Those of you who have been with me a while followed my dear Brandi through our attempts to save her ulcerated eye. We saved the eye, although she lost much of the vision in it. On Wednesday, June 29, her other eye ulcerated suddenly. By Thursday she was totally and permanently blind. Our options were to remove her eyes, which were causing her significant pain, or have her put to sleep.
Even though she also suffered from arthritis and partial hearing loss, we weren't ready to accept the second option, so we scheduled the surgery for Tuesday - after the holiday weekend. By Saturday we knew we'd made a mistake. Watching our dear old girl stumbling around in the dark told us what we didn't want to know. It was time.
Sadly, she still had to wait until the vet's office re-opened on Tuesday, so we spent her last three days trying to make her comfortable and saying goodbye. She left us Tuesday morning. The empty place she left in our lives cannot be measured.
I'm attending the PSWA conference later this week, followed by hosting out of town guests, so I probably won't get back to regular blogging/blog following until the end of July. Just wanted you to know I'm still here.
Have a kind thought for our Brandi. She's gone to join Chance at the Rainbow Bridge.
