Pippa had an ice cream party. However, the party had a sad ending. Pippa had turned 14 in June. The lifespan of a doodle her size is 12-14 years. Pippa had been suffering from congestive heart failure and her symptoms were getting worse and worse. She was struggling to breathe and sometimes waking up gasping for air. Laura upped her medication but her symptoms got worse. The vet said that Pippa had at most a month left to live and suffer so Laura had to make the very difficult decision to put Pippa to sleep before her condition deteriorated to the point where both Pippa and Laura were suffering immensely.
Nearly the whole family came to Pippa's ice cream party. Elizabeth said she couldn't do it so she stayed home. She said it would just be too sad. Most of the party did consist of everyone tearful and crying. The only person that enjoyed the party was Pippa! Everyone was there to pet her and hug her. She was petted nearly the whole time and then she got her first ever ice cream! She gobbled that up so fast and was very delighted.
After Pippa had her ice cream, Laura had to force herself to be brave and put Pippa in the car and drive her to the vet. It was a very hard time for all of us sitting there with Pippa for her final moments. When the vet finally came in, we all had to leave crying except Laura and Jeremy. Laura had to leave her dood there all alone and come home to an empty house. Very, very hard time.
Pippa: 6/19/2012-7/31/2026
