A 14-year old Parson Russell Terrier, “Sunny”, suffered a seizure at her lovely and nurturing home on June 20, and heartbreakingly died in her owner’s arms.
She was just the happiest little dog in her youth, one of the most playful, smart, obedient, and loving dogs you could ever have the pleasure of being around.
Sunny was restricted to many health problems in her last year on earth, but she stayed strong, lived on and continued to put a reassuring smile on her owner’s face. Unfortunately, she was diagnosed with diabetes last year, a devastating blow to her family. But what made matters even more heart-wrecking is the troubling news received from their veterinarian: “Sunny has only 12–15 months left to live”.
Although Sunny lived a full and happy life, it was just hard for the family to accept that their little Sunny would die in about a year. Lucy, 19(Sunny’s sister and part owner) had enjoyed the presence of Sunny since she was 11 years old: playing Frisbee and hide and go seek; taking long jolly walks in the park and face smooching every single loving chance that she got.
The family had to inject Sunny with insulin for about 13 months; Sunny’s health started to get even worse at this point, and it showed.
She started to vomit uncontrollably and struggled intensely with going to the bathroom, it was an ugly site to have witnessed. The family’s next thoughts were what any other owner would think when it comes to a 72 year old dog with health problems,” it may be time to put little Sunny down. But, Sunny said, “Not today family, give me one more day with the people I love dearly so that I can say goodbye”. And so Sunny managed to pull himself together, exhibit a good, strong and dazzling spirit, elevated his chest up high and continued to grace the family with her friendly doggy presence, and put huge smiles on their faces. The veterinarian saw that Sunny seemed remarkably strong for his condition and so they were convinced that Sunny didn’t need to be euthanized.
But, sadly, the very next day, Sunny went to doggy heaven.
She was survived by his sister, Lucy Ledgeway and her mother and father.
But let’s look on the bright side! Other than meeting God and living a sensational life, Sunny died on his own terms.
It was one of the saddest days of Lucy’s life, but she knew, deep down inside that her dog Sunny would find her way to be with God, as the old 1989 Don Bluth film, that is passed down from generation to generation, suggests, “All Dogs Go to Heaven”.
Lucy was going for a sorrowful walk in her neighborhood, just a few hours after Sunny passed, praying to God for a sign that dog is ok. She looked up to the sky to talk with God, and God provided an immediate answer to Lucy. Surprisingly, guess who showed in the clouds above? “A bird?” No! “A plane?” No! “Superman?” Nooo! It was the adorable little Sunny, looking down on his caring and whimpering sister.
Once Lucy saw Sunny up in the clouds, she felt 10x better that day!
She took a photo of the unusual cloud and sent a copy to her mom and dad, who too became 10x better: laughing, shedding joyful tears together, just extremely blessed that good ol’ sunny made it to doggy heaven.
R.I.P Sunny!
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All Dogs Go to Heaven
Sunny in the Clouds
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