In our work of treating animals, we are truly moved when we receive a message such as this.
When you read it, you won't be able to stop crying...That's the kind of letter it is.
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Okawa-san,
"Chiro", our little girl, who was like an angel, passed away on August 12 and became a real angel.
She had lived for 13 years and 4 months.
I have been having a hard time getting over it and am sorry for waiting so long to tell you.
Today, September 12, marks 1 month since her passing.
I can't recall any month that has ever seemed as long as this.
When I reordered Pinfenon on the 9th of last month and you encouraged me over the phone, I was really happy and felt encouraged.
One consolation is that the day after you promptly sent me the Pinfenon, the whole family gathered for the first day of the O-bon festival.
Chiro didn't eat a thing all day and was staggering around.
This was something different from her usual seizures.
I wondered if...
What I had hoped was a mistaken feeling of foreboding turned out to be true.
The little lamp of her life went out that evening at 8:27, with all the family gathered round.
She had been occasionally breathing hard since the morning, but really suffered only for the last several minutes.
And at the very end, her face was very peaceful.
As I have told you several times, she had been having repeated seizures, but until the day before she died, she seemed to enjoy eating every meal.
Except for the last day, she was able to walk on her own, go to the bathroom, and live a normal life.
An examination she had had at the hospital the week before showed that, apart from her heart, her internal organs were all functioning normally.
That must have been thanks to Pinfenon, don't you think?
Checking the daily record I kept of her fight with illness, I see that she had actually had more than 50 seizures that caused her to collapse--and those were only the ones that I was aware of.
Yet, I couldn't help feeling Chiro's strong will to live, and I loved her, seeing the heroic efforts she made to keep on living, getting up again, seizure after seizure.
Perhaps she actually lived longer than her allotted time.
And she may have been helping us to prepare our hearts for losing her.
And I am sure that Pinfenon helped with that.
I am filled with heart-felt gratitude now.
Thank you so much.
Chiro's mother (15 years of age) has rather poor sight and hearing now, and the vet says her heart is a bit weak, but she is taking Pinfenon every day and doing her best to make up for what Chiro can no longer do.
She probably hasn't realized yet that her baby is gone. She seems to be waiting for her return every day.
I am praying that she will recover soon.
I plan to keep giving her Pinfenon.
I would appreciate your continued assistance.
Mr./Ms. Okawa!
Please continue to help pets that are suffering from illness and to encourage the people that never stop loving them.
P.S.
I realized, at the time of the funeral, that the 100th day after Chiro's death would fall on my mother's birthday and our wedding anniversary.
This is the most important day of the year for our family of three, and on top of that, this year it falls on a Sunday.
This can't be simply a coincidence, can it?
She was a dutiful daughter right to the end.
Chiro, you really gave it everything you had.
Rest in peace.
We are so grateful that you were born into our family.
You have our heartfelt gratitude.
This has turned into a long message.
Thank you for reading to the end of it.
September 12, 2006 Chiro