[LordRanger]

Ranger had collapsing trachea, which gave me a scare 4 years ago. I thought that might be it for him. That complicated my handling of Ranger's end-of-life situation, since I had so many false alarms that this is it before, I wouldn't 100% listen to people who would talk about "he had a good life" and stuff. I had heard all of that before. He had gotten through 5 other health scares before, and while I knew eventually there would be one that he would not, I believed he could get through this one, too. Unfortunately, not this one.

I still have vet discharge instructions on my desk dated March 1st. I have paw prints on my kitchen from when he tracked in mud. I'll be darned if I ever clean those up.