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Likes: Going for a Ride in the Truck!
Pet-Peeves: Skunks, being left at the vet, Feldene pain patches (they make you really whiney), AND Daddy leaving for work
Favorite Toy: The gray lamiedoodle named Eli! Mommy buried him with me.
Favorite Food: I will beg for kibble, so anything better than that is a plus!
Favorite Walk: Is that some kind of sick joke?? WALK! I wish!!! The farthest I go is out back to pee!!!
Best Tricks: Getting Peanut Butter off my tongue!
Arrival Story: I was abandoned at a local auction yard. The rancher just packed up his stuff and left me behind with a cattle prod burn on my side. I was only 5 months old, and I walked across a busy street to a construction office. I played too rough with their black lab, so I was given to some nice friends of theirs, within 1 hour... then my new Daddy took me for a ride in my TRUCK!
Mommy said that I deserve the best because from the day I came into their lives, I saved Mommy. She was very depressed, and on medication and in therapy, but it wasn't working. Then God sent Mommy her "therapy puppy", and I made her so happy. I made her laugh again, and gave her a reason to wake up in the morning.
Bio: I have moved on to the rainbow bridge. I tried to stay longer, but my back gave out. On April 4, 2008, in the arms of my Daddy and while being kissed by my Mommy, I made my final journey.
On February 17, 2006, I had a total hip replacement on my left leg with a cementless implant. The next morning, my femur broke and the implant spun and was dislocated, so they took me back in and redid the implant, with cement this time. By the summer I was healed, but the recovery took its toll on my front legs. I tried to take too much weight with them, and just one turn and my left wrist dislocated. November 28, 2006, I had a conservative surgery to try to fix the wrist, putting a pin up the radius bone going through my wrist bone. Within 3 weeks, the pin broke. The Thursday before Christmas, 2006, I had to have another surgery to have the pin and stuff removed from my wrist. The vet said without arthrodisis, I would die in months from not being able to move.
We tried wrist braces, and bought a really nice one. It arrived on Feb 1, 2007. It worked, but we had to use it slowly so I didn't get rub wounds.
On February 4, 2007, I was happy to see my Daddy (it was his birthday) and I jumped up on him. My left rear leg broke badly. UC Davis tried to save it and did the arthrodesis on my front leg at the time. But the plate failed. They tried another surgery to fix it and removed my hip implant, but on July 5, 2007, I lost my battle to save this leg. It was amputated.
I had a cart I was learning to use, and my spirit was there, but with my other legs being weak, my time here was limited. But my LOVE was NOT!! :)
I was honored to be put on the Tripawds website! TWICE!! Arthrodesis and a 3 legger
Forums Motto: We had seasons in the sun......
This is the letter Mom sent to me. I got it just hours after she released it!
April 1, 1997 to April 4, 2008
Our loving son, Samuel Jacob,
Can it really have been a full year since you went on your final journey? While we felt, at the time we were releasing you from your Earthly body, our hearts still hurt for the emptiness we feel without you.
So much of your life was happy, but the last years were not. They will be the ones that taught us so much, and make us cry. You endured so much pain for us, and always with a smile.
Yes, dogs DO smile.
You definitely taught us that.
I still miss lying next to you on the bed. Sometimes I want to pat the bed to ask you to lie with me. I miss the way you cuddled me up tight-tight. Never again will a baby lie on our chest and take our jaw into their mouth with the love you did. You made us laugh and cry so much. And though we have done our best to honor you by moving on, the void will never be filled.
I sometimes wish I was still trapped still at home, taking care of you, than to have all the freedom we have to explore. Those months, and hours upon hours we spent together were priceless.
How proud we are of you, son. We always will be.
You have come to me in dreams, dear boy.
I hope it was my glimpse into heaven.
Please, wait for us.
My only hope is to be able to hold you once again, in heaven.
So many friends have been sending their love to us, and to you. You touched so many people. You made us proud, so very proud.
We love you, Monkey Boy!
Now and Forever,
Mommy & Daddy,
Mickey, Sara, Baby Cat, Wally & Jenny
Mom woke at 4:30 this morning and went outside to wish me a happy birthday! She promised no tears today. She said that today she will simply be grateful for the fact I as born and that's all. She said, "tomorrow, maybe I'll let them come, but for today, thank you for being in my life".
So, I'll take what I can get!
Thank you all so much for the love you are sending me! I lap it up like raspberry tea! LOVE IT!
Thank you to all my friends that have sent me messages of love and support to Mom. Thank you for tagging your photos Remembering Samuel Jacob"... as looking at the stroll makes Mom feel all the love you all seem to still have for me.
Tomorrow will be the first birthday since I left. While that will be a sad day that Mom can't kiss my face and give me a "special" meal, harder still will be Saturday. She will celebrate the day I was born, as my family feel it was certainly a blessing I was in their lives.
Again, thank you all. Thank you for the gift, threads, posts, pawmails, and rosettes. I love you all... forever. And you know, love never dies.
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