We made lite of it at the time, thinking all would be fine. But it wasn’t.

On Thursday morning Moka (Dan and Abby’s dog) chewed open a bottle of Ibuprofen and ate around 8400 MG of it. That’s roughly 42 regular advil pills. We called the vet and he told us to give her some hydrogen peroxide to make her vomit, but she never did. That night she seemed to be doing much better, so we thought we had nothing to worry about.

Well, over the next few days, she pretty much never ate, and anything she drank she would throw up five minutes later. Which made her drink even more because her body wasn’t getting enough fluid. She lost about five pounds since Thursday. Dan called the animal hospital yesterday and they told us it sounded like kidney / liver failure and that she needed to be put down.

So we set up the appointment for yesterday afternoon, sad but knowing we had no choice. It was a very quick process, and Moka didn’t even flinch when she got the shot. Abby and I were holding her still and the vet said she would start to relax. Literally 10 seconds after she got the shot she was totally limp. The vet checked her heart, and she was gone.

We’ll miss her sprinting around the back yard with her ball in her mouth, running and jumping off the porch, jumping so high. Always wanting love. We’ll miss her chasing and getting chased by Gotti, and her soft fur. We’ll miss the sounds of her rolling over and sighing, without a care in the world.

We’ll miss her.