My beloved Gadwicke, passed away yesterday afternoon.
Poor old man, in the midst of the festivities of the day noticed he was breathing very hard, lying under a tree in the yard.
I immediately knew he was experiencing heart failure.
Thank god I have the best house call doctors ever.
Sure enough, his heart was failing, knew he has been declining the last few months but still hoped he might have another 6 mos. to a year.
The vet assured me that I was right on in calling and there was nothing that could be done.
Held him while he was sedated and then the final crossover moment. :-(
He had an awesome life and was very well loved, really couldn’t have been any more perfect, breakfast at 9 gone by 5, and was fortunate to not have experienced this during the night where he might have suffered undetected.
I will be burying him this morning.
Gadwicke July 1995 – May 2010