Weekend
This past weekend I was asked to dogsit for my dad’s friend, Connie (well, she is also my friend) out in Lago Vista Friday night through Sunday morning. It is just so interesting how things happen and you never expect them and afterward you are able to see that even though it was so incredibly bizarre, God was having His way all along and for the very best. Saturday I took Tigger for about a 40 minute walk as I normally do out to the lake and back. It was a hot one. When we arrived back to the house he had a heat stroke. I immediately put wet washcloths all over his body and put a fan directly on him. But he just kept becoming more and more clumsy and would not drink water.
About two hours later I noticed Tigger pooped on the floor, which is really unlike him. He was laying down this entire time, but pretty restless. I noticed the feces had pus in it (not a good sign) and he continued to poop in little worm-like strands. I was thinking viral, but anyways next came the blood. Slowly at first, then more and more. The poor thing was loosing all the the blood is his entire body. Thank God it was me handling this and not Connie. She would have not been able to do it. Tigger was way too heavy for me to carry to the vet ER and Connie does not have any friends close by. So I went and got Tigger some Pedialyte and a baby syringe, but I did this more for Connie because I wanted to do everything I could even though I knew he was dying. I comforted him and and when I went to take a shower and he saw that i had left, he made his way through the doggy door and out into the backyard to die. Sunday morning I found him dead under the deck stairs.
Thank God Connie was in Houston and she still is today (monday) with my dad in Houston and I know he is being such a comfort to her. The interesting this is that the dog was the only thing keeping Connie in Lago Vista because she had moved out there for a man and that relationship ended about six months ago. So now she is free to move back to Houston. Thats where all her friends and family are and I know she has wanted to be there. Its so perfect how God’s timing is. He just knows when the right time is and who can handle what.
