About 15 years ago, my son picked up a dog. The dog was with a homeless guy who was in the process of beating the dog with his walking stick. As my son tells it, the guy stopped beating the dog, and he took the dog home. His landlord didn't want the dog, a large boxer mix, whom my son had named B.A.. So he brings the dog up to dad, who lives in the country. The only complaint I had with B.A. was his barking everytime a car engine started. Kind of agrivating when you're working on the car and trying to hear the engine. Other than that, my B.A. puppy, as I called him was a very good dog. Had an MRI scheduled for today (11/18), so I went to town yesterday to do some business. He was fine when I left (except for arthritis, for which I was giving him 2 Darvon daily to relieve his pain, on bread with peanut butter. He loved peanut butter). When I came home, he was lying down and couldn't get up. I gave him his food, his 2 milk bones, a cinnemon roll, and some beef scraps along with his peanut butter bread with his Darvon. He pushed everything away and wouldn't eat, wouldn't take any water. He wouldn't open his mouth at all. I called my son, who is a CNA, and asked for suggestions. He called a friend who is a RN and asked me if I had any Morphine, (Roxanol) which I did, and said to put some on his tongue. I told him B.A. wouldn't open his mouth, so he suggested I give him a shot, .25 ml. Kept petting my B.A. puppy, and while I went into the house to get the Morphine, a syringe, and to go to the bathroom, he stopped breathing. Got out the blood pressure kit, listened for a heart beat, nothing. Got out the new digital blood pressure monitor, checked and no blood pressure. As I live on the side of a mountain, the only way to dig a hole is with a backhoe. After work this evening, my son came up with the grandson, and we took him to the back wooded part of the property to let him become part of nature. Now he can run again like a puppy without pain. Good bye, my B.A. puppy. I miss you, you cannot be replaced, but you're free. -Ed.
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