My Sweet Jumbo....

[Chilly]

Yesterday I had to say goodbye to my sweet boy. I am so crushed and sad, I am having touble dealing with his loss. I wasn't ready and I didn't expect this. I knew he was sick with malocclusion, but I thought I could help him...

Yesterday Jumbo went into the doctor again after showing some signs of difficulty. The doctor suggested he get his teeth filed down again and given antibiotics and also eye drops. Seeing that his eyes were now becoming bothered.

He had his filing done and I picked him up at the vet. I looked at him in his box and he was cuddled in the back. When I finally got home and went to take him out, I just knew something wasn't right... My heart sank. I picked him up and he was limp. I called my husband and then the vet. I held Jumbo on my lap rubbing his chest, as the doctor told me to do. Within five minutes his heart stopped while I was still on the phone with the doctor.

I was hysterical to the vet and lost! I couldn't believe it. I couldn't stop crying and I held Jumbo for so long, I just didn't want to put him down. My husband rushed home to be with me. He held Jumbo and I held him again and gave him tons of kisses and loves and then we wrapped him up in a towel. We barried him next to Lucky (our dwarf hamster).

I will always cherish every moment with Jumbo. We had such a good weekend. It's almost like he knew....The 14th was his four year anniversary with us and he made it to that day... He gave me tons of chinnie kisses this past weekend. I feel blessed that I had Jumbo in my life. I miss him every minute and I can't stop crying. It hursts so bad, but I am glad that he is now resting peacefully without pain. I am also glad he was with me at that moment....

Thanks for reading about my sweet boy. A shy, but very lovable chinnie!!!!:love:

[prem]

I'm really sorry to hear that...we were all hoping he'd pull through.

---Prem

[Chilly]

Hi,

Thank you, I appreciate that.

Take Care,
Chilly

[Nib]

Now you have me crying :cry:

I'm so sorry for your loss. I know how much you love Jumbo and I believe he knew as well. You did everything you could and he’s in a better place now. I know how much it hurts since I lost my little girl to malocclusion. Treasure the moments you’ve shared with your baby and keep a favorite photo of Jumbo near by, it defiantly helps.

[spazz11-20-04]

Chilly I'm so sorry to hear about Jumbo. :(
It sounds like you did your best with him and I am sure he knows that.
Just remember you have all those memories of him and you will never forget them.
You are in my thoughts.
Julia

[mouse0217]

Sorry about Jumbo ... atleast he lived a great and love filled life with you all ...

Eileen

[outsiders_girl]

I'm so sorry to hear about Jumbo! You loved him and did everything you could! We were on the way to the vet with Jake, and had the vet giving us directions on how to get there... well he gave us a wrong turn, and so that added 20 mins. to our trip- his heart stoped before we got there too.

Again, I'm sorry to hear about your loss, and I'm sending chinnie hugs and kisses your way!

[Chilly]

Thanks so much to all of you. I appreciate your thoughts very much. Today was better, but it's still so hard. I plan on getting a picture of Jumbo enlarged and I'm going to put it in the chinnie room. That way he will always be there.

I have a picture of him on my dresser, but I need one by the computer. I didn't take many digital pictures of him or pictures in general. :( Everytime I tried, he was always hiding. He was just such a shy boy. I can still see his sweet face in my mind, that can't ever be forgotten!

Thanks again,
Chilly

[hailstorm100]

:( I am so sorry for your loss. :heart:

[Chilly]

Hi,

I got my husband to scan a picture of Jumbo. I thought I'd post it. He was such a handsome boy...:love:

Thanks again to all of you for your kind thoughts. :heart:


Take Care,
Chilly