On the 19th of November 2008 , i heard sobs from outside of my room . Curious , worried and scared all at the same time , i rushed out of my room and ran into my parents' bedroom . In my mother's arms was my dog , caramel . She's the oldest dog in the family and was every well taken care of . My mother was sitting down on the bed trying to hold Caramel up . As tears rolled down her cheeks , words came out of her mouth . " Come on , baby . Please dont go . Come on , do it for mommy . " She broke 3 times in the sentence in order to catch her breath . My father was standing helplessly next to the bed . I walked towards the bed , not knowing what was happening yet not wanting to know at the same time . I stared , eyes wide , at what was happening before me . Questions in my mind and answers only they knew . Suddenly , my father spoke .
" Sweetheart , she's gone . She's old . She's gone . " Emotions started to overwhem inside of me . A glimspe of a tear slowly rolled down my cheek and dropped on my hand . I stared into Caramel's eyes , looking , searching for any sign of the living inside of her . There was nothing . When the answer had finally reached my brain , i broke into tear . I sat on the bed for the longest period , crying , before i could react again . When i managed to move again , i got up and went to my aunty's room to tell her bad news .
Once the whole family was in the Masters' Bedroom , my mother was giving Caramel The Kiss Of Death -- also known as CPR . But , it was still hopeless . She was .. Lifeless . More tears rolled down my mothers cheeks and continued saying the same words that she had said countless of times . " Come on , baby . Please dont go . Come on , do it for mommy . " My father tried rubbing her chest to keep the heart pumping . She was still breathing , but there was hardly any hope left . My parents continued the CPR while me and my aunt stared helplessly at the scene . When everyone in the room knew that it was time for Caramel , my mother cried harder , saying the words louder and continued the CPR .
My father , then , started searching any card , number , anything for the Vet . I couldn't stand the scene anymore and rushed into my room , closed the door and cried my heart out . I picked up my HandPhone and dialed my sister's number . When she finally answered , i promised myself that i wont lose myself . I had to stay calm .
" Ate , Caramel .. She's .. We tried .. Cara .. "
" What's wrong , sweetie ? Why are you crying ? What happened ? Stop crying , tell me what's wrong . Now . "
More tears came . I forced the words out .
" Caramel's dead . "
" Oh My God , Darling . Are you okay ? Stop crying , yah ? I'm in Uni now , could you like call me in 10 mins ? "
I hung up , unable to speak any longer . i decided to sms someone who would be here even if that one person wasn't in the same country right now . Minutes later , the person called . It was smiliar as the conversation as my sister and I had . When the conversation ended , my dad was getting ready to go to the clinic to see if there was still a chance . I went along , follow by my aunty and my mother . My dad drove the fastest , ever . We reached the clinic without 10 minutes . The Vet and his helper did everything in their power to try and save her .
There was just the slightest hope . The Vet told everyone in the room the worse news . " Even if i do save Caramel , it would be hopeless . She wont function . Her brain wouldn't work . " Tears rolled down my mother's cheeks from the news . I walked out of the room knowing there wasn't any point being in a room when there wasn't any point of Caramel coming back to her normal state . I sat at the lobby with my aunt . No words came out of any of our months but my fathers . He was explaining what had happened the past few days . When the Vet had finally given up , my mother cried much harder than before . My father and the Vet went into the other room the discuss the "funeral" .
The Vet called the people to come by to collect Caramel to burn her . My mother settled inside the lobby with caramel in her arms . Crying so hard that she would cough occasionally . When the people finally came , my mother was unwilling to head Caramel to them . She held her -- for the one last time . My mother handed Caramel to my father . I said my last Good - Bye to Caramel . He , than , walked to the van . Inside the van was a black plastic bag . It was meant for her . He placed her down carefully . Patting her , the way he would always do , for the last time . He took a step back . Sometime i never thought would happened . In my father's eyes , tears started developing . Everyone said their last Good - Byes .
When my dad paid for everything , we headed home . No one said a word to anyone . The only thing that broke the silence was the old songs playing from the radio . When we reached home , my mother started crying again . Sunddenly , for no reason , she shouted at me . Anger started building inside of me . She went to the couch and sat down , crying in agony . I felt only disgust and anger in me . My father went to comfort her . i couldn't stand her any longer . I went up to my room , laid down on my bed .
Sunddenly , the one person that i dont want to see right then , came in my room and laid down .
Annoyed , disgusted and anger overwhelmed me . I went out of the room never wanting to be in the same room as her for a long period . I headed to the one place where i could , still , be myself . That was my study room . I was accompanied by Jupiter . And now , here i am , telling the world the story of how my dog , Caramel had dead .
Caramel , Rest In Peace .
Caramel dead on 19th of November 2008 at 2.30 am .
