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Hannah and Oliver at Christmastime

This past week has been a hard one for the kids. Last week, Hannah's favorite bunny, Oliver, died of pneumonia. We tried many different things to help him including antibiotics, but after several months of being sick, his body just couldn't fight it anymore.

We got Oliver initially just to breed Abby's rabbit and then we were going to give him back to the breeder ("The Bunny Lady"). However, Hannah formed a strong attachment to Oliver and when the Bunny Lady saw how much Oliver loved Hannah (by jumping out of the cage into her arms and purring loudly), she immediately gave him to Hannah.

I referred to Oliver as "Hannah's boyfriend" because you could see the stars in his eyes whenever Hannah was around.

On Saturday, Jacob came in crying because his rabbit, Bud, was dying. We were worried that our bunnies were passing around some sort of sickness because Bud had been healthy. A quick call to the Bunny Lady informed us that Bud was an old bunny and was dying of old age.

Jacob and Bud on Saturday

Knowing that Bud was not sick made the process of letting him go easier for Jacob. He was able to spend all of Saturday and part of Sunday morning saying goodbye to his pet (Bud died while Jacob was at church).