Our Beautiful Baby Boy Patrick passed away on Wednesday April 17th a month after his 12th Birthday and almost a year after his Big Brother Zenny.
Zenny and Patty were rescued as puppies together by my wonderful sister in law Michelle. We adopted Zenny and Patty was adopted by Michelle. When I first saw Patty he jumped on me with such joy and happiness, I said in my heart I would bring him home too. I knew that Zenny and Patty were meant to be together, their bond was so strong and that Jason and I were thier Mom and Dad.
We brought Zenny home and Rico had a younger brother. Bella was rescued a few weeks later and now Rico and Zenny had a big sister. I couldn’t stop thinking about my Patty and told Jason that I would ask Michelle to take him for a few weeks to visit with Zenny. In my Heart Patty was always my Son and I was his Mother. I thought about him constantly.
We went to visit my niece and before I had a chance to ask if Patty could come home with us for a few weeks, Michelle asked if we wanted to adopt Patrick. I was SO excited, I couldn’t believe it! My Prayers were answered! Patty was coming home to his Brothers Zenny and Rico and his Big Sister Bella!
The reunion with Zenny was Amazing, Patty completed Zenny their Life Force together was So Big, Such Joy! From that moment on they were two peas in a pod, inseperable where one went the other followed. Shenanigans, wrestling matches, attention arguments, tennis ball play times everywhere they went everyone knew the Pug Brothers.
So many years of Joy and Happiness, Birthdays, Holidays Family Visits and Traditions.
When Rico passed it was devastating to our Family, we suffered beyond words. Our Family and Friends were a support to us but the darkness was so dark.
Almost a year later we saw Maximus and we all went to meet him at Dolly GoodPuppy Rescue and Patty was SO happy, excited he cried the happiest cry. Maxie is So much like Rico we couldn’t believe it. We brought him home and Max, Zenny and Patty were always together with Bella watching over all of them as a Big Sister does.
Two years later we went through the devastation and unbearable pain of losing our Zenny to a rare and unheard of disease, Myasthenia Gravis and within two weeks he was gone. Our Family and Patty were never the same. That Life Force that light was different, dimmed. His big brother, insperable from birth was gone and the confusion and depression was felt by our entire family.
Patty and his Dad were always together, wherever Dad went Patty followed. His favorite place was Dad’s Studio, Mom’s Gohonzon Room and in Bed with his favorite pillow.
Patty loved to hear Dad make Music and be in Mom’s Gohonzon Room when I Chanted. I would say Let’s Do Gongyo and Daimoku and he would lay on his favorite bed with Maximus and play with his favorite toy, Stinky Piggy.
Patty had overcome two mass cell tumor removals successfully and we were all so very excited. Then a few months later Patty was diagnosed with pancreatitis and then colitis and the pancreatitis came back again and again.
We immediately put Patty on a special diet with food restrictions but nothing was working and his health continued to decline. Blood works, Ultrasounds, X-Rays, more bloodwork and ultrasounds, hospitalizations, day long IV Treatments, Fluids, Patty continued to lose weight not wanting to eat, drink water, take medications we were SO desperate to know what was making Patty suffer so much.
We did everything we could to help our Precious Son, EVERYTHING. We were at the Doctor’s every week, sometimes several times a week.
We brought him home from the Hospital and he was so weak and fragile, his little body had fought so hard and gone through so much. We were going to bring him back to the hospital for him to see the radiologist, we had done so many ultrasounds but we were filled with hope in finally finding out what was causing Patty so much suffering and flaring up Pancreitis.
But that wasn't to be. Patty passed away in the early morning hours peacefully in his sleep. I know that Zenny was there waiting, calling his brother home and Rico their Big Brother was waiting patiently for him.
There are no words to describe the pain of losing your child it is Unbearable.The grief and pain never goes away you just learn to live with it. It is always there with you.
I am SO Very Proud to be Patrick’s Mother, it has been an Honor to give him The Best Life filled with Love of Family a Joyful Life with his Best Friend, His Big Brother Zenny, Rico, Bella and Maximus.
His Love, Gentleness, Kindness will always live in everyone who met him. He was such a light in this world and his light will forever remain in our hearts.
Run free and Fast our Beautiful Baby Boy, your Brothers will take care of you until your Family joins you again. I Love you my Forever Baby Boy, I’m your Mommy and I Love You Yes I Do! Forever and Always my Beautiful Patty Bear ❤️❤️