I am so sorry for your loss. Keep him close in your thoughts. He must have been a good little guy. Gail Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 24, 2014, at 12:06 AM, Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Today Spike was euthanized at home at about 12:30 pm. Never mind that he was at least 17 years old, deaf, blind, allergic, arthritic, incontinent, covered with cysts and had an eye infection. He still wagged his tail cause he was a happy little dog. > > Even though the procedure was peaceful and painless, its not easy putting down your best friend. Especially hard if you have Parkinson’s and realize he is not going to get better and you are too disabled to help him. When I got him in 2000 I could walk him; now I can barely walk myself. > > Due to PD my blood pressure rose to 182/94 after a crying spell. > > Those of you who love dogs will understand and I appreciate your expressions of support and sympathy. > > Ray > Rayilyn Brown > Past Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn