Our little Gracie girl was a gift from heaven.  We found her online on a pet website and drove over 5 hours to pick her up, after only seeing one small picture of the litter she was part of.  We knew as soon as we saw her that we needed to take her home with us.  She was the runt of the litter and was sleeping under all the other puppies. We decided she was the quiet one and since she was the smallest, we chose her. 



Gracie brought us extreme joy and happiness. We had no idea what this past year would bring for both her and us.  In January, My 15 year old Chihuahua, Alex, had the tainted pet food and had to be put to sleep. Only we didnt know that was why at the time. We gave Gracie 2 cans of Alex's left over food. She became sick 3 weeks later. 



By the time we found out about the pet food, Gracie had already endured so much in her short life. She was losing weight, she wouldnt eat, couldnt hold her urine, we had to hold her after each meal so she could keep her food down, and gave her nightly IV treatments. She had her ups and downs. 



A few days before she died, Gracie started screaming out in pain. She couldnt get comfortable, wouldnt sleep and wouldnt eat. She was hunched over in pain.  We knew she couldnt live like that anymore and there was nothing we could do to help her get better as Gracie was in end stage renal disease.  



On October 29, 2007 we made the hardest decision of our lives. We decided to end Gracie's pain.  How ironic that her pain ended, and ours began.  We stayed with her until the end.  It has been the hardest thing for us to go through. Gracie was our little girl, she was the reason we lived and she was out little hero. We miss her. I dont have any words to describe how we feel right now.  Our hearts are broken but we feel relieved because she doesnt have to suffer any more after all that she has been through. 



Gracie will always be our little girl, our sunshine, our princess and forever in our hearts.