In Honor And Memory Of Simon

May He rest

Simon was with us for approximately 14 and a half years after being saved from abuse.
His first owners gave him drugs and shot him up because they thought it fun to watch him try to climb the walls or hang of the back of the couch by one leg until he dropped from exhaustion.
They treated him like a rag doll throwing him around and kicking him.
When we got him the proof was all over his pitiful body, lumps from bones that didn't heal right and his poor little back bone had nearly all his vertebras twisted out of place, and not really repairable.
It took  5 or 6 yrs to  gain his trust, but his quickness to react to fear of harm never left him.
Simon had to be put to sleep at the approximate age of 16 years old  Saturday Feb. 17,  2007
A tumor took over the right side of his face and took his eye with it .
It grew so quickly,  it only took about 2 weeks.
Because of his past life, he had learned to deal with pain even when it was severe and never complain.
But we could tell that this was more than severe,  after 14 and a half years with him through all his pains,  we new when he was hurting bad.
The decision to to relieve him of further excruciating pain was a very hard and heart felt one.
I wanted him to know he was loved no matter what, so I held him and never laid him down at the vets.
As I held him in my arms,  and he took his last breath, it felt like my heart was
 ripped from my chest and I felt like my world went with him.
We miss him so much.
The void in our hearts may lessen over time, but he will NEVER be forgotten.
He left our lives better than before we knew him and we hope he felt the same.

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 Saving One Animal Will Not Change The World...But Surely, For That One Animal The World Will Change Forever!
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