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Originally Posted by ranant12  Ok for some reason my post got deleted when I tried to edit, so I'll type it again.
Diva is doing great and so are her babies. They are growing like weeds.
I have some really horrible news though. Yesterday my other yorkie Coco was out in the yard with us. My 16 year old daughter went next door to my mother in laws yard to pick blue berries and Coco followed her. Coco loved Shelby so much, she followed her everywhere. Shelby got distracted for a split second by a birds nest in the tree and Coco wandered over into our other neighbors yard. She had barely crossed the property line when their son's pitbull ran over and attacked her. We didn't even know he was their with the dog. We got Coco and rushed her to our local vet who stablilized her broken leg and sent us to the nearest emergency clinic, which for us is 1 and 1/2 hours away in Mandeville LA. Coco was rushed into surgery for broken ribs, and a punctured lung. She died there on the surgery table. Our family is devastated. We lost a little dog that was like a child to us. My daughter is heart broken and blames herself, even though I keep trying to reassure her that it wasn't. It breaks my heart to see my children hurt the way they do over this loss. To be honest with you I just wanted to die myself last night, rather than have to come home and tell my children that Coco was gone. I tried so hard to protect both of my dogs and the one minute I'm not on "alert" I lost her. I just can't explain the sorrow and regrets that I feel at this moment.
I'm crying typing this, so I'm not going to keep going. I just want to tell all of you to hug your babies a little closer today. Love them like tommorrow might not come and just be as careful as you can with these fragile little darlings. |
My heart aches for you and your family... I am so sorry this has happened to you. I understand what you mean when you speak of the constant alertness you have with these babies. I will pray that your daughter's guilt she is carrying will go away....Its so traumatic to lose one of our babies much less the burden of guilt. God bless you and comfort you.