Comments on: For Cid (February, 2000-August 4, 2009)

By: jwoestendiek

jwoestendiek — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:44:30 +0000

Thanks for your thoughts, Ken, and for letting us use your poem. Our sympathies are with you.
John

By: Ken Wolman

Ken Wolman — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:17:38 +0000

I’m the author and I thought I’d butt in. Cid died of splenic hemangiosarcoma, in other words a cancer of the spleen that caused it to rupture and bleed into his abdomen. Mercifully, it did its work from dawn ’til dusk. But his weakness on his last day, his plain exhaustion, was terrible to watch. He could barely stand. The odds he would survive surgery were slim, so the decision was really simple though wrenching. And it was indeed a sad joy for us to sit on the floor with him in his last moments and tell him how much we loved him for what he brought us. The National Canine Cancer Foundation (Fund?) works on cures for these terrible things; and while this is not a commercial endorsement, I hope that if enough of us fight these illnesses, one day there will few reasons we have to.

By: Eighteenpaws

Eighteenpaws — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:49:13 +0000

A Killer, JW. With all the wonders of modern science, why have we not been able to work to extend the lives of our pets beyond pretty much a decade? I have buried many and it is never easy, no matter what age or circumstance. Bless ‘em all, and I would love to believe that we will all frolick together one day. THANKS

By: Mariela

Mariela — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:09:21 +0000

I had that feeling once! }:-((((