oh, Hak Mui

Last night I had a dream of Hak Mui back home and she was licking my face... I woke up this morning really down... I really miss her a LOT... *sigh* I know she's in a better place now... we had to put her to sleep last year in September... almost a year now...  a year before we had to put her down, we had to put down our other dog, Wrinkles... losing both my dogs in two years... Wrinkles was really sudden... I remember waking up that morning all scared and shaking... Wrinkles' nose was bleeding nonstop... his neck was soaked with his blood... I actually didn't realize that his nose was bleeding and I thought he was attacked that night I let him out to the backyard... but it wasn't... so we immediately took him to the vet... they did some blood tests... the vet diagnosed the problem and said that all his teeth must be removed b/c they were rotten and that was the problem for his nose bleed... they said he would be okay afterwards... I was relieved to hear that and went home to wash his bed since class was cancelled that day... BUT that night when my mom went to pick up Wrinkles from the vet, he was still bleeding from his nose... so she took him to another pet hospital... found out that Wrinkles' situation was more critical... his teeth was not the problem... they did further tests and found out that Wrinkles need blood transfusion that would last for 2-3 months and it was not a guarantee that he would live... so instead of putting him in so much pain... we decided to put him to sleep...

that night Hak Mui was waiting at the window for Wrinkles to come home... we thought that she would be okay and eventually forget about him.. but half a year later her health went down hill... she was having kidney problems... she was hospitalized for 3 days... things got a little better... but we had to give her fluids every other day to keep her hydrated... but b/c of the meds we were giving her, she went blind for a week... her retina was detached b/c there was too much pressure... but luckily she got back her vision after giving her meds that reduced the pressure... (sorry, I don't remember all the details) my profile pic is the day that she got back her vision... it was so happy to see her run around freely again... but two months later her kidney failed completely... I remember going home from school that Friday night knowing that it would be the last night I would spend with her... she was so weak that she just laid there... the next morning we took her to the vet and we had to put her to sleep...

I really miss Wrinkles and Hak Mui... Wrinkles was given to us by a friend who couldn't take care of him... and Hak Mui, I bought her from a breeder with the money I earned from my summer job...

I don't have a puppy pic of Wrinkles... but here is Hak Mui the first day we took her home... *her eyes had staples to prevent her eyelids from drooping* but she had to go thru surgery half a year later to keep her eyelids open...


This is what Wrinkles and Hak Mui love to do... they were always on time... by 4pm they would sit by the window waiting for my mom to come home...




look at how silly Hak Mui is...






Other pictures are in my photo album:
http://www.alivenotdead.com/5614/viewspace_1598.html

We actually wanted to sue the vet for pulling out Wrinkles' teeth when it wasn't the problem and actually made it worse b/c he was bleeding through his nose and mouth... but they actually wrote a letter back to us saying that we were bad dog owners to cause Wrinkles' teeth to rot... then a week later they send us a sympathy card saying they were sad that we had to put Wrinkles down... WTF...

sorry to bring down the mood... but having Hak Mui in my dreams last night caused all these memories to rush right through me... *sigh*

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