Even LONGER day!

We got up this morning and spoke with the vet and he said that we could come and get Ziggy! We were so excited...we got in the car and went down to the hospital. When we got there he was VERY distressed. He could no longer see and did not know who we were. The vet told us that he probably had a stroke and that was probably caused by a brain tumor. We were so upset...just watching our dog being SO scared and not being able to help him was just awful. The vet told us that he wasn't going to get any better than he was and that we needed to look at our options. After a long deliberation...we decided to put him to sleep. If we kept him alive it would just be for us and not him...so we finally got him calmed down and got him to sleep and he never woke up. Now I know he is in a better place, but it doesn't make it much easier on us. Today, was so sad...looking at all of his stuff, seeing dog hair everywhere (which I used to hate), having his smell on our bed and furniture, and worse wondering how I am going to tell my son that his dog is gone. In hindsight we know what happened. We came home from lunch and Ziggy was fine. I was sitting at the computer uploading layouts and the dog was in here with me...he got up and peed right in the floor (he NEVER does that)....from that point on he was acting strange and could not open his eyes all the way and began running into things. I know that must be the time when he had his episode. I wish there had been something I could do to help him or comfort him. I just hope that he was happy while he was here and that he knows that he was loved.

In Loving Memory of Ziggy.