Swish!

it's my mom's birthday today. but instead of rejoicing, everyone seems to be depressed here in the house. Swish, our golden retriever is now confinedin the hospital and we aren't sure when she's going to be back, or, if she's ever going to be back.

it all started the beginning of the week. she didn't eat her food. she vomitted. we were joking around that her vomitting had something to do with the bad weather--way too hot.like humans, when it gets too hot, we get headaches, get dizzy, etc. then she couldn't seem to climb the stairs. it was such a struggle. see, Swish sleeps in my parents' room, Hope naman, in my room. she likes it therekasi aircon. the golden retriever that she is, she naturally needs to be in a cool place. my sister said she was crying as she was struggling to climb the stairs. yesterday she could barely stand up. she wasn't eating her food. but she still ate the eggnogs i gave her. she struggled to go out of the house to do her stuff. come night time, the maid and i had to help her go out so that she could pee and poop. she didn't though so we just brought her back inside.
this morning when i woke up my mom said her condition did not get any better. Swish however struggled to get up to go to the kitchen in the middle of the nightto do her stuff. when she walks,she wobbles. parang laseng na bigla na lang bubulagta sa harap mo. KAWAWA TALAGA !!! ='(

just got off the phone talking with john. i had to cry my sorrow out to someone who'd understand. earlier when i got home, my mom said that the doctor called to say that Swish was dehydrated and had a high level of urea. And that there was this parasite that came from fleas that was insider her body, that caused this. Then, the vet called again to tell my dad the results of the lab test. really high creatinine level = KIDNEY FAILURE. i guess this was because of her diet. our dogs aren't fond of dog food,instead my mom buys meat for them and tells the maid to have them cooked, without any salt. sometimes i catch the maidsfeeding them leftovers. i know there's no use pointing fingers but i just feel really really depressed.

dejavu at dinner. last saturday when i had my teeth pulled out my dinner was jollibee spaghetti and as i was eating, i broke into tears coz of the pain and frustration of trying to open my mouth and chew my food. tonight, i had spaghetti again for dinner and broke into tears again begause i was getting senti-hits remembering Swish.

Swish i think is almost 9 years old (that's 63 dog years). When we were going to buy a dog, initially we were supposed to get her brother who was super hyper. Swish seemed timid and shy. Why Swish? Kasi nung time na yun, uso mga Italian brand na jeans -- Girbaud, Moschino, CLOSED, Armani, etc. My dad used to go to Italy and he bought us these pair of ultra super BASTONATION na jeans, named Swish.

She's such a good dog. One new year's day, somebody left a slice of pork chop thinking they could trick our dogs into eating it, poisoning them so that they could break in our house. WRONG. Swish took the piece of meat to my mom--as if to say, look what they left, i didn't eat it! She's been with us for such a long time it breaks my heart thinking that maybe her time is almost up. SHIT!!! Naiiyak na naman ako! parang ayoko na magka-aso na malaki, ang hirap pala alagaan. Nakapadpad na nga yan sa White Cove, before when the bank (UCPB) sequestered the property from Gotesco. It was my dad's company outing and we took her along. She even swam! And nakapadpad na rin siya ng Tagaytay. She was a regular at Starbuck's Libis before when my dad and I used to have breakfast there during Sundays. Super friendly dog, kahit yung magnanakaw dito sa bahay ata namin gusto niyang i-friend!Hyper too, mahilig manapak ng paa. Nakakainis lang siya kasi sobrang stink bomb. Now I'm thinking, SHIT! I should've done my part cleaning her ears... (tis no big joke, ako lang dito sa bahay ang may tiyaga maglinis ng tenga ng mga aso dito!)ako lang may tiyaga mag gupit ng nails nila. kung kaya ko nga ata paliguan yung 3 aso namin gagawin ko din eh.

TANGINA! I think this is my longest blog ever. it's just so hard. i want to be really optimistic about seeing her again. we thought na kaya siya uugod-ugod maglakad kasi medyo oldie na siya. i think that's a reason. the vet even gave her medicine before for her hormonal imbalance ekek.
im writing this in my dad's room and my dad is just beside me. i think he's depressed din. kasi siya talaga yung AMO ni Swish. As in whatever my dad tells her to do and wherever my dad goesnakabuntot sa dad ko. When we go out with her,she's unleashed. She just follows.
ARRRGH!!! Pray naman for her. PLEASE! Kahit I know all dogs go to heaven, ayoko pa.
SWISH... uwi ka na!!!

Swishie!


Chinky-eyed, lakas kasi ng Flash


Dylan, Swish and Hope - waiting for mother to feed them Hearty Flakes