We Miss You Moussie

October wasn't all about smiles, songs, sports and outings. It was a really hard month too.

Mousse was reaching the end of his days on this planet and was getting weaker by the day. We knew it was coming but that didn't make it any easier. His disposition never changed though, he was always trying his best to wag his tail and get up to greet us without fail until one day when his back legs just wouldn't do the job anymore. He wanted to get up, he wanted to play and eat but his body just wouldn't cooperate. Mom and Dad took him to see Dr. Julie and they hoped it would just get better on its own and with some medicine, but instead it got worse. One evening he just couldn't get up at all. 

Mom tried to use a sling to help take the weight off his back legs like Daddy did with Max but it didnt work. Mom and Dad talk more, called a few veterinarians, emergency weekend clinics and they all came to the same conclusion. Mousse wasn't meant to be with us forever. 

We were too sad to really grasp what this meant so and decide to take him outside to rest and feed him all his favorite foods (prosciutto, bananas, peanut butter, cookies) and started to tell him how much we loved him and how we knew he was hurting. He licked us and it was so VERY hard to say goodbye to another member of our family but it also gave us hope that maybe Nono's soul would meet up with Max and Mousse and Grandad Larsh.

Daddy was still in a non weight baring cast and on using a scooter but they managed to get him into his bed and drag it to the car and hoist him up into the back. Muppet even came out to the car to give his ned off licks and tail wags. Im glad I want there to see that but it makes me feel better that it happened that way. 

Mommy and Mousse took a drive to the emergency vet and there they helped Mousse not hut anymore. Mom said that the Vets there were really awesome and Mousse was given another ned off meals of two Jimmy Johns sandwiches and 4 oatmeal cookies.  That was the best part of that story.
I know the rest of that night was REALLY hard on Mom because she cried on and off for days. Mousse was her first real baby with Daddy and not having his sweetness around was hard on all of us. I can only imagine how Muppet must have felt to realize Mousse wasn't coming home. Lucky we have macho to help make our smiles a bit broader with all his craziness.

We miss you Moussie.... wherever you are.
You will always be in our hearts and we will always talk about you to keep your memory alive. In your 12.5 years with us we loved you so very much. XOXOXO