KAYDEE CAME INTO MY LIFE ON AUGUST 12TH, 1998 WHEN I WAS WORKING MY SHIFT AT A LOCAL ANIMAL HOSPITAL THE OWNER WAS GOING TO HAVE KAYDEE PUT TO SLEEP BECAUSE HE COULD LONGER CARE FOR HER , I ASK HIM IF I COULD TAKE HER HOME AND IF SHE GOT ALONG WITH MY OTHER COCKER SADIE IF I COULD KEEP HER , HE SAID THAT WOULD BE GREAT , I HAD A LONG TALK WITH KAYDEE BEFORE I TOOK HER HOME AND TOLD HER THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET ALONG WITH SADIE OR SHE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE HOSPITAL (DEEP DOWN I KNOW SHE KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT) WHEN I TOOK HER INTO MY HOME SHE WALKED RIGHT UP AND SMELLED SADIE AND THEY BECAME FRIENDS INSTANTLY . YOU SEE WHEN I GOT KAYDEE SHE WEIGHTED 53 POUNDS AND HAD A HARD TIME GETTING AROUND PERIOD , FROM THE FIRST DAY WE WORKED ON HER DIET AND WALKING TO GET HER BACK INTO SHAPE WE TOOK THINGS VERY SLOW BECAUSE I KNEW KAYDEE COULD NOT DO MUCH. BUT AS TIME WENT ON SHE LOST WEIGHT AND WAS ABLE TO GET AROUNG MUCH BETTER , SADIE WOKE ME UP ON JULY 31ST,1999 AND I FOLLOWED HER TO THE KITCHEN AND FOUND KAYDEE WITH A BLOATED STOMACH AND IN PAIN I KNEW IMMEDIATLY THAT SHE HAD "FLIPPED HER STOMACH" BUT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TRAMA CAUSED IT , I CALLED THE VET AND WE HEADED OUT I WAS TELLING KAYDEE THE WHOLE WAY THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE OKAY , BUT I KNEW THAT WASN'T TRUE. SHE LAID IN THE PASSINGERS SEAT AND STARED AT ME THE WHOLE WAY AND I PETTED HER , ONCE WE GOT TO THE HOSPITAL DR. HINSON TOLD ME THAT KAYDEE HAD HAD A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND THAT SHE WAS NOT GOING TO BE WITH US MUCH LONGER AND THAT HE WOULD LEAVE US ALONE , AT THAT TIME I TOLD KAYDEE THAT I LOVED HER SO MUCH AND THAT I WISH SHE COULD HAVE MORE TIME WITH ME AND THAT I LOVED HER SO MUCH AND THAT I WAS SO SORRY THAT HER TIME WITH ME WAS SO SHORT , BUT I WAS GLAD THAT HER LAST YEAR OF LIFE WAS WITH ME , SHE LIFTED HER HEAD OFF THE TABLE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID "THANK YOU" PUT HER HEAD DOWN AND WAS GONE , IT HAS BEEN ALMOST THREE YEARS AND SOMETIMES I STILL CRY WHEN I THINK ABOUT KAYDEE AND I MISS HER SO MUCH , I AM SO THANKFUL AND GREATFUL TO GOD FOR PUTTING HER INTO MY LIFE AND MAKING HER LAST YEAR HER BEST . KAYDEE... ME AND SADIE ARE FINE AND WE MISS YOU EVERYDAY AND STILL TALK ABOUT YOU OFTEN, EACH NIGHT I LOOK UP IN THE SKY AND THE BRIGHTEST DIAMOND JUST HAS TO BE YOU I KNOW IT !!!!