We don't know what happened because she appeared just fine up to about 2:00 pm yesterday (7-14-99) afternoon... I had layed down for a nap about 2 & my husband came in from work at 4... He came & woke me & said Mattie Sue wasn't doing very well, that I'd better come look at her... She was on the floor, I immediately called her Vet & rushed her there... He took her right in & was in the room within seconds of our arrival... Her temperature had dropped to 93º... He thought she was having an asthma attack or allergic reaction from something... So he took her & injected her with cortozone & put her in an oxygen tent... He checked to see if her air passage was blocked & all was clear... The next few hours are vital so we left her not wanting to... He called at 5:00 pm & said her breathing had eased some but she was still in distress so he would call on her condition in about 45 min... At 5:39 pm Dr. Brad called & said she had expired 1 min prior... Gary (my husband) went to get her to bring her home... She is right under the kitchen window where she spent all her time...
Mattie Sue,,, my sweet little butterfly...
She never complained, always stayed in her spot she chose in the house of many others... Whenever I tried a new recipe I would always ask her advice & she gave it in a petite kind of way... Her other housemates haven't even tried to get in her spot... Maybe they think she will be back...
I was hoping that after resting there would be relief in the tears but I've found that there's no stopping them at this time... They say "out of sight, out of mind" but she was still there when I fed the others this morning... I've removed her little pillows & the covers I had provided for her but again she is still there... I have yet to put a marker on her final spot but feel that the sooner the better... I knew this day would come & tried to prepare myself but I've found that I'm not at all prepared... When we remodeled the kitchen she was my advisor because she spent more time in there than any of us... If only she could talk she would have told me she didn't feel good... P.D., who came to us with her... He was a housemate and he hasn't left my side, lap or wherever he can get to touch me... I suppose he is greiving too... Hopefully in the next day or 2 we will pick ourselves up, brush ourselves off & go on with beautiful memories of our precious little bufferfly... Mattie Sue
She is missed ever so much by her humans (Val & Gary) and her housemates (Megan & Penny, greyhounds) Anger, Wink-N-Blink-N, Bobbitt, Kissel, Toots, Melody, BeBeKe & especially P.D. & Blade...