My Baby Girl

Most all of you know that this week we lost a very important person in our family. We lost my baby Haley Nicole on Wednesday night. The wind was very strong and blew open one of our gates. All of our dogs (except KoKo) got out and roamed. Jasmine and Fluffy came back almost as soon as I started looking and I got them put up in the fence.
Daddy called me when I was halfway down the street and told me not to go where he was. I looked up and saw his truck and something lying in front of it and I knew one of our girls had gotten hit. I instantly called one of my friends and I just needed someone to talk to.
It wasn't until Daddy pulled up that I knew who it was. As he walked closer, the light from the porch showed Aspen in his arms. I lost it. I started screaming and I really didn't know what I was going to do. I had to calm down, though, because I had to take Aspen in. After getting her in I called Maranda again and she prayed with me and I was on the phone when Momma got home and Daddy told her. We had to calm her down.
Jacob brought Aspen down from upstairs and she was not in good condition. She was limp and there was blood on her beard and around her eye. At first we thought it was just shock and her licking Haley, but once my Nana got to the house, she wouldn't even stand up on her own. I called my youth minister and he prayed with me and mom and dad headed off to Lubbock.
My Nana and Aunt Debbie found a vet and they got Aspen to the vet.
In the meantime, my Nana randomly started working on a decipher puzzle in the paper. This was something she rarely did, but for some reason she kept on doing it.
After an hour, she decoded the phrase "The world is round, and the place which may seem like the may also be only the beginning" - Ivy Baker Priest. She explained to Jacob what it meant, and it really hit home.
Mom called not long after and told us Aspen was being given oxygen and that she was bleeding near her lungs. We all had a talk that night and mom and dad didn't get much sleep before they picked up Aspen and took her to Dr. Long. My Papa took my baby to Dr. Long for him to do whatever with her. Dr. Long told us Aspen had an air pocket in her chest and it needed to be tapped and he would put a catheter in it to drain the air.

Aspen is home now and is laying right here next to me, dozing. It has been and is going to be very hard to move on from Haley's death. She was my baby. She was pretty much attached to me and now she's gone. I didn't even get a very good look at her before she left us - the last thing I said to her was "go eat." I didn't even say her name.
Momma says I have to let go and move on but I really don't want to. I know it's time that I do but it's sooo hard. She was my dog and I will always remember her.

Having Aspen home, though, is making it better. She was happy to be home and everyone is happy she is home. She was running around but now she needs her rest.

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers because we are still having a rough time.