When OUR DOG HAS HAD A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE. BUT NOW HE’S BACK. BY: MELISSA KERSHES A couple of months ago we woke to fine our beloved Pomeranian, Frankie collapsed and immobile. After 24 hours at the vet hospital there was no concrete diagnosis, he was not getting better, and the prognosis was grim. I took my kids in to visit him thinking that would lift his spirits. However, I was not thinking about how the kids would handle seeing him hooked up to tubes full of medicine and quivering in a kennel. I also was not prepared for the onslaught of questions that would come after leaving the vet hospital with my weeping six-year-old. I dealt with the situation as best I could. “He’s just not feeling well and they’re trying to fix him up”, worked fairly well for the threeyear-old. But when Miss six looked into my eyes, also welled with pools of tears, that answer was just not enough. When we got home I sat her down and we talked through it. Most of our pets don’t live as long as we do. They’re born and need loving families to take care of them while they’re on the earth and that is our job. After one is gone another will be born in its place, and he will need a family, too. I’m really not sure if I did that right. The truth is, when we choose a pet for our kids, they will outlive it.
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Peninsula Kids – Autumn 2016