A very sad day in my life

17 Dec 2008

仔仔 has been diagnosed with liver cancer at final stage 4 months ago. My family (including 仔仔) are fighting the battle against liver cancer in the past few months, we knew that we are no chance to win, but at least 仔仔 did not suffer any pain till he died. My family made the decision to have 仔仔 put to sleep in last Saturday afternoon as he no longer could walk and eat. Then, we called the veterinarian and private individual cremation servcies. I cannot stop my tears when I am thinking of what will happen in next day.

Sunday morning, we left home to the veterinarian at 11:15am and 仔仔 was given the "needle" at 12:15pm. He was sleeping during the injection, so he passed away peacefully. Afterwards, the cremation services provider picked up his body to their office in Kowloon Bay. My sister, my brother-in-law and I accompany 仔仔 all the way. Since we don't want his body kept in the refrigerator, we selected to do the cremation right after sterilizing and cleaning. At 2:00pm, we put his ashes into the urn and bring him home.

仔仔 was born 22 June 1992. He became one of my family members when he is only two month old. That means, he stayed with my family over 16.5 years. If we count his age in "Human Years", he is about 90. In Chinese culture, we should not feel sad about his death because he is aged over 80.

I understand that allowed 仔仔 to go peacefully - that was one of the nicest, most selfless things I could do for him. However, I lost my beloved dog just within a few hours, the wound is so huge that it will take a long time to heal.

I still cannot stop my tears when I am thinking of him. I miss him so much.