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Coloring: Albino rat
d: 3/10/2006
I didn't get to know Lena very well at all. When we got the three of them,
Lily, Lena and Greta, Lena was already very sick. She did move around okay,
using the metal wheel and seemed to be doing fine.
We barely noticed the fact that she wasn't acting right. She wasn't eating
much and didn't do much. My wife commented on it but we had no idea what it
meant.
The next morning, I found Lena had died.
Oh, it was so tough. I had only known her for two weeks and I was crushed.
Did she know how much we loved her? Did she know we were trying to give the
three of them a better life? Was she feeling any better? Was it already
too late?
It was good that, at the time, I was "telecommuting" from home as this hit me hard.
All I could do was cry like a baby when I thought of finding her. Was it bad?
It hurt to think about it all.
I hope it was for the best.
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