Excuse my absence, having to put Lola down was ******* the entire family. My daughter looks for her in the stars almost every night still. Can’t believe how bad it hit Jess, she does not want another dog after having to go thru that.
Lola got pretty bad rather quickly there at the end. It was as hard of a decision to make as most would think but I couldn’t see her in distress any longer. Made a call for vet to come out to the house for an emergency euthanasia and had Jess’ mom come pick up Julianna. She didn’t want to say goodbye to Lola, just buried her face in Jess’ stomach and said she didn’t want her to go as she cried.
Been dealing with my boys shit since early November, their mom let them do whatever they want and dad puts his foot down so I’m the A-hole and they decided not to come back here anymore but they did come say goodbye to Lola before it happened. Long story with that mess and gonna spare you all the details.
Cooked my Lola her own steak that night. Nice big fat ribeye, bloody just the way we like it. Jess spoiled her with some treats as well all the way up until the doc showed up. She first gave her a sedative and Lola was snoring in a matter of minutes. Gave her the shot and my poor girl’s breathing increased a little for about 6 seconds followed by one final exhale and it was over. The vet and I slid Lola over onto her favorite blanket that was on a stretcher and as she’s strapping Lola in Rosie (our cat) came over to Lola and smelled her head and rubbed her face against Lola’s paw like she was saying her goodbye. Jess lost it at that point. We carried Lola out to the the van for her trip to Cozy Acres where I had her individually cremated so I could keep her ashes. Picked them up 3 days later.
View attachment 395373
Julianna cried herself to sleep for about a week after. She wrote in her journal every night how much she hoped Lola wasn’t feeling alone in heaven.
View attachment 395375
A note to her Elf to take to Santa.
View attachment 395377
It was tough. Just as it was with Peanut. Buried myself in work like I always do and only made matters worse for my foot. Had a limited snowmobile season due to weather but made the most of it as often as I could but not enough. Other than work and going up north I haven’t gotten anything else done due to this foot throbbing and not being able to stand on it. Finally made the call to schedule the surgery and I’m going in on 4-24, Julianna’s birthday. I’m gonna be down for about 6 weeks they say but I say, challenge accepted.
Hope everyone has been safe and healthy during this time and I have a lot of catching up to do here so bare with me as I read what I’ve missed out on.
