiful.
I kissed it and told him how much we missed him and how much we loved him. Oh
and my grandparents got us a beautiful stone for Easton.
Rico, our small, has been such a TROOPER through all of
this. He is starting to notice now that Easton is coming back home. He is
missing his best friend\brother a lot too. We are there for him and he is
loving it. Sometimes he will just lay somewhere and doesn't want to be bother
with. Other times he wants to play or follow you around.
We are all taking it one day at a time. It will get
better..........so I have heard.
There is this amazing group on Facebook call Rainbow Bridge,
they are a close group, but they will let you in. There are so many nice people
there that are in your situation. They understand what you are going through. I
love this group.
Saying goodbye
This is one of the hardest post I have ever written........I can't stop crying....
Sunday, our sweet 14 year old dog Easton went to doggie heaven.
He hasn't been feeling good for the last few months. We took him to the vet and they gave him some meds to help him. His legs were giving out on him and he wasn't himself. He was loosing hair. He would just lay on the floor and breathe hard.
Last Thursday, he was "telling us" it was almost time. Saturday, he didn't want to take his meds.....that was one sign. Then Sunday morning, my dad got up to take the dogs out and he had seen that Easton peed on himself in the chair.......the other sign. So we called our vet and they trasfered us to an ER vet. We said our last goodbyes and he went peacefully to doggie heaven.
Coming home without him was so hard. Knowing that he isn't going to be there when we pull up or not playing with him anymore or feeding him. Our small Rico, LOVED his big brother. He really doesn't know yet that Easton is not coming home anymore. But we will be there for Rico and love on him. Easton LOVED his little brother as well.
We LOVED him so very much and will miss him so very much.
8/12/01- 2/7/16