jennypinky

Short (and sad) update

Published: January 11th 2023, 4:39:17 pm

Hi friends, 

I had actually planned a post about being able to prepare booths for Loving Reaper again this year, because the approvals came in last night. Instead there is sad news that set me back a bit.

My dog "Trixie" came to the emergency clinic a few days ago because she collapsed. She was found to have a cancerous tumor that ruptured half of her spleen. Because of this she lost a lot of blood. We were looking for blood donors and so many thousands of people either tried to help or shared the message. The call for help for Trixie was shared thousands of times within Germany, many called the clinic directly or just came in. The support was overwhelming and for the last two days my little girl seemed to recover as well. 

This morning two calls came from the clinic. On the first call I was told that she tolerated the blood donation so well that she will be allowed to go home tomorrow. The second call, just a few minutes later, told me that she was unexpectedly dying...

And that's it. The friend who had been with me through so much for the last ten years just died. 

The only thing that consoles me a little is that I was allowed to visit her the day before. I gave her all the love and reassurance I could muster (and a few treats). 

Ironic how I could write so many stories about grief, but not a single one comforts myself.

Maybe I'll dedicate a whole separate comic to her, maybe that IS my way of grieving. Maybe this is my way of saying goodbye. 

Please have some understanding and patience, I was really hard hit by her sudden passing.

Thank you,
Jen