My Dog

I know my blog posts are usually all in fun, dealing with such topics as: Taylor Swift being a robot, Luden's cough drops being more candy than medicine and the jingle for Skip It, but I actually wanted to write something a little more serious this time.



If you didn't hear on-air, my wife and I had to put our dog Casey down the other day. To everyone who has ever had to do this, please know my thoughts are with you as well, as it has been a few tough days for Christine and me. I also want to sincerely thank everyone who has sent me an email with their condolences- I cannot tell you how much that really means to me!




Casey was a 15 1/2 year old lab (which in human terms is like 6 billion years old) and she led an incredible life. I can't begin to tell you the stories, because frankly there are far, far too many.



We brought her into our home two years ago, my wife and her family had her since she as a puppy but at the time would could devote more time to her so she lived in our tiny apartment with us. Over the years, she would become arthritic. We would carry her outside and take her to doggie rehab, and do everything we could to help her live an enjoyable life. After working in rehab, doing plenty of exercises at home and using a countless supply of heat packs, she eventually reached the point where she could no longer get herself up. She would sit by our front window and watch other dogs run around and probably miss the days that she did the same. She also watched the cat she used to chase around the neighborhood and the children playing the same games they had for the previous few years.



We bought her a dog stroller to take her out and she enjoyed numerous trips to Princeton and New York (you can see these pictures in a previous blog post) but the average day was spent sitting at home waiting for us to arrive home from work, and though she couldn't get up and greet us, she fought with every ounce of strength she had to do so.



She had to have one eye removed this past year because of a tumor, but kept going after that(even donning goggles to protect her good eye while in her stroller.) Over the last few months, the pain Casey was in increased. We tried plenty of medications which helped her for a long time. However, about a week ago my wife had left for a business trip and Casey's pain seemed to increase significantly. I prayed that she would not pass away while my wife was across the country. She did not. Yet, when my wife returned we could plainly see that Casey was never comfortable. We tried some last ditch pain medications which helped for two days but eventually her pain was too great for even those meds.



On Monday February 22nd, we put Casey to sleep.




So, I didn't mean to get all sad and sentimental on you, tomorrow I will return to standard ridiculousness, but this blog is dedicated to my best friend - Casey.