[Gpdd] RAINBOW BRIDGE: belated condolences, LuLu Belle

[Cindy]

Stacy and the grieving Squee Squad, please accept our belated condolences on LuLu Belle's passing.  We are very sorry that she left for the Bridge, especially so soon after Tigger.  We have had sad experience with bladder stones (our Bridge piggie, Sunshine), and we are so very sorry that your girl developed another stone. How heartbreaking that she passed away during surgery.  We know that this was especially hard on you, since you were there.  However, as you know, anesthesia can be so tricky in piggies, and, as you pointed out, it's impossible to shock a piggie heart into beating again.  Please find comfort in knowing that you did all you could do.  Not having the surgery wouldn't have been an option; the only way to give her a chance was to have the surgery.  Also, if you hadn't been there to help, the vet probably would not have found the stone in the ureter.  Yes, love always means that we second guess ourselves, but we can't think of how you could have done anything any differently; as you said, she passed on to the Bridge asleep and in peace.  LuLu Belle was so lucky that you loved her so much.

Our thoughts and prayers are with all sick piggies and their families.

Sadly,
Cindy, Tumbleweed, and Friday