Birthday: September 13th 2002 Likes: He Loved having his picture taken,being wrapped in a blanket, all snuggly, and to be rocked, shopping, "mommy and puppy time" Pet-Peeves: Hated being left alone Favorite Toy: His very first toy a stuffed cow, but anything that squeeked, or rolled was great too, he especially like the cats chase the ball tube Favorite Food: Anything he could sneak, frenchfries, were the best! Favorite Walk: In the yard running around the fence where his sister Tessa played Best Tricks: He'd coming running, and prance in front of me, like "here Iam, here Iam" when I'd say,"Mommy can't find you!" Or trying to wake me up by backing up to the closet door and bump it with his butt, then run to the bed to see if I heard him, Arrival Story: TedEbear was born in my backyard 3 weeks after his mama moved to Iowa from Tennessee, he was one of 7 pups, and the last to get a home, so I decided to keep him.
He was so adorable, but very tiny, so I knew something was wrong, but I wanted to give him the best life to be had. Bio: TedEbear was a dwarf cause by HYPOTHYROIDISM. At about 3 months of age he started to have violent seizures, sometimes they would be 5 minutes in length other times 20 minutes. He could go weeks without one, or have 8 or more in a day. Most of the time he was cold, so I bought a heated for in my bedroom..or should I say HIS bedroom... This was the start of our "Mommy & Puppy" time, wrapping him in a blanket and rocking him while I watched tv. By 9 months things were pretty well straightened out, with meds, but as he'd start to grow, changes had to be made when he had seizures again.
He was about 2 when his fur started falling out, and he would be pretty naked in spots, so we went shopping to buy sweaters, he enjoyed people making a fuss over how cute he was.
At this point he still had not lost his baby teeth either, but in a way that was good, cause he happened to bite me a few times when he was having seizures, and its good that his teeth were still tiny. But I do have a few scars to always remember him by.
He was almost 2 when we decided it was safe to have him neutered, and in doing a chest x-ray, Kim, our vet, noticed his heart was larger than it should be. Then 6 months later when he had to have another x-ray, it showed his heart had doubled in size, so I knew life for him was not going to be too long
He was my constant companion for 3 1/2 years, still tiny, so he got to be carried a lot, one of his biggest joys! The most he weighed was 9#. This past April (2006) I has 2 heartattacks, and when I came home from the hospital, he was acting terribly "needy". He was very cold all the time, so we spent a lot of time in the rocker, wrapped in a blanket, and at night he got to sleep in my bed, that was when I noticed his breathing was slowing down a lot. I was 5 days from going back to work, the afternoon of May 25th 2006, we were watching tv all snuggled in a blanket in the rocker, when he took his last breath. We went to the local HobbyLobby store and bought a little pine chest, I wrapped him in his blanket, and tucked him inside with 2 of his favorite toys.
Enjoy your stay at THE RAINBOW BRIDGE, my baby, till I come to get you, and we'll never be apart. Forums Motto: TedEbear~My SPECIAL MIRACLE The Groups I'm In: ♥Angels♥, *Dogster Digital Photography Challenge*, ♥A TEAM♥, Miss ♥Dayzee♥ Support and Fundraiser Group, Cameraholics!, HAVE A HEART, light a candle...., Pawsome Pages, POMS UNITED WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS aka PUFF, Rainbow Bridge Angel Babies, You Will Always Be In Our Hearts, ^^^Angels from above^^^ The Last Forum I Posted In: COCOBEAR goes to the Bridge on Monday (Levi Paws Brother)
Here is the poem about my remembrance tree, Mommy was inspired to write as she was making my ornaments and pictures on the tree.
The Remembrance Tree
Christmas balls of red, gold and blue
Reflecting images of a past we knew
That’s all I have now; memories of you
If my Christmas wish, could ever come true
I'd be holding you again, the whole year through
This entry in my diary is a bit different.
It has been quite some time since I sent Mommy a rainbow.
She would be looking every time it rained and just a peak of the sun. But no rainbow. Mommy was really getting worried, that I had moved on to a new level and she was feeling so lost and abandoned.
I'm not sure why, cause she knew I was right there when she was making heartfelt poems and pretty memorial pictures for some of my new furiends here, that had to leave their furmilies on earth.
Well, it was just a month till my birfday..Aug 13, 2011 to be exact. It was raining up a good storm, the sun would peak through, Mommy would run outside looking for my presents (a rainbow), but none. Then it poured. and the sun came out and it rained in the sunshine...and behold!! A perfect rainbow! It was so perfect, cause the sky was lightened and pretty clouds were around. And it made for a beautiful picture. And Mommy got it on film!! So now she knew, I was still with her.
So, Mommy used this unbelievable picture to make my birfday card, this year, then she put a light touch of oil painting on it with her photo program, and I wrote her a little message, just so she would know...I'd never leave her.
My Message to Mommy on my Birfday
Just a month before my birfday
when you thought I was a million memories away
I sent to you this most precious rainbow
I knew after so long, once again, you needed to know
If I was still there when you needed me most
I see you write poems for others, so their mommy's would know
But you wondered, where was I when you needed me so?
You should not have doubted, I wouldn't be here
when I'd see your tears and feel your fear
Now I know you will be ok, just for a little while
when you are thinking of me, I can see you smile.
With you forever and always
♥ your beloved TedEbear.
This link should be my picture ♥ to Mommy
Four years have now past
Since you held me last
So dry away those tears
‘Cause really I am right here
Letting you know I’m everywhere
In the splendor of gifts that I share
Thinking of what to send in June
I have even used a full moon
That special space within your heart
My place; I will never part
You will find me there night or day
Till it’s time for you to slip away
I’ll be watching over you till that time
And I promise to be with you, as you cross the line.
Mommy try to remember the good times, and know I am always with you.
~♥~ Always and Forever, your baby TedEbear~
