During the Summer of 2006, Lauren and I came home to spend three months together along with our parents. It was one of the most memorable times with my Sissy. We went to the pool, worked jobs, watched movies, baked together, went on runs together, laughed, talked, cried, and really grew close. Not to mention, Lauren's dreams came true that Summer when we found out that one of our dogs, Roxy, was pregnant with 4 puppies.
I don't think Lauren sat still that entire doggy pregnancy. She was constantly caring for Roxy; making sure she and Lauren were both ready for when the time came to give birth.
One weekend, while my parents were away on a vacation, Roxy started going into labor. While going to sleep one night, Lauren said, "I think this is the time, I think Roxy is going to have her puppies tonight." I kindly looked at her and said, "Great, but I'm going upstairs to sleep." Not to my surprise, Lauren slept the entire night on the hard laundry room tile floor where Roxy was. She never left her side. When I woke in the morning and came downstairs to check on Lauren, there she was, wide-eyed and ready for Roxy to have her puppies. She sweetly and excitedly looked up at me and said, "I really think this is the time, she is definitely going to have her puppies today." It wasn't long after that comment that Roxy started panting and sure enough, went into labor. As the first puppy began to rear its head, Lauren noticed that it was stuck. With a worried look on her face she said to me, "We've got to get her into the vet, she needs a c-section." She placed Roxy in a box, loaded her in the car and off we went to the veterinary clinic where Lauren worked. When we arrived, the doctor took one look at Roxy and back up at Lauren and said, "Lauren, you saved Roxy's life as well as the puppies lives, she wouldn't have made it if you hadn't brought her in." The vet began to perform the c-section, pulling one puppy out at a time. When he got to the tiny little puppy that had been stuck, the puppy looked completely blue. Lauren's eyes went straight to that puppy and as she reached out for him, the vet looked at Lauren and said, "Lauren, that one is not going to make it, don't waste your time." I can only imagine Lauren thinking, "yea right, challenge accepted." She grabbed that little blue puppy and began rubbing it. About 5-10 minutes later, Lauren still rubbing, the puppy began breathing. Lauren saved that puppy's life.
Lauren decided to name that puppy Miracle, because both the vet and Lauren considered it a miracle that puppy lived. I know in my heart that it really wasn't a miracle. It was Lauren using her incredible gifts and talents, given to her by God, to save a puppy's life...to reach out to the one that is deemed, "not to make it," and to give it all the love and attention she could possibly give it. That's a perfect description of my Sissy; a supporter of the underdog, a selfless woman who will give all the love she has to the one deemed, "not to make it."
During the Summer of 2006, Lauren and I came home to spend three months together along with our parents. It was one of the most memorable times with my Sissy. We went to the pool, worked jobs, watched movies, baked together, went on runs together, laughed, talked, cried, and really grew close. Not to mention, Lauren's dreams came true that Summer when we found out that one of our dogs, Roxy, was pregnant with 4 puppies.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Lauren sat still that entire doggy pregnancy. She was constantly caring for Roxy; making sure she and Lauren were both ready for when the time came to give birth.
One weekend, while my parents were away on a vacation, Roxy started going into labor. While going to sleep one night, Lauren said, "I think this is the time, I think Roxy is going to have her puppies tonight." I kindly looked at her and said, "Great, but I'm going upstairs to sleep." Not to my surprise, Lauren slept the entire night on the hard laundry room tile floor where Roxy was. She never left her side. When I woke in the morning and came downstairs to check on Lauren, there she was, wide-eyed and ready for Roxy to have her puppies. She sweetly and excitedly looked up at me and said, "I really think this is the time, she is definitely going to have her puppies today." It wasn't long after that comment that Roxy started panting and sure enough, went into labor. As the first puppy began to rear its head, Lauren noticed that it was stuck. With a worried look on her face she said to me, "We've got to get her into the vet, she needs a c-section." She placed Roxy in a box, loaded her in the car and off we went to the veterinary clinic where Lauren worked. When we arrived, the doctor took one look at Roxy and back up at Lauren and said, "Lauren, you saved Roxy's life as well as the puppies lives, she wouldn't have made it if you hadn't brought her in." The vet began to perform the c-section, pulling one puppy out at a time. When he got to the tiny little puppy that had been stuck, the puppy looked completely blue. Lauren's eyes went straight to that puppy and as she reached out for him, the vet looked at Lauren and said, "Lauren, that one is not going to make it, don't waste your time." I can only imagine Lauren thinking, "yea right, challenge accepted." She grabbed that little blue puppy and began rubbing it. About 5-10 minutes later, Lauren still rubbing, the puppy began breathing. Lauren saved that puppy's life.
Lauren decided to name that puppy Miracle, because both the vet and Lauren considered it a miracle that puppy lived. I know in my heart that it really wasn't a miracle. It was Lauren using her incredible gifts and talents, given to her by God, to save a puppy's life...to reach out to the one that is deemed, "not to make it," and to give it all the love and attention she could possibly give it. That's a perfect description of my Sissy; a supporter of the underdog, a selfless woman who will give all the love she has to the one deemed, "not to make it."