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misslissa · 01-11-2011, 05:37 PM

I can say that this is something I had to sit down and think about.
When I was 15 (I'm 22 now) I was hit by a Drunk Driver while standing at the side of the road looking for a lost phone. Well I knew that I had hurt my back but at the time it was the last of my worries (I had a broken hip and mangled knee not to mention the head injury) well I was just walking around on what was basically a broken back and everyday I was in more and more pain.Finally this last year the doctor decided I had to have surgery,however Thear was a small chance I would never walk again after.
for the weeks leading up to the surgery i debated on what i would do with Gatsby if this happened and i had almost decided to write it up so that he would be turned over to a rescue if i was paralyzed when my best friend stepped in and told me that if anything happened she would not be able to let me part with him.

After my surgery when i was in bed and then using a walker and could not do the things for my little man i knew he needed(like walks and baths and tug and feeding and watering him) i know that if i had been like that permanently I would have had to give him up he was not happy and could not have lived out his life like that.

Sometimes rehomeing is just the best option and when you love something as much as we love our little ones you want the best for them.

01-11-2011, 05:37 PM	#41
misslissa YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: canton ohio us Posts: 1,574	I can say that this is something I had to sit down and think about. When I was 15 (I'm 22 now) I was hit by a Drunk Driver while standing at the side of the road looking for a lost phone. Well I knew that I had hurt my back but at the time it was the last of my worries (I had a broken hip and mangled knee not to mention the head injury) well I was just walking around on what was basically a broken back and everyday I was in more and more pain.Finally this last year the doctor decided I had to have surgery,however Thear was a small chance I would never walk again after. for the weeks leading up to the surgery i debated on what i would do with Gatsby if this happened and i had almost decided to write it up so that he would be turned over to a rescue if i was paralyzed when my best friend stepped in and told me that if anything happened she would not be able to let me part with him. After my surgery when i was in bed and then using a walker and could not do the things for my little man i knew he needed(like walks and baths and tug and feeding and watering him) i know that if i had been like that permanently I would have had to give him up he was not happy and could not have lived out his life like that. Sometimes rehomeing is just the best option and when you love something as much as we love our little ones you want the best for them. __________________ Don't say I love you unless you mean it, but if you do say it a lot. People forget.