The final goodbye

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It’s the last appointment of the day at Armory Animal Hospital. We are taken to a peaceful room where Maggie eventually lays on her right side with her head in Cory’s lap and my head laying over her heart with my arms around her chest and belly. She’s already been given a sedation injection to help calm her nerves. Dr. Corey inserts the needle and I start crying. Cory starts crying. We are assured it will be a peaceful transition. I feel her chest rise and fall, rise and fall, and then… fall. I hold her till her last breath and after. With my head still on her no-longer-beating heart I bawl and Dr. Corey whispers, “she’s gone.” It is the saddest moment of my life. 

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Published by samonthoughts

I live in Johnston, RI. I am using this blog to work through many thoughts and emotions as my dog was diagnosed with bone cancer in November 2018. I hope my writing helps others going through similar things and hopefully it resonates with at least one person.

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2 thoughts on “The final goodbye”

  1. THE SPECIAL ROOM

    There is now a special room in your heart that has “MAGGIE’S ROOM”
    engraved on the door. A note under the engraving reads, “Visiting time-24/7”.

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