In the middle of work today Mariah called but I couldn’t take her call. When I texted to ask what she needed she said she would tell me when I got home. I immediately began to worry about the guinea pigs. Ellis has been in pain for a couple of weeks and had been losing weight because she wasn’t really eating and Willow was just diagnosed this weekend with a reproductive infection. We’ve been feeding Ellis and hoping she will gain weight and she seemed more responsive the last few days. Willow too seemed to be doing better after we started her on antibiotics.
When I got in the car at the train station Laura told me that Ellis had died. What a blow that must have been for Laura because Ellis is the first pet she has really bonded with. I love all our little pets uniquely but Ellis was special for her effect on Laura. I’m so sad to see her gone especially after all the daily feedings, the trips to the vet, and the great love and life she exhibited in her short time here. I truly hope that we can have her back in the next life to love and cuddle again.
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