by ANGELA PADOVANI
I HAD a sweet golden retreiver who we called Ginger (bubba4short) who every day would greet me and my family when we walked in the door.... she would hear the car door slam shut & there her little head was looking anxiously out the window.Not 1 night would pass where Ginger wasn't by my side while I sleeped.I allowed her to sleep with me, in my bed, under the covers,thats how much I loved my baby girl.Well one evening Ginger wasn't her self. She sloped around the house,barely eating,not the same dog we knew.It took me forever to get her into my room,when bedtime came around.There was no way I could have slept unless she was by my side, evan though how very tired I was that night, but I managed to practically carry Ginger across the house & onto my bed.I covered her up with her sheet & layed her head on the pillow. Ginger just layed there ,anyway I moved her Ginger she just layed there.My father told me Ginger would be tooken to the vet the next day.I had this gut-feeling in my stomach that something wasn't going to be good at all.I went by my instinks,evan though it kept me up all night by Ginger crying until I had no tears left.I cut alot of Gingers fur off and stored it in a bag,that till this very day I have.I knew she was going to be put asleep.The next morning me,my dad,and ginger were up early in the morning.Ginger's skin was a yellowish tone,she looked very sick.We went to the vet & waited in the room for the doctor to come in.I held ginger crying because I knew what was going to happen.The doctor came in looked in her eyes and looked at her stomach.He told me and my father she had liver failure,and the best thing for ginger was to be put asleep.It was the first time I saw my dad cry.I was hurting so bad.Ginger just layed there.The vet went out of the room & left us all in there to say our good byes.I cryed so hard while holding Ginger in my arms.I told her I loved her over and over.The vet came back into the room 5min. later ,with a needle that Ginger idmediatly saw & moved .She was scared ,I could see it in her big brown eyes.I put Ginger into my arms holding her as the doctor was shaveing her paw.He took the needle and injected it into her,as he was busy doing that,I was busy kissing her and tellin her I loved her.A couple seconds later she peacefully closed her eyes.That was it,she was gone forever .No longer was she there to greet me,or sleep with me.We took her home and I watched my dad burry a hole he put her limp,lifeless body into it, wrapped in a sheet,it was so hard watching & listening the dirt hit the sheet.I cryed for hours,I couldn't sleep right away,it took a few days to adopt to not haveing by baby to hug on at night.I look at her pictures and hold her fur whenever I think of her which is alot.I miss you baby and Im patietly waiting to be greeted by you at the rain bow bridge !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!