01/06/2024
This is not my writing but it is so a great piece! Brings tears to my eyes and makes my heart heavy š So many times Iāve been in this same situation! i talked to your best friend tonight.
Today I was with your best friendā„ļø
i told him the hospital gossip. i told him about every single taylor swift album. i told him to be brave. i told him iād make sure he was comfortable. i told him i would advocate for him. i told him he wasnāt alone.
and i held your best friend tonight.
i held him as he seized uncontrollably. i held him as he moaned in pain. i held him after he got hit by a car. i held him as he bled internally. i held him as he relentlessly barked, so i brought blankets into his kennel for us to spoon while i read him a book. i held him, when he couldnāt hold himself.
i held him as we unblocked him. i held him as his hind legs no longer worked. i held him as he got aggressive renal therapies. i held him as his abdomen filled with fluid. i held him as he tried to kill me night 1, but curled up in my lap and enjoyed an episode of family guy with me on night 3.
but most importantly, i loved your best friend tonight.
i know you werenāt there to talk to him. i know you werenāt there to hold him. and i know you werenāt there when his heart stoppedā¦but i was.
so, i talked to your best friend tonight. i told him that you loved and missed him so much. and i held your best friend tonight, hoping it was the same way that you held him. but most importantly, i loved your best friend tonight. enough for the both of us.
hug a veterinary nurse ā¤ļø