Mark Levin (the author) seems really depressed in this book. I'm surprised he had the motivation to write about such a depressing time. Props to him, I say.
Sprite has begun to act very differently. He doesn't always eat or drink, he has troubles walking and running, he cannot travel by stairs, and his sleeping patterns have changed drastically as well. One side of Sprite's face has become deformed due to the tumor which effects the muscles in his face. If I was the owner of Sprite, I wouldn't be able to look at him, I'd probably just cry.
Pepsi, (Sprite's buddy), has noticed all the changes in Sprite too. Pepsi doesn't run around as much as he used to, and isn't always happy, like he always was. Mark (the author) even said that Pepsi would sometimes look up at him as if he knew what was going to happen to Sprite. Poor Pepsi is about to lose his best friend, and there isn't anything that anyone can do.
One day, Sprite went outside to go to the bathroom but didn't come back. Once Mark noticed, he ran outside and began searching. A construction worker down the street ended up finding him in a river, helpless but alive. This incident, was the decision maker for Kendall and Mark. They realized that Sprite was only in pain and that they shouldn't keep him alive any longer because of that.
Many tears flowed during the euthanasia process. Sprite was finally in a better place, and out of pain. Very sad :(
This isn't the end of the story, though.
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