When a Furry Friend Departs this World
A few months ago, something I had been dreading for years happened. Our 14 year old dog, Pierre, died. Despite his age, it was something that was relatively unexpected. Over the course of a few days his health quickly deteriorated and my wife and I sat by his side in the emergency vet and painfully watched him go into cardiac arrest and die after a procedure that we hoped might buy him a little bit …