Ancare Veterinary Hospital in La Salle has now added a chalk wall in our grieving/euthanasia room. What was once a simple wall with a small dry erase board, is now a chalk wall where you can share your cherished furry family member's name in their memory.
The Ancare team is honored to have the ability to care for pets from the beginning of their life to the very end. π πΎ
While saying good-bye is never easy, we hope to make the process as private and comfortable as we can for our dear clients. πΎπͺ½
Picture of dry-erase board where past pets were shared. One day a client wrote a sweet message on it and then others followed. Picture of new chalk wall where pets can be remembered as they pass over the Rainbow Bridge.πΎβ€οΈ
Rainbow Bridge Poem:
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
Author unknown.