Yesterday with the help of Dr. Sy from Lap of Love, I said “I will see you again’ to my little Tahiti. She hadn’t been with me for even two months, but her sweet soul left an indelible mark on us all.
She was left at Miami Dade Animal Services by her family at 15 year old and rescued by DRSF in October of 2020. She was tiny little girl, and was skinny and shy. She stayed with President Pam for a while before coming to our house, where she quickly claimed her spot in a bed in my room.
She couldn’t see very well and couldn’t hear very well and was a little off cognitively, but she loved to eat and was always first in line for dinner and would often eat her and Lionel’s dinner if he didn’t eat fast enough.
Tahiti had her first seizure Tuesday night and spent the rest of the night at LeadER under observation and getting some anti seizure meds into her system. She had another seizure Wednesday afternoon and cognitively we didn’t think she could come back. She stabilized a bit, she stayed one more night at LeadER and I was able to bring her home Thursday night.
We knew we didn’t have a lot of time but were going to make the best of what we had and so Thursday night dinner had some chicken and beef added to it (thank you leftover Moe’s!) and then not even a full day after getting her home, the jingle bells around her neck work me up to tell me she was having another seizure at just before 7AM on Friday. She came out of it and ate her breakfast like a champ, but it was written in the stars, we had to let her go.
Lap of Love was able to fit us in at 1PM and so I came home a bit early, armed with McDonalds French Fries and Tahiti, Watson, Leah, Tahiti and I all spent some time together on the patio, eating French Fries. Tahiti loved them and when we were done, she washed them down with a big drink of water.
Dr. Sy arrived and was so very kind. She came with treats for everyone with an extra special one, a syringe of Nutella for Tahiti, to distract her while the first injection was administered. Tahiti was able to enjoy the entire syringe of Nutella, snuggled in my lap, in her favorite Bones and Me blanket, before the sedative took hold, and snored peacefully as she gently slipped away.
My heart was broken, but rescue did what rescue was supposed to do. DRSF was her safety net when her family abandoned her and provided her the care she needed, and gave me the opportunity to have her come home, even for a short time to be loved and spoiled, and feel the sunshine on her face and the grass of her back yard under her feet before she was helped across the bridge as gently as possible.
Tahiti, you were with us for just a short time, but you will be forever loved and forever remembered. Until we meet again, look for the guy in the fleece and he will take care of you <3
