Lulu

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It is with such a heavy weight in my heart that I tell you that LuLu was peacefully put to sleep early this morning.  Fluid had surrounded her heart and lungs and she was in such discomfort without hope of getting better.  It was most likely the cancer that had come back, but the vet said no matter if it was or not, she had only days to live.  Because her breathing was so painful, we felt it the most humane act to let her go in my arms as Jason and I told her how much we loved her and how lucky we felt to have been loved by her.  We knew she was dying this weekend, so I had already been saying my goodbyes this week.  I wrote a poem about her that I would like to share on the Memorial Page of the Website. I have never experienced the loss of a pet, so this is new to me and the most pain I think I have ever felt.

LuLu Magoo, my funny black pug
You’re either snuggled on my lap, or peeing on the rug!
You’re goofy, you’re silly, you walk funny too
But that is how you got your cute nickname—MAGOO!

You bark for your dinner like a cute little hound
Then Dad makes you dance and spin, spin around.
So excited to eat you eagerly please
Then scarf down yur dinner with such speed and with ease.

Sometimes your upper lip gets caught on your tooth
A tough pug, can it be? Oh, you are such a goof!
You sit like a buddha statuesque and proud
Then you wobble like a bobble head to make us laugh out loud!

Travelling in my car in your dog car seat
So joyous you watched all the people on the street
My little co-pilot, flopping around
We had to be such a sight as we drove through the town!

All the days we spent together on cold winter days
Snuggled up under covers holding you in my arms as you lay
Your little chest would rise and fall
And it was in those moments, the memories I’d recall

How you came to me as a foster so sick and so frail
And that day I found you dying and pale
Hang on little one, I said out loud to you LuLu Magoo
Please hang on and be strong, you have to pull through!

I promised you that day that if you survived
Every moment you’d be spoiled, everyday of your life.
Your eyes locked with mine in that moment in time
Bonded forever your little pug heart with mine.

And now, three years later as our eyes lock again
I know that this time, I am losing you, friend.
So difficult to breath, but a lick you to sneak
To wipe the tears off my face as they fall down my cheek

I love you, my sugar lump, my sweet buttercup
You will never be forgotten, my sweet black pug pup

Goodbye, Sweet Lulu Magoo. 
7-7-08