Today, was normal day, or so I thought. I was talking with my children after school and told my daughter to take out "Sonny" our Yellow-Sided Green Cheek Conure. Sonny was only 8 months old today-it is her 8 month birthday. Meanwhile, my son and I were hastily trying to fill out the forms for him to attend his high school youth group retreat, which had a deadline of 5:30 pm tonight. As my son and I were rushing to leave, we ran out the door and I pulled the door to shut it behind me....BUT, I did not realize Sonny, at the same time, was in flight to reach my shoulder! She got her head/neck slammed in the door! We all panicked and I saw her fall to the floor and twitch, then we rushed her to the vet, but she died on the way. We have been crying all day. My children and I keep thinking we'll see Sonny in the bird room, but her cage is empty and sad now. I am not dealing well with her death and my children don't know how to deal with this unexpected, tragic, accident. We keep reviewing the "If only" and "Why didn't I?" statements and praying for a "do over" of this afternoon.
Sadly, Sonny is gone and we left with a huge hole in our hearts and overwhelming sadness at her loss, especially at such a young age. Please pray for my children and myself, as we can't seem to stop crying and weeping over her death. I am crying as I type this post. I have a headache from crying so much. We gave her a special burial and prayed for her, but that is not much comfort when we are so used to her on our shoulders or waking up to her calling for us to let her out. All our love and prayers are for Sonny today and tonight, as we try to sleep so we can get up for school and work tomorrow. Rest in Peace, my sweet, baby, Sonny. I love you so much! We all miss you already.
I've been through similar pet trajedies with my kids. Time will heal all wounds. Bob
