Road To Recovery Day 24: Losing A Part Of Our Family

Today was probably one of the worst days this year. 

I got a text from James during the day telling me his dog Tia was very sick and they were going to have to put her down.

I sat out in my garden, balling my eyes out, I didn't expect this to happen so soon.

Tia was 16 years old and she was an amazing dog, she never acted like an old dog, she was always so full of energy.

The past few weeks she started to fade, she was struggling to walk. We had a feeling she wouldn't make it for much longer, but we didn't expect it to happen so soon.

Today she lost all control of her legs and couldn't get up, James had to make the hardest decision he has ever had to make, he called the vets and got an appointment for her to be put to sleep. 

I walked to the vets to meet him and his family, I told myself I needed to be strong for them as it was going to be very hard.

As soon as they arrived and I seen James sister, we both ran into each others arms and balled our eyes out.

Just seeing Tia the way she was, was heart breaking. Even though I knew it was for the best it was still so hard.

We stayed with her through the whole procedure, and stayed even after it, we really didn't want to leave her.

It was a very very hard thing to see, but it was peaceful and she wasn't in pain anymore.

When we left we all just talked about the fond memories we have of Tia, we laughed and cried.

My most memorable moment with her was when she ran into a sliding door, god she never failed to make me laugh.

We lost a huge part of our family, but she will always be in our hearts and memories.

R.I.P Tia

Thank you for reading.

Love,

Tanya

xxx