I lost my beloved Mina this afternoon. [View all]
Mina lived to 17 1/2 years old, all filled with as much love as you can imagine. She made every day of my life during that time worth living. I was always excited to see her and she was always excited to see me. She was my constant companion and my best friend. In recent months she had began to decline but I was able to keep her chronic renal failure under control. She suffered an eye injury that required corrective surgery and post-surgery she developed chylothorax, which is a fluid effusion in the chest. We had the fluid removed and that helped for a while but she needed to get it removed again and in the meantime she had lost her appetite and her kidneys went all to hell. I did the only thing I could do for her this afternoon and let her go. The vet tech who loved her almost as much as I did sent her on her way. I made a music video this weekend to celebrate her life and I want to have Mina spread far and wide. She was the best thing that ever happened to me and I am going to miss her and all the wonderful little things she used to do terribly.
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