Latte

[Cibach]

It's with a very heavy heart that I'm posting here today.
Dearest Latte, our oldest Piggy, left us on Tuesday night.
She had had a difficult month with a bladder infection which cleared up with Septrin, and a chest infection that didn't. She needed a month of Baytril to clear that and she also developed an abscess on her cheek which the Baytril helped to get rid of.

She really seemed to rally after all the antibiotics stopped and her tummy began to recover.( She had been having a probiotic throughout but her poor tummy was quite affected.)

For some reason she just never pulled right back and began to shut down. I think it was just her time as she was almost 6 and had had an eventful life health wise.

She was sleeping on my lap as I knew it would not be long when she woke up and began to call, small babylike calls. I realised that her two pen mates, Annie and Ethel were sitting in the pen right behind us.
Annie began to sing like a little bird and Latte slipped away.

We are all heart broken. Latte was our oldest girl and one of our first Piggies. She was the boss in her pen and Annie and Ethel are quiet, not quite knowing what has happened.

She's gone on to join her sister Cappuccino at Rainbow bridge and we buried her in the flower bed right next to Cappy in her favourite thing, a paper bag stuffed with sweet, fresh hay.

Good bye for now, dear Latte, enjoy the meadows at Rainbow Bridge with Cappy.
I look forward to seeing you both again when it's time.

Baby Latte

[img]<a href=[/img]Baby Latte by Gillian Clancy, on Flickr" />


Latte in a box.

[img]<a href=[/img]Latte in a box. by Gillian Clancy, on Flickr" />



The sisters reunited.

[img]<a href=[/img]Old Friends by Gillian Clancy, on Flickr" />