"What up wit' it homie?"Today has been a dreadful day. After five days of worry and drama, we had to put our baby Smudge to sleep. It was a really hard decision and one we had hoped never to make, especially not yet since he was only two, but one that was necessary.
It all started Wednesday night when he was out playing with the other dogs and we noticed his eye was a little buggery. Thursday morning I took him to the vet at 8:30 am, where I left him to have surgery on his eye. Apparently he had some sort of ulcer on his eye or something and they ended up sewing the cornea back into place because it had come through. Then they sewed the eye shut to allow it to heal. The next day I was gone all day because I had to pick dad up at the airport, so when Jack came home and let him out and saw that he looked like he was blind in the other eye he freaked out. The first clue was when he ran into a cactus. Anyway, he rushed him to the vet which was closing and they directed him to the emergency hospital in Tucson. Smudge spent the weekend there getting drops and such in his other eye until the cornea came through and punctured it, thus destroying any hope that he would be able to live out his life as a one-eyed dog. Since he was in pain and the other eye was still looking like a mess, Jack made the call.
I am devastated to have lost my most favoritest "little bastard", "bane of my existence", and baby boy. I miss you already Smudge.
3 comments:
Smudge,
You were a funny little dog with a lot of character and lots of love for kissing. Addy really liked you and you were such a gentle dog with all the kids. Someday, we know that you will take good care of our pal Cody. I hope you get your fill of long runs in the sunshine and lots of other dogs to torture. You sure were good at it. Know that your family loved you very much.
Amber I'm so sorry about Smudge! We'll be thinking of you guys.
I'm sorry you lost your little Smudge. He'll be waiting for you over the Rainbow Bridge.
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