The Bustle in a House

The Bustle in a House
The Morning after Death
Is solemnest of industries
Enacted upon Earth –

The Sweeping up the Heart
And putting Love away
We shall not want to use again
Until Eternity –

Bitsy (February 15, 2004 - October 30, 2019)

My dog Bit (also known as Bit-Bit) passed away about 7:30 this evening. He had suffered for a long time from a long list of ailments (congestive heart failure, Cushing's Disease, and most recently, the beginnings of renal failure) and it caught up with him today.  His final descent was very rapid - he became short of breath about five. I had loaded him up in the pet taxi in the back of the car and was fiddling with the GPS to get directions for the pet emergency clinic, when I realized I couldn't hear him breathing anymore.

He was my mother's last dog, though he was my dog more than twice the time he was hers (she had him four years; eleven for me). R.I.P. Big Boy.