December 29, 2020
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Farewell Rollo
The unthinkable happened and Rollo is gone. All of a sudden on Sat. Dec. 19th, he stopped eating and late at night he began staggering and at one point fell over, which was heartbreaking. I stayed up till after 2 am with him doing everything I knew to do. As soon as I woke in the morning when it was daylight, I rushed into his room to find he'd crossed the Rainbow Bridge not long before. Describing the symptoms to my sister, a nurse, she said it sounded as if he'd had a series of strokes. I am crying writing about it. My previous piggies had lived to be 6 and half years old, but Rollo was a little over 5, so I feel cheated. I was hoping to have him into next year.
Since he was my companion all through the Covid isolation, his absence is felt keenly. The first few days I was devastated by grief and didn't know how to cope. I miss his funny antics, cutting up veggies for him, treat time and interactions and conversations with him. He was the most outgoing piggy I've had & had such an outsized personality.
It's getting a little easier to be in this room with his empty cage. And I will soon have his ashes back from the vet, so he will be here in another form. But I miss his cute, silly self so very much. Goodbye Rollo, I will always remember you.
