I'm thinking of you and Vivian with deepest sympathy. Words never come to me when I need them; the tears come so much faster. Please know that you're thought of nonetheless, and I'm profoundly sorry to get this news. Jack was beautiful and he'll go on being beautiful where he is now, in your heart and memories, and in ours, too. 

Again, thank you all so much.  Your support, sharing of pain, and offerings of comfort and love are a huge help.  I will be blue for awhile -- feel like I have an elephant on my shoulders and cement blocks for shoes, but I feel a bit better today because Vivian did so well today.  

Mimz -- yeah I didn't take Viv to the vet because I don't know how much she would have associated the vet then with death, so I opted for the other recommendation which was to bring Jack's body back for a few hours.. (gut wrenching day)

I am so very sorry for your loss and am so glad that you and Vivian have each other to help get through this.

Posted By kralspace on 06/30/2011 08:37 AM
I'm glad Vivian is able to take comfort from you guys but I know how hard this is for you. I wanted to do something for Jack so I made a donation to the SaveABunny shelter in his honor. Binky free you honking fool.

That is so very sweet, kralspace. For those that may not know, SaveABunny.org is where I adopted Jack from. The founder cced me on the thank you that she sent you.  I am so touched, and wow, that bunny you sponsored looked so much like Jack, amazing.   That was such a beautiful gesture in honor of Jack.  Thank you.  

  I know everyone has already said this and that it really does not need to be typed because we all know how much Jack has been in our lives even if we never personally met him.  I can hardly think for crying.  Thank you Jack.  I am glad you lead a wonderful life and shared it with so many people and siennub.  It means more than any of us can express and the time seems to have come too soon to say goodbye even if for a short while.  I know that once I have to tell my Pearl and Goober they cannot see you for a while they are going to be sad, they recognize your name and used to sit in front of my computer when I watched the webcams.  We are so glad that crossing to RB was not a difficult journey for you.  Have a binkyful time with all of your family waiting there.

Thank you for sharing Jack with us.  Thank you.  I am so sorry that I cannot offer anything else and have no idea what else to say, I wish I did and that if I did, it would be of comfort to your family. 

<3

This news made me tear up. He was such a beautiful little man and will be missed

Posted By Kokaneeandkahlua on 07/06/2011 08:24 PM
Oh Jennifer I know how hard it is, it's a tough decision to shoulder even though we have a very humane option with pets, it's hard to shoulder that responsibliy and the timing. I've had friends who held on for too long and that rings heavy in your heart when making the decision. I think, like all of us here, you chose best, to ease his suffering, instead of easing yours, to let him go when he needed to. It's just never enough time and never enough good byes.

K&K, I think you put that so well. It is the most heartbreaking thing to decide to do, and I agree that most of us wait far too long in the face of suffering. We anthropomorphize our pets so we do what we would want for ourselves or our human family members in order to save them. But we can take our cues more from the animal world itself. Many animals in the wild have ways of making their own decisions about when and how to go. Ignoring the ones that dominate and cast off the weaker ones, so many take themselves off to hide or rest in a secluded place where they go naturally. If we knew more about bunnies' wishes, we could assist them rather than change them. - RP