Hi, Kaitlyn,

Thank you so much. She had a bad night, and not doing much better this morning.

I think, in time, she will remember all the wonderful days she had with Kia. It just takes Sheila a very long time to grieve, and each "1st" is very hard on her. I know she's feeling sicker as the 28th approaches. It's the 1 year anniversary of Kia's death.

Sheila asked me to thank you for your Happy Belated Birthday Wish.

I would like her to have another little one in her life-Sheila is the kind of person that needs a dog in her life. Actually, I feel the same.

Our house it too empty without our girls.

Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts & prayers.

Rich

Hi, Dee.

Sheila's having a rough time-the 1 year anniversary of Kia's death is coming up on the 28th.

I'll be watching for your announcement.

You have been so amazingly kind.

Rich

Keeping Sheila in my thoughts and prayers as the sad anniversary approaches. I know with grieving for Ken, the time leading up to an anniversary were harder than the day itself. Give Sheila a gentle hug from me.

I am keeping Sheila in my prayers and hoping with the thought of an announcement from Dee will lift her spirits. God Bless.

Love and Hugs,
Dyan

Praying and sending Hugs for you both.

Thank you, Patti.

You're so right, and you know Sheila so well. She is grieving very deeply.
She had a dream the night before last, and we were camping, and Kia was lost, and someone said they knew someone had her, but they didn't know who. So, in her dream, we were frantically trying to find out who had her.

After Kia died, we immediately sold our travel trailer. Sheila said she could never bear to take a trip without Kia. It was hard enough, after Sydney died.

Yesterday, she cried all day.

Thank you, Patti-I will give her a gentle hug from you.

Rich

Hi, Dyan.

Thank you for keeping Sheila in your prayers. This is an esp. hard week for her, as the 1st anniversary of Kia's death is on the 28th.

It is also the 3rd anniversary of Sydney's death.

I am so grateful to Dee. Yes, the thought of an announcement from Dee, has touched Sheila's heart. We've looked at Dee's Biewers and they are so beautiful.

God Bless you, Dyan for always keeping Sheila in your prayers.

Love & Hugs to you, from Sheila & I.

Rich

Hi, Kat.

Sheila and I are so grateful for your prayers.

Love & Hugs to you, from Sheila & I.

Rich

I am thinking of and praying for you both. Sending you comforting hugs.

Love and Hugs to you,
Dyan

Sending prayers and best wishes.

Hi, Dyan.

You truly are an Angel on earth.
Thank you so much for keeping us in your thoughts & prayers.
Thank you for the comforting hugs-Sheila has cried all day again today.

Love & Hugs to you from Sheila & I.

Rich

Thank you so much Carolyn.

Sheila really needs prayers right now-her grieving for Kia is making her much sicker.

Sincerely,
Rich

Rich and Sheila, I pray you are both doing well today and may Sheila be flooded with good memories of her babies.

Love and Hugs,
Dyan

Hi, Dyan.

Thank you for your continued prayers.

Sheila is having a rough time.

It's been a year today, that Kia showed symptoms of anything being wrong.
She refused her breakfast, and she was a great little eater!

Demanded her breakfast at 5:30 & Sheila always cooked her a fresh meal.

That morning, she wouldn't eat, so Sheila gave her Nutric-Cal.

When she refused lunch, she gave her more, Nutri-cal, Sheila called our former Vet.

All the Staff knew Sheila and our girls so well, and they loved her & the girls so much. She never even had to give her last name.

That day, she got a fairly new receptionist, and Sheila explained to her, that Kia was very tiny (4#s) and she wasn't eating & her nose was stuffy, and she was breathing through her mouth. She told her, "Her Vet needs to see her today." The girl kept asking Sheila to repeat her name, spell it.

(All the other receptionists knew Sheila so well, and she never even had to say her last name.)

Our Vet, didn't call until 7:45 in the evening. Sheila told him, "Kia won't eat, her nose is stuffy, she's breathing through her mouth. I've given her Nutri-Cal all throughout the day, I gave her 1/2 t. of Children's dye free/alcohol free decongestant, twice, 6 hours apart. Her temp. is down to 96.3".

He said, "The decongestant will lower her temp. With Kia being so tiny it could be anything, but since she had infected teeth pulled last summer, it sounds like an infected tooth. If the decongestant doesn't relieve her stuffiness, bring her into the office in the morning. I'm off on Thursdays, but 'one of the girls' will take care of you".

He had been our Vet since 1996, since Sydney was 6 months old, and he never told Sheila to wait. And he never told her to see one of the other Vets. He always had us bring one of the girls in immediately.

When the girls were young & still receiving vaccinations, he'd slip in the back door of the clinic, in his softball uniform, meet us in a back room, give the girls their vacs, and go back to his game.

Always told Sheila, "When you call, I know something is wrong, because you know your girls so well".

Sheila laid on the couch with Kia all night, with a soft nightlight on, and she listened to her breathing. I got up several times in the night to check on them, and Sheila, whispered, "She's sleeping, still breathing through her mouth, but she's not panting or gasping for air".

The next morning, Sheila held Kia in her hands, wrapped in Kia's favorite pink fluffy baby blanket. Kia's eyes were so clear, and focused on Sheila.

Sheila said to her, "Kia, focus on Mommy. I love you & we're leaving for the Vet in a hour. And you're going to be fine."

Kia took one small breath, and she was gone!

And Sheila was hysterical! She cried so hard. She held her in her arms and wouldn't put her down. Kia died at 6:22 a.m.

At 7:30, when Sheila knew some of the staff would be in the office, she called and spoke to one of her favorite receptionists. And told her that Kia had died. We took Kia's tiny body to the office to be sent out to be cremated. The Vet that took care of us, is the Clinic owners daughter, and she wrapped Sheila and Kia in her arms & cried with her. She had lost her two Maltese two weeks apart, so she understood Sheila's pain.

The entire staff was in tears.

Our Vet called the next day, and said, "It sounds like it was something in her lungs. Even if you had brought her here, or taken her to the ER, and spent $1,000. we might not have found out what was wrong". He knew, we never spared any expense with our girls.

About a week and a half after Kia died, the Vet that had taken care of us called Sheila. She said her Dad & she didn't understand, why our Vet didn't call until 7:45 in the evening, and then, not have us bring Kia

in immediately & put her on oxygen. She said her Dad was furious, and they were both so sorry".

Sheila had raised Orphaned Wildlife for 35 years, and she had done a lot rehab with the Clinics owner. He was her Wildlife Vet.

Sheila doesn't blame the Vet though. She blames herself. She says, "I knew my baby, I should have taken her to the ER".

So, she carries that guilt, and grieves so deeply.

Love & Hugs,

Rich

Sheila and Rich, I am heartbroken for you and what you had gone through. You will be reunited one day with Kia and until then you carry her in your heart. :love:

Much Love and Hugs,
Dyan

Dyan,

Thank you-Sheila has done nothing but cry for days. She said Sydney & Kia were her Angels on earth, and now, they are her Angels in Heaven, waiting for her.

The girls had the closest bond with her, and she took them everywhere.
We bought a travel trailer in 2006, specifcally so we could do things with them, that they enjoyed. They loved to swim, they loved to take walks, and we made so many friends, because of them.

When Kia died, Sheila said she couldn't bear to every take another trip, so I sold the travlel trailer, took a huge loss, but the couple were so nice, and we knew they would enjoy it.

Rich

Sheila and Rich, I know this day is such a sad anniversary. I so pray that you can try to think of the good memories of your girls and gain strength that they were so blessed to have you as their Mom and Dad. I have you wrapped in prayers and sending you hugs.
Love and Hugs,
Dyan

Still praying for and thinking of you both many times a day. Keep each other strong.

I, too, have thought of and prayed for you and your precious angels. I am deeply sorry for your loss and the pain you are feeling. I wish I could do more to comfort you. It will always be difficult on each anniversary of their passing, but it will get easier in time. I pray that a time will come that you mostly feel joy when you think of your baby girls.

Praying for you both, knowing your little angels are watching over you.

Thinking of you on this difficult day. I know your little guardian angels are looking down on you and sending their love.

This day is almost over. Kia and Sydney are sending their love from the Rainbow bridge. They want their mama, Shelia, to know she was the best mama.

Hugs and prayers to you both. There are better days ahead.

Thank you, Kaitlyn.

Sheila loved her girls like children, so it's been a very bad week for her.
She has cried all week.
Thank you for the Belated Happy Birthday wish for Sheila.

Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts & prayers. :love:

Rich

Dyan,

Sheila has cried herself sick all week. She misses her little Kia so much. I pray, that one day, she will be able to remember all the love Kia gave her.

Thank you-Kia was a wonderful blessing to us, but oh, she was Mama's Dog through & through!

Thank you for keeping us in your prayers.

We're sending you hugs right back!

Love & Hugs,
Rich

Jeanie,

You have become so dear to us-with your surgery ahead, you still take the time to pray and think of us.

Thank you. You are such a sweet young lady.

We hold you in our hearts & prayers every day.

Rich

Lisa,

Thank you so much for thinking of us, and praying for us, and thinking of our precious Angels.

Sheila cries for our girls on every holiday, every "1st" without them.

This week has been heartbreaking for me, to watch Sheila cry her heart out every day.

It still hasn't gotten easier with Sydney and she has been gone 3 years. And Kia's death was so unneccesay that I don't think she will ever get over it.

But I keep praying her grief will ease......

I still miss Sydney's happy, playful spirit in our home.

And the girls adored their Mama!

Rich

Thank you for your prayers, Kat. It's been such a horrendous week for Sheila, and it breaks my heart to see her cry her heart out.

We miss our little Angels.

Rich

Thank you, Carolyn.

I know our little Angels see Sheila's grief. And Sheila has felt Kia with her several times recently.

Rich

Dee-I wish Sheila's grief was over. She has cried all week, she remembers every second of the day Kia died in her hands, at home.

And the day she held Sydney, and laid on the couch, soaking her beautiful hair with her tears.....telling her she couldn't bear to let her go, but if Dr. Steve couldn't help her, she was sending her to a beautiful place, and to watch for Mama, cause one day she would join her there.

Thank you-Dee, Sheila truly was the best mama to our girls. She put them
1st in her life. (Yes, I was 2nd to our girls, and I didn't mind a bit.)

She's just so lost without them.

I'm sorry I haven't e-mailed you yet, but Sheila's MS & LC have worsened, and I believe, the anniversay of Kia's death has played a huge role in it.

Rich

Sheila and Rich, I hope and pray today is a little better for you. I think of and pray for you often and hoping you were able to eat some yesterday. God Bless

Love and Hugs,
Dyan