Viran (1996-2007)
Usually this is not a personal blog and hence I hadn’t planned on going into any detail as to why I haven’t been posting lately. However, one of the several things that happened, I would like to share.
The day before yesterday, Viran our family dog was laid to rest after a period of suffering from cushing’s syndrome. She was diagnosed quite a long time ago and it was decided that she not be treated - she was ten years old and the treatment would very likely have been worse than the actual disease. She was used to freedom; being allowed to run around outdoors as it pleased her, when it pleased her, and for us to suddenly excert the control needed for an effective treatment would have been more depressing to her than the disease.
Viran was born in the summer of 1996, and from the start she was a very happy border terrier. She loved absolutely everyone, forgave everything and could find reasons to be happy everywhere. She was happy when anyone came home after having been out for an hour or two, she was happy when she was outside, she was happy when she was snoozing in my parents’ bed with her paws around her best friend, the cat Lillen. She was occasionally annoying; relentlessly begging for food at the dinner table and rubbing all kinds of icky things from the forest into her fur, like dogs do.
Even towards the end, when her body was stiff and aching from her disease, she managed to find reasons to be happy.
We have lost a family member, and she will be sorely missed. Goodbye, Viran. I love you.
