30/11/2025
We held on to hope by a thread, but sadly thread starts to slowly break. We made the very difficult decision to help Oliver over the rainbow bridge at 11am this morning. As his parents we had decided on Friday and yesterday many of you got to say your final goodbye. So many of you cried, from grown men to children, while we had to try our best to keep it together. We could not let Olly suffer to save our own heart's. There was nothing that could be done for our boy, but we could spend time with him, surrounded by love. Last night Oliver and I spent the night on the couch watching the life of Pi, he slept on top of me with his head tucked closely to my chest. Later he went to spend the rest of the early morning with his other mother and sister Riley. I held him as he left this world with a thousand 'I love you my boy". His other mother and Riley were with. We were grateful his vet for the last 9 years was on duty, which was difficult for her too and she never charged us. Oliver brought love, laughter, chaos and plenty of vet visits for the last 9 years. He has the thickest vet file from always being a hooligan, our wild child the Olivernator. Oliver brought so much love, he saved me when depression dragged me down a deep, dark pit. As heaven celebrates his arrival, we mourn his loss. Our hearts are broken 💔 and we know so many people loved Oliver, not just the locals in the community but so many people around the world loved him and followed his journey over the 9 years like an action series. He was not just our son but belonged to so many of you. We pray heaven moved everything out of his path for the arrival of the Olivernator. As much as we begged, please don't take him away from us, he is a handful, I guess Heaven needed some laughter and chaos. Between the tears, numbness and shock our hearts and minds are all over the place. This does not feel reel, we don't want it to be real, reality has knocked us right off our feet as a family. Our dearest Oliver, may you run free like wild horses and may you carry nothing but love and joy in your heart like we will always carry for you. Thank you for making our hearts smile and burst with joy. You are love, joy, the dandelion that blows in the wind, the gentle rain that falls on the window in the middle of the night, you are kindness when we are witness to cruelty. You were, you are and always will be our Oliver Twist, the one who stole our hearts in the darkest of times. Try and be a good boy, until we meet again. With all our love your mother's ❤️
