Linda Torres

And that's, I don't know if it's the air, the views, the mountain.

It was fantastic.

It's been fantastic.

So after a year of living here, the Army said, you're going to deploy again.

So I sent Gina to stay with my family down in San Diego.

My dad really enjoyed it.

He said that he had found a partner to keep him healthy.

So after a couple of weeks, the Army said, just kidding.

You got canceled for that deployment.

So I went down to Retriever.

So my dad

was just like, hey, can I have your dog?

And I said, no, but you could.

You know, like, I said no, but you could, like, during the flu season, I work a ton, so, and I'm going to be working on grad school and stuff, so you could keep her for a couple months.

So, flu season came around, and I sent Gina down to San Diego.

This time, I didn't go with her.

She, uh,

My parents noticed that she was drinking a lot of water and that she was really tired and we thought she was really anxious from the flight and just really tired.

So the next afternoon my mom decided to cook her bacon and Gina came up to her and she collapsed and that was it.

Yeah, the next couple days were a blur, painful.