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"Oh, what's wrong, sweetie?" I said, sitting down next to my collie, Ava, who was lying on the couch, crying.
Gently, I stroked her back and she rested her head on my leg.
I'd had Ava for thirteen years. She was my best friend. I loved her a lot, but now that she was getting old, I was pretty worried about her health, especially since she seemed to be crying all the time... And really, since my husband had passed away the previous year, Ava was all I had.
I was an orphan, and I'd had to move away from all my family to a foster family. I liked it in the area so much that I'd never left.
I leant down and gave her a kiss, before standing up off the couch and walking to my room to go to bed.
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The next morning, the sky was dull and grey.
I made breakfast for Ava - Weetbix with milk, honey, and special yoghurt - but she didn't go near it. Just like every morning and evening.
Watching my best friend starve made tears well in my eyes. I couldn't bear it.
So I put Ava in the front of the car and took her to the vet.
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I was sitting in the waiting room of the vet, reading the magazine I had just read three times, waiting for the doctor to come out of the room.
Finally, I heard the door open and the doctor came out.
Straight away, I threw the magazine down on the small coffee table and hopped up from my chair, a hopeful expression on my face.
But the doctor did not look happy. In fact, he looked pained.
Any faith I had in him faded immediately as I realized that Ava was not going to be okay.
My eyes filled with tears as he told me that Ava had a tumour of cancer in her stomach, that it had opened up and bled throughout her body.
He told me that there was nothing they could do to help her; that the dog I'd had for thirteen years had to be put down.
The tears spilled over and rolled down my cheeks and the doctor gave me a sympathetic look.
I followed him into the room, where I said my last goodbyes to my best friend. When I was ready, I gave him permission to give Ava the injection.
He pushed the needle into her skin. I cried hysterically as I watched her eyes slowly closing, as my best friend passed into death.
I never forgot Ava.
The first day I got her from the airport, how calm she was.
How quickly we became friends.
Her gorgeous colouring.
Her beautiful nature.
I loved Ava to death.
- by Lost-in-Dreamland-again |
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- Title: It's Hard To Say Goodbye...
- Artist: Lost-in-Dreamland-again
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...but sometimes there's nothing you can do about it.
This story is dedicated to my collie puppy, Bella, who passed away at just 18 months of a tumour. She was the third to die of a tumour.
I cried while writing this. - Date: 03/28/2009
- Tags: hard goodbye
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Comments (5 Comments)
- The Plastic Poptart - 11/24/2009
- I'm so sorry...My eyes started watering when I finished it...My puppy dog ( not a puppy anymore, but I still call him that...) He's going blind, but most older dogs do. :[ 1,000,000/5
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- XxHuggles_KittensxX - 07/05/2009
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OMG!!! smile
that was the best one i've ever seen in here smile
that's such a sad and cute story... 100/100 - Report As Spam
- Lost-in-Dreamland-again - 03/28/2009
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Aww...thanks you guys.
But just to clarify, I do not have a husband as I am MUCH too young, and I'm not an orphan who had to move away from her family. I just added that to increase the level of drama. Thanks for the comments and the encouragements. It's been almost a year since Bella passed away. - Report As Spam
- justcallmejack - 03/28/2009
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i know this will be hard but u have 2 remember all the good times and forget the bad times.remember the days u went 2 the park,the times u came home after a long day and she almost drowned u with kisses.
and it is hard say goodbye,i know how u feel.
i've way 2 may goodbyes.......
but in time all hearts heal.some take longer then others.
some found friends they thouth they never had that helped.
its hard 2 let go.but some times u have 2. - Report As Spam
- XxInnocent-FearxX - 03/28/2009
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It's ok dreamland...people lose others but that doesnt mean they are gone from our hearts!
They stay there...death is just something like friends do when there far away...
I hope you feel better!
Bella will always love you and you love her too!
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