{"id":994,"date":"2009-11-05T10:51:26","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T10:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/11\/05\/r-i-p-maxine\/"},"modified":"2017-02-11T10:09:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T10:09:19","slug":"r-i-p-maxine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/11\/05\/r-i-p-maxine","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Maxine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/4\/3149\/2834176154_d4be83fc2a_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"You may click on the image for more details\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/4\/3149\/2834176154_a03831aa6f_m.jpg\" class=\"wb\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"caption bottom\"><em>Maximillian &#8220;Maxi\/Maxine&#8221; Kartuti Salcedi<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Maxine was put down this afternoon. We had already made the decision to put her down months ago, but couldn&#8217;t find the right time (and possibly the heart) to go through with it.<!--more--><!-- \/\/ --><\/p>\n<p>Apart from being ridiculously old (she&#8217;s probably 98 in human years), she&#8217;s already been blind for a long time. Not only that, she has also been in &#8220;a state of delirium&#8221; as I would like to call it; she would just walk around in circles until she gets dizzy (ignoring if she bumped into anything) then lies down&#8230; rinse and repeat. The helper would also report of her &#8220;yelping&#8221; once in a while &#8211; while lying down&#8230; I&#8217;m guessing its because of difficulty breathing (or worse). Her appetite was long lost as well; last time I patted her, it was like patting a skeleton.<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, she stopped &#8220;responding&#8221; today; she would only breathe while lying down&#8230; I guess today was as good as any other day to finally do the deed. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_994_1('footnote_plugin_reference_994_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_994_1('footnote_plugin_reference_994_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_994_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_994_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">I wasn&#8217;t even man enough to do it; I left it to Dad<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_994_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_994_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Nothing more to say really apart from the fact that she&#8217;s been with us since &#8217;94 and it feels weird knowing that a &#8220;presence&#8221; will be absent permanently starting today.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For those wondering about the name, it&#8217;s a Santos (at least in <em>our<\/em> household) habit to give our dogs &#8220;full names&#8221; &#8211; weird ones at that. We name them like usual, then try to come up with a convoluted full name to justify the &#8220;nickname&#8221; given to them. Pretty retarded, I know, but that&#8217;s how it is. 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