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CountAllVotes

(21,892 posts)
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:22 PM Jun 30

I woke up to read about the death of Big T.

Big T. was a dog that was rescued in Thailand about a week ago. He was about 10 years old and had a horrible tumor on his underside.

He died yesterday surrounded with love and compassion.

It cracked me up bad and I was so sad so early in the day.

Luckily, I remembered to call LHEAP for energy assistance. Its dialing for dollars sometimes for hours and you never get through. Luckily, I got through right away and have an appointment tomorrow a.m. for a phone interview.

This will pay my PG&E bill for several months hopefully.

Thank god I got through as times are tough for me after losing thousands of dollars on a used car I bought in 2023.

I have no car now and getting through for LHEAP help sure matters a lot to me.

Anyone that thinks that disabled old people living in poverty enjoy this are a total disgrace and shameful.

All for now,

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I woke up to read about the death of Big T. (Original Post) CountAllVotes Jun 30 OP
More about Big T. CountAllVotes Jun 30 #1
more about Big T. here CountAllVotes Jun 30 #2
I miss all my lost animal family members. StarryNite Jun 30 #3
I know ... CountAllVotes Jun 30 #4
Thank you. I'm so sorry for your losses. StarryNite Jun 30 #5
I have one cat left CountAllVotes Jun 30 #6
There are so many in need of loving homes. StarryNite Jun 30 #7

CountAllVotes

(21,892 posts)
2. more about Big T. here
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:49 PM
Jun 30

He died shielded by an umbrella and dog toys and someone donated a steak for him to eat before he died of cancer from that ugly tumor he had.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bF58wLMySU0

Rest in eternal peace Big T.



StarryNite

(11,660 posts)
3. I miss all my lost animal family members.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 02:56 PM
Jun 30

I have been able to move forward over time I think because of new animals that I adopted. But now I have no more and I'm still grieving my last two, one of which died 6 years ago and my last who died 4 years ago. It's painful.

CountAllVotes

(21,892 posts)
4. I know ...
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 02:59 PM
Jun 30

I lost my set of twin tabby cats that my late husband adopted from the shelter in 2013 in this past year.

It hurts.

I hope you are able to heal some how



CountAllVotes

(21,892 posts)
6. I have one cat left
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 03:12 PM
Jun 30

She is so lonely!

I've considered adopting her a friend but I'm not sure this is wise the way things are going right now.

Thanks for you well wishes!

StarryNite

(11,660 posts)
7. There are so many in need of loving homes.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 03:47 PM
Jun 30

Adoption is such a loving thing to do. It's just so hard losing them. I've told myself that if the Universe wants me to have another dog or cat it will happen. That's actually how we wound up with our last dog. She found us when we were camping. Most likely she had been dumped. She got along well with our other dog...most of the time. She had her odd moments but damn, I sure miss her.

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