Choochie Passed Away.

 Another thing that happened while I was away from blogging was that my beautiful dog Choochie passed away.   I used to have a slide show on the right side bar with photos of Choochie and Patrick - my two boys.  I just replaced it now with photos of the three of us.

After Emma was born Keith - an ex who also was a big part in Choochie's life, looked after him because I found it was too much with getting up to feed Emma umpteen times during the night and giving Choochie his insulin shots every 8 hours.  Choochie became a diabetic as a consequence of pancreatitis and then as a consequence of that he became blind.  Chasing balls was his life.  He lived for it and when he slept it was clear from his movements that he dreamed about it.

When Emma was born, Choochie was almost completely blind - it happened fast toward the end.  So he was to old to know Emma and Emma too young to know him.  Just before we put him down he had a seizure and could no longer walk.   Keith and I were there at the vet to put him down and it was heartbreaking.  The next week Keith rang to see how I was doing but I couldn't talk long because Emma was sick and I had to attend to her.   She just started daycare and so started to pick up all the bugs that she could.  The following week Keith rang to ask how Emma was and I couldn't speak because I was at sleep school with Emma.  I said to Keith, 'I'm at the South Eastern Hospital and we are just about to put Emma down.  Keith screamed back 'what do you mean put her down'.

So here is to Choochie who brought me so much joy and had such a beautiful nature.  While I was sick he helped to put a smile on my face.   I miss him dearly.