It is March 7th, 2018

I am still n Edinburgh.  This is really just as well as, when we arrived in mid-December, Ruah had been unwell and spent the night before we travelled on a drip in the Broadford vet's clinic.

Over the weeks the vets here, very near where Moira lives,  tested, re-tested, got samples, tested  again and were very unsure as to what exactly was going on.  She had left home with a very high kidney count so was on antibiotics which seemed to be doing the trick...

At the weekend Ruah became very ill and she was overnight in the animal hospital, on a drip, then we transferred her to the local vet, to finish that and have yet another blood test.  She was very poorly obviously and after the blood test showed no improvement, we decided that Ruah had had enough - her eyes were telling us that too......

All of our friends who knew and loved Ruah as much as I did, for more than ten happy years, will be sorry to hear my news.  She was a very special companion, always happy, never angry, never far from me - yes, and always greedy!

Duncan is lost without Ruah.  He is following me just as she did and eventually he will realise his friend is not coming back..  As I will......

Ann