Art at ISP
2007-03-28, 03:26 PM
Yesterday, while I was enmeshed in meetings with US Airways management in Tempe, AZ, my wife and daughter were faced with a horrible decision. Our dog, Shelby, who had been having a hard time getting around, was totally unable to stand up, or support her own weight. They took her right to the vet, who told them the time had come to let her go.......it was one of the hardest decisions JoAnn ever had to make, but in the end it was the right one--Shelby had no quality of life left, and to keep her going would be unfair to her.......
I felt terrible that I was not there for this, and in reflection of the 16 plus years I had with this wonderful dog, who got me through a divorce (I actually gave my ex 100,000 AA miles to keep her in the settlement) , being alone for a while, and then shared the happiest times with me and our family, I kind of felt I let Shelby down by not being the one to hold her as she drifted off to the big doghouse in the sky.
It's amazing how attached we get to our pets...what really put it in perspective for me was my wife telling me she was having a harder time losing the dog than she did when she was diagnosed with cancer....
Anyway, I just needed to vent and to share a little....sorry for the rant.
I felt terrible that I was not there for this, and in reflection of the 16 plus years I had with this wonderful dog, who got me through a divorce (I actually gave my ex 100,000 AA miles to keep her in the settlement) , being alone for a while, and then shared the happiest times with me and our family, I kind of felt I let Shelby down by not being the one to hold her as she drifted off to the big doghouse in the sky.
It's amazing how attached we get to our pets...what really put it in perspective for me was my wife telling me she was having a harder time losing the dog than she did when she was diagnosed with cancer....
Anyway, I just needed to vent and to share a little....sorry for the rant.