Aug 13, 2010

Slowing

Omega+Alpha As time plods on it's becoming increasingly clear that Tiny's decline is heading towards its inevitable conclusion.

Her glands are enormous; new swelling are coming up on her legs; her back legs have fluid leaking internally; her heart is beating hard even when at rest; she is afflicted by a wracking cough.

She doesn't want to get up in the morning and is becoming less interested in eating.

And yet give her half and hour to get used to the idea of being semi-awake and she tucks into her breakfast and perks up, looking at you to say "well it's that time of day, let's be off then."

And then she'll plod around the forest or the beach or whatever, dutifully putting one foot in front of the other.

But her heart isn't really in it.

So over the past few days we've been thinking and talking about taking her life in our hands and letting her go whilst she still isn't suffering too much, while she still has a little spark left in her.

So here she is, on her last walk.

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