MY NAME IS JOAN,11 MONTHS AGO ON FEBRUARY 26,2009 I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM A FRIEND WHO TOLD ME SHE GOT A DOG AND HER LANDLORDWAS GOING TO HAVE HIM EUTHANIZED BECAUSE HE WAS A PITBULL AND HIS HOUSE INSURANCE WAS GOING TO GO UP(YES THATS RIGHT HE WAS VERY HEARTLESS AND SELFISH).SO ANYWAY I TOLD MY FRIEND I WOULD COME AND GET HIM.I WAS NEVER SCARED OF HIM HE WAS 8 MONTHS OLD BUT HE WAS BIG AND BEAUTIFUL(ALOT LIKE WHAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT IF HE WAS GOING TO BE A FIGHTING DOG)OVER MY DEAD BODY.WELL I BROUGHT HIM HOME 2 DAYS BEFORE MY WEDDING(HE WAS MY SPECIAL GIFT)HIS NAME WAS KINGSTON,MY 5 CHILDREN ADORED HIM AND MY HUSBAND HAD A NEW BEST FRIEND,AND I HAD ANOTHER BABY.KINGSTON LOVED CHEWING ON EVERYTHING AND,I MEAN EVERYTHING.I WOULD GET UPSET AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE HOUSE BUT,KINGSTON KNEW HE WAS IN TROUBLE HE WOULD BOW AND WITH HIS EYES ASK FOR FORGIVENESS (AND WE FORGAVE HIM EVERY TIME)THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I WOULD SEE HIM CHEW ON HATS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF AND SAID YOU GOT IT AGAIN WELL PLAY WITH NOW CAUSE YOU ALREADY ATE MOST OF IT,ENJOY YOURSELF NOW YOU BIG WUSS,CAUSE THATS WHAT HE WAS BIG FOR NOTHING SCARED OF HIS OWN SHADOW BUT,WE LOVED HIM ANYWAY. WELL IN EARLY JANUARY OF 2010 KINGSTON STARTED THROWING UP THAT LASTED 2 DAYS AND THEN HE WAS FINE FOR 2 DAYS BACK TO HIS NORMAL SELF AND, THEN THE THROWING UP AGAIN FOR 3 DAYS AND NOT GOING TO THE BATHROOM SO MY HUSBAND AND I DECIDED TO BRING HIM INTO THE VET,THE VET SAID HE NEEDED TO HAVE SURGERY BECAUSE OF WHAT HE HAD IN HIS STOMACHE SO HE DID.WELL HE CAME OUT OF SURGERY AT 9:00P.M. ON 1/14/2010 (MY 30TH BIRTHDAY)THEY SAID HE WAS DOING WELL STILL WAKING UP FROM SURGERY I WAS SO RELIEVED AND ANXIOUS TO SEE HIM THE NEXT MORNING,BUT I DIDNT HAVE THE MONEY TO GET HIM CAUSE YOU KNOW MOST VETS ARE VETS FOR THE MONEY NOT THE ANIMAL SO THE NEXT MORNING I WENT EVERYWHERE UNTIL I GOT THE MONEY FIRST THING IN THE MORNING THE VETS OFFICE WASNT EVEN OPEN YET BUT,I MADE SURE I HAD THAT MONEY FOR MY BABY KINGSTON.WELL I CALLED MY HUSBAND AND TOLD HIM TO GET OUR 3 YEAR OLD DRESSED WE WERE GOING TO GET KINGSTON.I WAS DRIVING TO PICK THEM UP AND MTY HUSBAND CALLED ME ON MY CELL AND SAID THE VET TOOK KINGSTON HOME OVERNIGHT TO WATCH HIM AND HE PASSED AWAY AT 4:30 A.M. HE JUST COULDNT FIGHT ANYMORE.IMAGINE ME DRIVING AND GETTING THAT NEWS I HAD TO PULL OVER AND DONT EVEN REMEMBER HOW I GOT HOME.WE WENT TO VETS OFFICE WHERE THEY BROUGHT FOR US TO SAY OUR GOODBYES AND THEY TOLD ME WHEN THEY DID SURGERY HE HAD ALL KINDS OF STUFF IN HIS SMALL INTESTINE AND IT GOT STUCK AND THERE WAS NO OXYGEN TO THE INTESTINE.WHEN WE GOT HOME WE MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR A SERVICE AND A PRIVATE CREMATION,I THEN WENT THROUGH THE BAG OF STUFF THEY REMOVED FROM HIS STOMACHE AND INTESTINE AND I COULDNT BELIEVE THERE WERE TOYS AND TINSIL FROM THE TREE AND LATEX GLOVES ALL CHEWED UP OF COURSE,THAT KILLED ME BECAUSE OF MY INNOCENT IGNORANCE MY BABY HAD DIED.I DONT THINK I WILL EVER FORGIVE MYSELF BUT I HOPE HE WILL SO HE CAN REST IN PEACE...PLEASE WHOEVER READS THIS DONT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I HAVE,I THOUGHT BECAUSE HE WAS BIG IT WAS O.K. I SEEN DOGS CHEW ON FULL SIZE TIRES AND THEY WERE FINE,IF I ONLY TOOK THAT STUFF AWAY FROM HIM HE WOULD STILL BE HERE AND I WOULDNT HAVE SUCH EMPTINESS AND GRIEF FOR MY BOY...I HAVE A POODLE AND I HAVE HAD HER FOR 17 YEARS SHE IS STILL HERE BUT WHAT SHE HAS GIVEN ME WORDS CANT DESCRIBE BUT, KINGSTON GAVE ME THAT IN 11 MONTHS.I WILL LOVE AND MISS HIM FOREVER AND ALWAYS.............