This is Maynard, we got him as a pup in 2002. In 2007 he was diagnosed with Addison's Disease. With medication daily, and a shot every month he lived an almost normal life since the diagnosis. But over the last 6 months or so, the symptoms started catching up and he was getting worse. He was in constant pain and normal activities like walking and going outside were getting difficult for him.
We made the tough decision to have him put to sleep. Today we spent as much time with him as we could, but he had gotten skittish and distant in the last few months. Mindy made him some fried chicken and we hung out in the yard for a while, just sitting in the sun. He loved sunning himself.
We took these pictures just moments before we left for the vet's office this afternoon. We've never had to do this with pet, it was much much more difficult than I imagined.
I miss him a lot already.
