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A million times we've needed you,
A million times we've cried.
If love alone could've saved you,
You never would have died.
In life we loved you dearly,
In death we love you still.
In our hearts you hold a place,
No one else will ever fill.
It broke our hearts to lose you,
But you didn't go alone.
Part of us went with you,
The day God took you home.......I miss ya lil one

The saddest sound in the universe... is the last heartbeat- *Darby*

At 4.38 pm 03/01/06 Our beloved foster Darby left this life held close in love by my husband and i .After a long battle with distemper .She was over the worse and getting healthy until suffering nuerological damage The vets agree with the choice we had to make .It ripped at us what if. ?maybe? perhaps? but within one day and a half she went down to siezures and blindness her motor skills began to diminish .And this we cannot bear .And in love and compassion through tears and heartache and held in loving arms she runs now anew ...Darby ..Thank you for enriching our lives even for the short while bless you , In feeling only you know I love you
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Lord
make me an instrument of Thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
animated flying eagle

O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Amen

DARBY

i AM Darbys foster and as you all now know .Today shall be one of the most heartwrenching days ,My heart feels ripped .Yet in love i shall hold in life to guide and ease her to the meadows of the heaven across the bridge theses arms shall hold her until her spirit runs free then this heart of mine shall break as i write tears flow freely .But i know this decision i make will take every ounce of love and compassion for she is suffering , But she is and always shell be loved ,

Distemper

I ma Darbys foster mom.Darby has been battling distemper ,Since Jan 2006 and by all the odds made it through ,However she is now completely blind there has been severe damage to the retina .And signs of nuerological damage .She is trying so hard to adjust and adapt to sounds to get around , ......We are now faced with the most difficult decision .How is the quality of her life .,,,,,,I can live and train a blind dog Lord knows i have 2 deaf ones .So that is not an issue ......But this illness is brutal ....As i sit here in tears and my heart feels ripped .I know in my heart what i must do for its only a matter of time until she is completely unable to live as she should .I love all creatures big and small and this shall be something that will be the hardest thing to do ,Yet i shallbe with her until the time.....Tomorrow i plan to take her and let her feel the sand smell the sea to eat Mc Donalds .Pray for her ....please

My road to recovery

Hi all .It me Darby .Well it has been a really rough road How???Ive have been terriblay sick and almost went to the bridge twice so each time my mom rushes me to the vet i feel a lil better .Some tell my mom to PTS me GOSH dont they know i understand ?Gee i am sick but i really am fighting to get better .Mom says that she wont give up until i decide its time .Well i am gonna try .She has got me on this terrible med i take 3*X a day rrrr and she gives me enchichia and goldenseal as well she prepares me fresh food to up my immune system and cleans my nose and wipes those ugly gooey things that drip from my nose and i just LOVE my foster mom i have to be by her all the time i sleep cuddled close so close i never want to let go . She says she is gonna get a second opinion becuse she says i need to be the pup i am meant to be and no matter what she gonna be there wth me all the way if it takes a long time she will care and love me no matter what .Wow she celebrates each moment i do something puupy like and she gets real happy when i eat good .Well guys i am sleepy and just send good kind thoughts . wags and licks Darby

Better day

Hi everyone im am feeling a tad bit better i have 101.0 temp im eating a lil .Ihad my meds yuk i really wish i could be around my foster brothers .But my foster mom says i need to be alone so i can get better and take those horrid pills so they have me watching tv and come and love me a lot ,Why are my humans so clean ? they are always washing my blanket and sheet .I dont poop on them mom says its to keep everything clean so i can get better ,keep good thoughts Wags And Licks DAEBY

Darby

Hi i am Darbys foster mom .and Darby went from a spunky baby to base zero we had pulled her from the pound and all the sudden she got sick very sick .It is one of the most heartwrenching situations to encounter but one that comes with rescue ,She was set to be PTS for it looked like she was not going to make it .At the last moment I instead took her a another vet to see IF there was a chance ,We thought it may have been distemper .All my boys are UTD so they are fine .the vet gave an injection and strong meds to see if she can over come this .He is looking at a severe respitory infection we have her isolated and we are stringent about her care ,I belive that she deserves a chance as the vet does .we are keeping a close eye on her vitals ect With rescue it is always some uncertainty and sometimes one wonders why did i pull this creature ,My friends that is a true rescue watching them overcome and grow to become the dog they are meant to be .More than many i want to adopt them but in my heart of hearts its always( love )that i am able to let go .We keep and form strong friendships with the adopters and for this i am grateful and blessed and i ask that you all please keep this fur baby in your prayers or send good thoughts .I thank you Ann

Im soo sick

i am goimg to the vet today ,I begun running a high fever and i have stopped eating .please pray that i make over this hump

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