One of my biggest fear of being a furry mom just happened unexpectedly. I know someday they will be gone and I thought I was ready, but it happened very fast. If you are a four legged parent then you could relate to the pain we are dealing now.
After 7 months of moving in Korea, we've decided to have our own place and finally moved into a small one room pad. Upon settling we felt that the small pad we had was too spacious for us. So one day, we went walking around to find any stray dogs that we could adopt. We've been walking all day on the street around Gimhea city but we were not able to find one. Finally we've decided that it was time to give up so we entered a pet shop and started choosing from the display. A tiny cute little puppy had instantly stolen my heart and started petting him. The pet owner was so happy and told us that if we like him we can take him for free.We were so delighted and nothing completed our day and emptiness since that day so we named him Lucky. Lucky came to us on September 5th 2006.
Contrary to his little brother who came 3 months later, he hardly gets sick and rarely visits his vet. He had been very healthy except for one occasion where he got bitten by a Jindo and went under treatment. On the last 2 days of the last week of May, we noticed that he was not being as active as he used to be. We just thought of the normal weather changes thing. So we ignored the 1st day. The 2nd day he started coughing so I told my husband that I'm gonna bring him to his vet. However, the next day which was Saturday, 6/1/19 he fainted from coughing severely. His vet explained us that he got a positive result from heart worm attack due to a mosquito bite and told us to come back after a month. Unfortunately, he didn't even make it for a week. He had been so taught with his high tolerance in pains that we were not able to notice it. We did all our best to save him but it was too late. He died on my arms on our way to his hospital. He even used his final strength to turn around and look at us with a smile before he had his last breath.
Lesson learned, never ignore the heart worm vaccination or heart guard for your pets, Just because they look strong all the time doesn't mean they ain't in pain. Whenever they try to stay away from you, that means they are feeling sick.
Rest in peace Lucky.. You will be forever missed.
Our world may have stopped for a moment to recover from your sudden absence. But your beautiful memories will remain with us forever. It will never be the same without you, but a new joy is surely about to fill us as you take a beauty rest in the hands of our creator. You're definitely irreplaceable as you've already won a special place in our hearts. Thank you for your loyalty, adding spices in our moods, the joy and being a part of our family.
Lucky Kim 6-8-06 to 6-10- 19---- Thank you Lucky for the beautiful 13 years of love and affection.
