These little babies have just been born to Raven and Dakota (my parents Boxers)....but the one in the center, whom I call Panda, because he looks like a Panda Bear, was born with a cleft palate.
A Cleft Palate is an opening in the roof of the mouth. Cleft Puppies cannot nurse no matter how hard they try, as they cannot get any suction. It would be like you trying to suck on your finger without closing your mouth.
Even though some would give up on him for his "deformity" my parents are hand feeding him to see if he can survive.
I know that there is a circle of life and that for every beginning there has to be an end, but its so hard for me to accept this for the good or innocent. I am praying for my little Panda Friend, because if he survives, he will be coming home to me in Texas!! I figure that no one will want a dog with "problems" but for me, its a new challenge.....and I love to challenge myself.
I have always been a competitive person, but as I get older and spend more time with Larry, AKA "Moses" I feel the competitive side of me is fading. Normally I am not willing to share, but its been a great experience sharing my ups and downs of life with Larry. He is the BEST combination of Logic and Heart! He always knows exactly what I need to hear and exactly what I dont want to hear, but need to hear.
This morning a really good friend of mine, since 6th grade, was taken to the hospital. He has Chrons Disease. Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the digestive tract. It causes ulcerations of the small and large intestine. So needless to say that my friend has been fighting this battle since 9th grade (when he was diagnosed), its been more than 10 years. When I was notified by his sister that he was in the hospital, my heart immediately sank. This is a guy that I chased with shaving cream at his birthday. A guy who worked at Bill Millers with me and STAYED there long enough to own the place, just so he could pay for college. This is a guy who is my friend and my age; someone good and kind to others. He even became a nurse to help people on dialysis. I was very sad.
Larry and my mother did the best that they could to be there for me, but I was just so sad to hear that his lungs were filling with fluid and he was now in the ICU.
I'm praying for the little Panda and my friend! I will keep a positive outlook for both of them.
So today, I question: Why? Why those that are good and innocent?
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