This is �Hopes� Story;
I adopted Hope in June of 2001. When I first saw Hope there was no connection between her and me except the fact that she looked so much like my big girl Belle. The weekend was coming up and I didn�t give it any further thought, except the week end was here and that mend time to relax. I had a dream that night that I adopted this dog and named her �HOPE� in hope she would live longer than Melanie and Teddie Bear (read their stories).
The dream was so real and almost scary, but again besides mention it once during the day I didn�t give it any further thoughts. That night, I awoke again with the same dream - I came home with this dog that I adopted and named her �Hope�. I thought this was odd and when Monday came around I took my big girl Belle (who does not care much for adult females) for a dog to dog interduction. Belle and �Hope� took to each other immediately and I was shocked just how much they looked alike � size, color. After all that it was hard to ignor this dog and I went through the adoption process. When Hope's finished her holding period and was made available I noticed her not feeling well. I adopted her anyway and made immediately and appointment with my vet for entire health examination including x-rays for hip problems (see Melanie) and an entire blood panal test (see Teddie Bear).Hope left the locale Humane Society without being spayed since I wanted her to get over her Kennel cough before the surgery and booting up her immune system. (I�m affiliated with the Shelter that�s why she was allowed to leave unsprayed). Hope was a dream come through; she was very obedient, she knew her basic sit, down, stay and heel. She was a gentle giant like Belle with my children. I took Hope for the first time to our neighborhood park and she enjoyed fetching and playing with the other dogs in the park. It was too good to be true. When I took Hope the next day to my vet she was diagnosed with a fever which I thought could be from the Kennel cough I was treating her for. Unfortunately after her x-rays it was revealed that Hope needed to be euthanized (humanely put to sleep) due to a ruptured pyometra. I was so heart broken, why has god sent al these unfortunate animals my way? My heart was filled with pain, in less than one year I lost the third baby.
I guess my daughter was right, when I told her about my first and second dream she asked me:� Mommy, why do you think �Hope� might live longer? Maybe it was ment for us to save her?�
My child was right, my vet confirmed � if I did not adopt Hope that day she would have died the next day in a kennel. Further more she would have died alone on a cold cement floor without any kind words
and tears of love. As hard as it wasand always will be (this was my third time now) I held Hope on my lap and spoke to her while stroking her head during euthanasia. I told her how special she was to us in the few hours we had each other! She was surley send to me by god!
God bless you Hope��� |
