God, I hate writing this…..
but we wanted to let everyone know that our beloved camping dog, Chimay,
has passed. She was just short of 16 ½
years old. Most of you haven’t seen her much since she had her vestibular (inner
ear dizziness) condition in 2011. Our vet said she shouldn’t travel after that
bout so we kept her pretty much to ourselves at home keeping her limited to
walks to the park and just letting her enjoy life and kicking back around the
house. More recently she was having more
issues with steps and stood around a lot longer to get her bearings. But she
hung in there. At her last checkup at the beginning of the year the Drs. were
amazed that she was still around and even more so that she was doing as well as
she was. As I said she hung in there
until 11 days ago when she just stopped eating and wouldn’t drink but just a
few swallows of water. As the days went
by we could see her slipping away. She must have lost twenty pounds and at the
end looked like skin and bones. But she
was not in any pain so our plan was to just keep her comfortable and hopefully
let nature take its course. Over the
last few days she got so weak she couldn’t walk and then couldn’t even manage
to hold her head up. But still she
seemed in no pain. But the kicker was 2
days ago when we noticed she would whimper when she tried to move around. Even
in her sleep. It got worse. I was up
most of the night with her last night and knew it was time we did
something. Jeff and Cherrelyn came over
this morning and we all made the decision to take her in. As I write this we are trying to be strong
but it will be hard. But we had so many good years with her and we will hang on
to that and hope you all will too.
About Us
- Terry Kinkelaar
- Lebanon, Oregon, United States
- We are Terry & Cathye Kinkelaar. If you've followed my blog in the past, you know that Lydia, my beautiful wife of 52 years, and I made the lifestyle choice to move to Oregon in 2017. You've seen my posts about losing her in May 2020 to cancer. Although I was left alone, I am pleased to say that I have found happiness again. In April 2021, I met Cathye, who also lost her longtime husband in 2020. Well, we fell in love and were married in April 2022. So, if folks are still interested, I will continue to post here as we move forward with our lives and adventures!
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