Trixie

My best friend Trixie left me 5 years ago. She was 14 ½ years old. It was not unexpected, but I did not expect it to be that day. I miss her to this day. I have had dogs and horses my whole life. I still own a horse, but I now live in an apartment and am unable to have a dog. I think of Trixie often. One story that always comes to mind was when she suddenly became violently ill. I immediately took her to the veterinarian and the first course of action they took was to take an x-ray. An x-ray revealed a foreign object, a tiny bell she had chewed off her Christmas outfit. However, when they did the surgery to remove the bell they found the true cause of the obstruction, a large piece of horse hoof trimming which hadn’t shown up on the x-ray. The surgery and the recovery were successful, and my little friend was with me for another 2 years. I miss her every day. Janey L.