My dog Maddie, my little long haired chihuaua, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, Nov. 1. I took her into the Vet for a dental cleaning, they ran her blood work, everything was fine and normal - about an hour into the procedure, she had a pulminary embolyzm and died. None of their efforts to revive her helped. I keep telling myself that maybe God took her at a quiet moment because he knew if she had the embolyzm when she was home and I found her dead, it would be worse. I just cant make sense of it all. She was almost 9 years old and was the love of my life. She had long black hair with salt & peppery markings. She went everywhere with me, including on my vacations. Everyone that knew her, loved her. She was the most gentle, loving and sweet soul you would ever want to meet. She was all about unconditional love. She brought me such joy and peace. I dont know how I am going to go on with out her, but I have to for the sake of my other dogs. I do have five other dogs, please dont think "Oh well she has 5-other dogs she can love on" but what you dont understand is that she was the one who was my little baby. I love my other dogs very, very much and would be very upset to lose any of them. But this is the first dog I have lost in my adult life and I have never experienced this kind of pain. My husband and I do not have children of our own and these dogs are our children. Especially Maddie. She was my heart. I hope that my posting can help someone else feeling the same way that I do. -Tina E. Gilbert, AZ
