I just wanted to thank those that are in charge of Campeche because this trip meant a lot to me. I was able to bring my dogs comfortably while trying to go to job interviews and figure out our place in Nola for the future. One of my dog’s, Pippa, had hurt her paw a couple weeks earlier and had to be put on anti inflammatory and antibiotics for the infection. I was toward the end of giving it to her and decided to stop altogether because she started acting very sick. She had thrown up a few of times outside and was very lethargic and restless. I was debating to take her to an emergency clinic but waited to see if I stopped giving the medicine that it would calm down and it seemed to. On the last day we were there, we put both dogs in the car to start on our 7 hour drive back to Georgia. During the car ride, I noticed pippa’s gums were turning white and same with her tongue while she was breathing strangely. We took her to the vet because something didn’t seem right and she could not hold her own weight. It was closed because of Labor Day weekend so we had to drive 35 min to the emergency vet as we were an hour into the drive home. I sat in the back seat with her trying to give her water and keep her with us. Maybe 5 minutes until we made it she had taken a few deep breaths and her eyes looked glazed over. I ran into the vet sobbing when we made it probably in shock not understanding fully what happened. The vet later told me that she had a gastric ulcer that erupted and it stopped her heart. He said there was nothing I could have done because it was so sudden. Needless to say, I am an absolute wreck and her bonded partner from the shelter is just as lost. This is long but what I wanted to make sure that Campeche knows is how thankful I am for having a place to stay where I could spend my last times with Pippa. She was my best friend and no matter how devastating it was to lose her, I was able to spend a little more time with her so thank you for accepting dogs during our stay. It means more than you know.