Posted by TENA/DIAMOND on 1/29/2009, 2:31 pm
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DIAMOND DIARIES #8
WHILE DOING OUR REGULAR CARING FOR OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS, NORMAN AND I ENTERED INTO THE PARROT ROOM NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING DIFFERENT THEN ANY OTHER DAY.
ON ENTERING , I TOOK ONE LOOK AT BILLY AND KELLY'S CAGE AND FOUND KELLY DEAD! I COULD DO NOTHING BUT STAND THERE AND CRY. I WAS SO UPSET AND WONDERED WHAT I HAD DONE TO CAUSE ME TO LOOSE MY PRECIOUS KELLY.
NORMAN HAD ASSURED ME THAT THE ODD BEHAVIOUR WE HAD NOTICED THE LAST FEW DAYS WAS DUE TO THE HEALTH OF KELLY DECREASING. DESPITE OUR PERSISTENCE ON ENSURING PROPER NUTRITION , IT ONLY GAVE HER A FEW EXTRA YEARS.
NORMAN HAD TOLD ME THAT IT WAS BETTER THAN WHAT SHE HAD AND THAT I SHOULD BE HAPPY . HOW DO YOU TELL THAT TO HER MATE, BILLY THAT LOVED HER SO MUCH.
LOOKING BACK, IT WAS THE REASON FOR HIS BEHAVIOUR, HE WAS ALREADY AWARE OF HER DECLINE AND WAS SO PROTECTIVE OF HIS DEAR SWEETHEART.
WE TOOK KELLY AND WITH MYSELF AND THE CHILDREN CRYING, OUR DEAR DAD TOOK OUR LOVED KELLY AND BURIED HER IN THE BACK YARD.
BILLY BEGAN TO NOT EAT AND HAVE FLUFF UP FEATHERS. HE HAD NO INTEREST FOR ANY TYPE OF CONTACT AND HIS WHOLE DEMEANER BEGAN TO WORRY ME.
WE REALIZED THAT POOR BILLY WAS MOURNING THE LOST OF HIS OF MATE AND WAS SO DEPRESSED AT THIS TIME THAT HE WAS GIVING UP LIVING HIMSELF.
WE DECIDED TO PUT HIM IN HIS PARROT CAGE AND BRING HIM UP TO THE DINING ROOM AGAIN . AT LEAST HE WAS NOT ALONE AND HAD CONSTANT CONTACT. HE TOOK A FEW DAYS BUT WE BEGAN TO SEE A CHANGE IN BILLY ONCE AGAIN. THE CHILDREN AND I SHOWED HIM CONSTANT ATTENTION AND SOON BILLY WAS ALMOST HIS OLD SELF. HE WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT OF LOVED KELLY BUT WE WERE A " NOT SO BAD SECOND ".
BILLY SHARED OUR DINING ROOM FOR SOME TIME AFTER THAT AND LOVED TREATS OF ALL KINDS. PIZZA CRUST BEING HIS FAVOURITE. OF COURSE HE LOVED HIS DAILY FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
IT CAME TOO SOON THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE LOST OF BILLY ALSO. IT WAS ONE NIGHT THAT HE SAT ON THE FLOOR OF HIS CAGE AND DID NOT WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANYONE. WE TOOK HIM OUT OF THE CAGE AND PUT HIM UNDER A LAMP AND WRAPPED HIM IN TOWELS. THINKING HE GOT A CHILL AND THAT WARMING HIM UP WILL HELP HIM KICK THE COLD.
NOT HAVING A VET THAT DEALT WITH BIRDS OF ANY KIND LEFT ME AND MY BASIC KNOWLEDGE. IT DIDN'T WORK AND WE PLACED HIM IN THE CAGE HOPING THE NEXT DAY HE WILL BE BETTER.
IT WAS WITHIN AN HOUR THAT BILLY TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE AND HAD A SEVERE SEIZURE. I CAN STILL HEAR MY SON YELLING FOR BILLY TO GET BETTER. TO FIGHT IT. FOR MOMMY TO " FIX HIM". I DID WHAT I COULD BUT I KNEW WE WERE LOOSING BILLY!
WHY CAN'T MOM\S FIX ALL BOO BOOS! HOW I WISHED I HAD A BANDAGE FOR THIS ONE. THE TEARS LEFT MY EYES AS WE HEARD BILLY TAKE HIS LAST BREATHE AND LEAVES US.
NORM DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK WHAT HAD HAPPENED WHEN HE RETURNED HOME THAT NIGHT. HE DID THE REGULAR RITUAL . BILLY WAS BURIED AND THE KIDS PUT A CROSS ON HIS GRAVE. I WAS UNABLE TO GO AND TAKE PART.
THAT DAY IS IMPRINTED IN MY BRAIN AS IT IS MY CHILDREN'S TO THIS DAY. THE DAY WE LOST BILLY WAS A HUGE ONE.
THANK YOU !
TENA/DIAMOND
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
A ROSE FROM MOM AND I !!
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