September the fifth, two thousand and nine.

What I woke up to -

"Lacey Mom said we have to put henry down."

It was just one of those things I just assumed I was dreaming.

I woke up, walked down stairs and walked into a room full of tears. My whole family minus Celie was sitting in the living room, crying. Then, I faced the sad realization, it wasn't a dream.

Kidney Failure.

My Mom was heart broken, we had been giving him IV's and Antibiotics for the last month, and he seemed to make a full recovery. But when the IV's and antibiotics were supposed to stop, within a matter of days Henry couldn't Walk.

My mom sat next to him on the couch, crying, and after calling another vet for a second opinion, she knew what we had to do.

My brother, Zac, threw the ball, and henry jumped up to play, but to our surprise, completely fell off the couch because the lack of strength.

I walk back in the room, henry's eyes so alive, but his body so lifeless, was lying in the middle of the floor. I asked what happened, and they told me how he fell off the couch because he wanted to play.

It didn't really hit me until we had some one on one time alone with him, he sat there, his heart beat so unsteady, his body so weak. We had made an appointment with the vet for 4:30.. It was our chance to really say goodbye. I realized this was the last time I could sit and hold him, kiss him, love him, be with him. My heart broke. I still don't fully understand the concept that hes Gone.

We went to Mclean animal Hospital after going to the park for one last time. We walked in the back door, they put us in a room and told us to say our goodbyes.

It was torture.

My mom tells us to leave so they can do the shot, I walked out of the hospital, and fell on the curb. I was balling my eyes out, and my brothers were as well.

I hear some skateboarding, turned to the side and recognized a few of them because they went to my high school. Just what I wanted to see..

Ha.

My mom and sister came out, balling, and we knew. Henry was gone.

My mom is completely crushed. She's been sitting in her room, with the lights off, crying.

Our house is missing a person.

I love you henry, Rest in Peace.

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