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A family member and a best friend
by Jenna
As a teenager, dealing with pet deaths seems unbearable. The love and bond between my dogs is undescribable and to even imagine losing them is painful enough, but what about when it actually does? Well for my dog Kiowa, a beautiful 8 year old German Shepherd, had the best personality. She was dominant, always smiling, and had the best two dog friends, Dakota and Autumn. But with Kiowa and Autumn, I have never had two dogs that were so inseperable. They played all the time, followed each other everywhere and were just the best of friends. But during the month of May, my family and I thought that Kiowa was acting a little different; she was lying down a lot and sleeping more. But then one Sunday, after being busy the whole day, my sister was sitting outside with Kiowa and Kiowa was drinking a lot of water and was laying down on the cement. My mom, sister and I were obviously worried because we didnt know what was wrong. So the next morning, where Kiowa had fallen asleep in the house, she was still in the same spot. We couldnt get her to move, eat or anything. So since she was right by the back door, Kiowa would try and try to get up to go outside but she would just fall back down. So then after a few tries she finally made it up, barely, and fell down on the cement in the backyard. By then i was crying my eyes out, and none of us knew what to do. We couldnt get her up, so me, my sister and my dad had to pick her up and put her on a crate bottom that slides. At this point we knew we had to take her to the vet immediately. When she was on the crate bottom and we were sliding her through the house to put her in the car, tears were running down my face because she was a helpless animal right now that we love so much. So at the vet, after talking to him, he concluded that Kiowa had a cancer in her Spleen and it burst between Sunday night to Monday morning. The vet said that we could go home for a little bit while they did some tests to see if it was Benine or Malignant. Sorting through pictures of Kiowa, my sister comes in my room crying and says that he called and the cancer had dispersed throughout her body and we had to put her to sleep. I will never forget that horrible moment. Praying that God would keep her alive didnt work, instead my precious baby was taken away from all of our hearts, and even Autumn's. What Kiowa was known for was her love to give kisses all the time, and before the doctor put the needle in her to put her to sleep I was determined to get a kiss from her because I would feel like I would never get to truely say good-bye if I didnt get a kiss from her. With her weak and tired body, she gave me one. Putting her to sleep was the worst thing, especially having to deal with it at age 15. She was only 8 years old, way too early for this to happen. And even 6 months later, Autumn is never 100% happy, she still gets in depressed stages because her best friend was taken away from her, and my family's hearts.
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author, Jenna
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