It’s hard to explain why it happened or how events 2 years and 3 weeks apart could be so similar in their time, place and outcome. The parallel journey began to unfold when the phone rang at midnight….. “You need to come back to the hospital, we don’t think she is going to make it through the night.” Dad and I called Michael, we picked him up and headed over on the 101….. Michael thought he was even wearing the same clothes. The Mayo Clinic was coming into view on our left…and for a moment…it was that night all over again. But this time we drove past the exit and headed to the hospital where we had taken Kallie earlier in the day. She had experienced some neurological event that morning that left her confused, unbalanced… unable to control herself. When we arrived, the doctor met us…. “She has had 5 seizures in the last hour,” she told us. At first glance…she looked like our sweet girl….but the tubes, the inability to get up, the labored breathing…..the seizures… all told the gravity of the situation. When we looked at her beautiful face…into those big, brown soulful eyes….she could not look back….her sight was gone now. But we gently spoke her name… and somehow in the midst of all that had overwhelmed her….she was able to wag her tail. She recognized our voices and knew we were there for her…we wouldn’t leave her now. We each hugged her….held her tight…told her what a good girl she was. Ten years of unconditional love, loyalty, panionship, morning walks, car rides…all of it….ten years of our lives together was coming to an end. In a way it seemed we were losing another connection to you…. something here with us that you had loved…. was now leaving too. I told Kallie to look for you Kristen…but I knew you were already there waiting for her. I gathered her in my arms one last time… we all had tears now...she was ready….I whispered again….. We love you, its ok, go find Kristen”…..and so she left our lives and ran to your joy. In that moment…when she was straddling the rainbow between here and there…as I was holding her and you were reaching out….I wish somehow… or is it possible our fingertips touched? Take good care of her Kristen. I love you always and forever!
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 18:29:11 +0000
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