RIP Lexie

I’m sorry to say that we had to have our dog Lexie put to sleep yesterday.

Just over two weeks ago, she had a day when she refused to eat, and wouldn’t stir from her cushion. The following day, she was back to her normal self, but then a week later, the same thing happened. Last week I took her to the vet, where she had blood and urine samples taken. A couple of days later she had an echo scan, and the diagnosis was that she had an inoperable tumour and severe anaemia.

The vet’s advice was to have her put to sleep. We agreed that Lexie would spend her last weekend with us, and the vet would come here to put her to sleep on the Monday (yesterday). Over the weekend it was clear that she was failing fast, and so Monday was a mercy.

Lexie had only been with us for a short time in her life – just over three and a half years. We found her in an animal shelter in Enschede and adopted her. She settled in well, and she and Watson got on well together. Our original intention was that Lexie was to be Martin’s dog (Watson is my dog), but in the event, Lexie had other ideas, and chose me as her owner, much to Martin’s chagrin. She would follow me everywhere. We will both miss her. She was much more phlegmatic than Watson and was a calming influence in our household.