stoutfellow: (Ben)
stoutfellow ([personal profile] stoutfellow) wrote2008-09-30 10:05 am
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9:25 AM CDT: The Final Gift

This morning I took Ben, one last time, on that long walk to the vet.

I came home alone.

[identity profile] allyra.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I am so, so sorry. *hugs*

Ben had a wonderful life with you.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. I hope you're right.

ben

(Anonymous) 2008-09-30 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Jim. I will let the family know. We send our sympathies and we know of your friends have met each other and are chasing rabbits and birds and frisbees (yes they have frisbees in heavan), again our deepest sympathies. Donanddad
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[identity profile] xinef.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
So sorry. {{hugs}}

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] toraks.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)

I'm so sorry!

My sympathies and *hugs*

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] the-blue-fenix.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Sigh. I've been there. It's the price we pay for loving a species with 1/8 or so of our life span.

hug.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. And we never learn, either.
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[personal profile] sraun 2008-09-30 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Condolences.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] pompe.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] oilhistorian.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I, too, am sorry for your loss.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] bibliotrope.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
More hugs.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] nara-cat.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.
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[identity profile] al-zorra.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Ben is feeling better now.

I'm so sorry.

Love, C.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.
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[personal profile] nlbarber 2008-09-30 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
{{{Hugs}}}

I'm so sorry.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] cynthia1960.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry for your loss. Ben was a good dog, and you are a good doggy dad.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. Yes, he was; I'm still learning just how big a hole he left.

[identity profile] countrycousin.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I am sorry for your loss. I'm glad to have known Murphy and Ben through these pages these last few years.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] subcreator.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I know that must have been a difficult walk for you. I’m sorry.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. It was, but the alternative was much worse.

[identity profile] pmrabble.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry, Jim. We all can tell you cared for Ben (and Murphy) a lot.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] sunlizzard.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
You have my deepest sympathies. I know you worried about it, but I've been confident all along that you would know when the time had come for this decision, and make no mistake, it was a decision of love and compassion for Ben, for his comfort and quality of life. No matter how difficult it was for you (and I know it broke your heart), you know it was best for him, and that's your comfort in this. You took the best possible care of your friend, including his end of life care, and more than that no one could do. Ben was one lucky dog. Bless you, dear Jim.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-02 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you. It was hard - in some ways, harder than with Murphy - and harder still because the house is now empty. The weekend was bad enough that I know it was right, but it's going to hurt for a long time.

[identity profile] mmegaera.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I am so sorry. That's got to be one of the hardest right things to do, ever. I hope Ben and Murphy are having a wonderful time together out there somewhere...

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. So do I.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.
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[identity profile] norabombay.livejournal.com 2008-10-01 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry.

Ben was a good dog, and will be missed.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. He was, and he will.

[identity profile] desert-vixen.livejournal.com 2008-10-01 03:13 am (UTC)(link)

((((( )))))

I'm sorry for your loss.

DV

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] coalboy.livejournal.com 2008-10-01 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
Requiescat in pace.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Amen.

[identity profile] dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com 2008-10-01 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
Sympathies.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] nishatalitha.livejournal.com 2008-10-01 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry for your loss.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.
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[identity profile] trixtah.livejournal.com 2008-10-01 10:19 am (UTC)(link)
My sympathies.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2008-10-04 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

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