Moses Soll
3/8/2000-8/7/08
Moses, Lovingly called Momo or Momo Ryder, had a terrible accident this week. Tuesday morning I woke up to Moses unable to move the back half of his body. I thought he had strained a muscle. Adrienne and Willy came over to help me get Mo down the stairs and to the vet(Dr. Talbot - we love you!). It turns out a disc in Moses' back burst and there was spinal cord damage. The next two days he was at the vet heavily medicated and we were all hoping for a recovery. Unfortunately, Moses deteriorated and we had the hard job of having him put to sleep Thursday evening. Steve and Lizzy and I went. (Thank you Gabriella and Daniel for watching my kids.) I needed that time to just lay across Moses and cry.
Moses was my first baby. I have been reminiscing....
Moses loved to sit in my lap when I drove the car, it was a hard day when he could no longer fit and had to move to the passenger side. Moses loved to swim, whether in a lake, uncle Dave's pool or the Harpeth River when we took him canoeing. Moses loved the snow - we have lots of snow pictures. Most of all Moses loved his people! He was loyal, loving, gentle, and sensitive. Moses had to sleep in the same room as me or he would have a melt down. He was very attached! (He actually ate through my bedroom door once to get to "his couch".) Mo loved to play "blay blay" with Steve and chase his blanket. I don't know how much he loved it, but he would always willingly dress up with Sophia. If we took a walk Moses had to have his ball, he held it like a pacifier. Moses just had to hear the words "park", "walk", or "go" and he was at the back door with his leash ready to go.
I still look for Moses when I open the cabinet where his medicine is. I expect him to come running. Steve said he was surprised Moses was not at his feet this morning when he opened the cottage cheese container. I haven't vacuumed up his hair or moved his dog bed. I just am not ready to let go.
Sophia wants to "get another puppy, one that will stay small". I can't bring myself to do that yet, I feel like it would be an atempt to replace Moses and Moses is irreplaceable. Like Dr. Talbot said, "Moses was an icon around here." Everyone loved Moses.
