Our Little TI TI!!!

Two days ago, on March 16th, our favorite little yorkie, Tia Henry, passed away! It was a normal afternoon, actually not that normal for Chicago because it was 60 degrees out, and the kids and I were going to take Tia on her daily walk around the block. I know that Tia can sense Spring in the air because for a couple days, she would dart out of the house and take off towards the neighbors to stir up trouble. Well, on Tuesday she did it again. Except for this time, I could not get her. She ran across the road to the neighbors and then must have heard something in the other direction because she sped off like a wild woman towards one of the busier roads in our neighborhood. My heart dropped and I screamed for her to stop...I was not fast enough because right before my eyes Tia was hit by a car zooming down the street. I did not know what to do other then to scream in terror! My kids were around the corner at the house and I didn't know if they were in the street or what? I looked back and saw that they were not and proceeded to run towards Tia, grabbing her in my arms to see if I could save her! I rushed over to the house, screamed for the kids to get in the car, and wrapped her in a towel and shot off to the nearest Animal Hospital...which just happens to be right down the street. The kids and I stormed into the Vet screaming and crying, "she got hit by a car, she got hit by a car!" They rushed her to the back to begin immediate emergency treatment. After a while, the Vet came in and told us that it was pretty serious, she was on oxygen and an IV and they were going to take X-Rays to see what damage had been done. Well, at this point, Jud had arrived and we were all waiting to hear what had happened to our precious little pet of 5 years. About a half hour later, the Doc came in again and gave us a little more promising news but said that she needed to be transferred to an emergency hospital with 24 hour care. Jud unfortunately had to leave and I racked my brain with people to call for help with the kids because I had to transfer Tia to the hospital myself! Thank you Kandis for coming to my rescue!!! The kids left and I sat and waited for Tia to get ready to be transferred. I was able to go in the back and see her...she looked up at me, they pulled the oxygen mask off and I, with tears rolling down my face said, "Tia I love you and hold on girl!" To make a long story short, we got her in my car and I drove her about 20 minutes to the nearest hospital. I was not sure what was going on with her on the car ride over but I kept talking to her and saying to hold on. She moved a couple times while we were in the car and something told me when I arrived at the hospital and picked her up that she wasn't doing well. About 2 minutes after we got there and the nurses rushed her upstairs, the doctor came down to tell me that she did not make it...I was hysterical at this point and had no one there with me! Thank you to the doctor that embarrassed me and held on to me. I did not know that loosing a pet would be so hard...this was my first personal pet and I really didn't know how much I loved her! It has been a rough couple of days and as I sit and type this my heart is filled with sadness and tears roll down my face. God is good and we thank Him for the time that we did have with Tia. I do not think that the kids really understand what happened and that is ok. Jud's mom is heart broken as well because in reality Tia was all of ours and we really worked as a team to care for her! Here are a couple of pictures of our little angel...Thanks for listening, it was therapeutic!