Zero Suwabe has passed away Junichi Suwabe Blog (2020/02/08)
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2020-02-08 14:29:00
(February 8, 2020 at 2:29pm)
Please note that I’m very new when it comes to translating anything… let alone a big post like this. I wanted to handle this with care and delicacy towards the situation, and as a dog owner myself (Penny is 12), I couldn’t help but almost sweat through my eyes as I read this.
After living as a family together for many years, Zero Suwabe has passed away.
It has been 15 and a half years since we joined as a family.
Although he had a chronic disease and felt that medicine was critical, he still had a healthy appetite, had no problems excreting, and was able to take his daily routine morning and evening walks until the day before.
I thought that morning would come as usual, “Let’s go for a walk!” but he never got up from his beloved bed.
I left that very moment to get him help. His face was calm.
A veterinarian who has been taking care of him for many years diagnosed that it wasn’t from aging, but it was that his chronic illness had been getting worse.
It would’ve been nice if he could leave without suffering… I don’t think so, but it was so sudden that I felt honest remorse afterwards.
Even though I talk about it, I understand that reality will not change.
In fact, two years ago, Zero’s physical condition worsened significantly, and I told myself I had to prepare.
In recent times, I’ve often given him more pets and really fawned over him. Petting his chest and ears and gently stroking his forehead with my fingers. When I pet him the way I did when he was a puppy, he looked very happy and satisfied.
Whenever I tried to take a photo, he doesn’t want to look towards the camera and has a tendency to be cold about it.
Perhaps the last two years have been added time, a reward-like time to digest… And Zero understood that the end was approaching closer and closer. Now, it seems like that there is no other way.
We lived together for more than 15 years. Hot days, cold days, rainy days, windy days, and snowy days. Every day without fail, we would always walk as part of our daily routine because he was there. To be honest, there were times when it felt difficult, but there was a missing piece of me which is important… I feel that there is deeply, deeply a great amount of happiness that will come far beyond this hardship.
Since I have introduced photos and talked about him in various places, there are many people who know about Zero and wished for his health and happiness, so I wanted to report on his departure properly and decided to write this because I had to do it. Thank you very much for all the kind support from your hearts.
And maybe you’re worried about me. It’s alright, please don’t worry. On January 30, a funeral service will be carried out. Of course, the sadness and loneliness won’t disappear, but I think Zero would get mad and say, “A good old man shouldn’t cry over me forever! It’s odd that I feel like that. I will never lose the precious and loving time we spent together. So it’s okay!
However, if you wouldn’t mind, we hope that you can pray so that Zero can reach a place of happiness.
Caption: Proud of my beloved son. From now on, and from here on, forever.
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