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[Nokterian]

This broke my heart..dogs and cats or any other animal has feelings like anyone does.

Ryan Jessen thought he just had a migraine, but it turned out to worse than anyone could have ever imagined.

The 33-year-old California man was diagnosed with a ventricular brain hemorrhage and quickly fell into a coma he would never awake from. While his family gathered around his hospital bed to say goodbye, they realized they were missing someone: Ryan’s best friend and devoted dog, Mollie.

Ryan Jessen’s sister, Michelle, shares a photo of the siblings. MICHELLE JESSEN/FACEBOOK
Luckily, the hospital agreed to allow the Jessen family to bring the dog inside to bid farewell to his buddy for the last time.

“So she’d know why her human never came home,” Ryan’s sister, Michelle, explained in a Facebook post. “If you knew my brother, he really loved his sweet dog.”

More at the link with a video.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dog-vis...-goodbye/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=32185370

 

[HStallion]

Ahhh damn I didn't need to watch this so early in the day.

 

[subwilde]

I've seen this video posted but haven't actually watched it yet...not sure if I wanna change that either

 

[veryslowhand]

Must Not Cry

 

[Thaedolus]

Man I don't normally have allergies....

 

[Myriadis]

Lovely story there, and it's good to read that he saved another life because his heart was given to a kid. But man, 33 years is much too young.

Spoiler

And I be honest I so expected a pun somewhere that I read it as heartbarking.

 

[Sheroking]

Man, I can't help but feel a giant swell of anger and hatred towards everyone who posts and shares these stories.

These feels are not good feels, man. Nothing of value was gained.

 

[SiteSeer]

a sidenote, the docs say he had high blood pressure possibly contributed to by frequent energy drink consumption. fyi to you 30 something redbull / monster junkies out there.

 

[Lothar]

Thanks, I needed to be depressed.

 

[Kurtofan]

scares the fuck out of me

 

[Baroquemantic]

Ugh, that's just so unfair, and terrifying to me. Fine one day and gone the next.

 

[Futureman]

Thanks, I needed to be depressed.

Ha yea it's like what's there to discuss here? How horrible we feel after reading this story?

 

[adj_noun]

33? Man. That's harsh,

 

[strafer]

What the fuck OP.. i didn't need this today.

Ugh.

 

[Lovely Salsa]

Wish I could see a video of this. Doesnt show on mobile

 

[Breads]

A tear was shed. What a random way to go. Sadness all around.

 

[The Incarnation]

a sidenote, the docs say he had high blood pressure possibly contributed to by frequent energy drink consumption. fyi to you 30 something redbull / monster junkies out there.

Okay, considering that I've just been put on blood pressure medication. It's something to take note of.

It's no fucking joke.

 

[gamma]

Wish I could see a video of this. Doesnt show on mobile

https://www.facebook.com/michelle.jessen.7/videos/10211752455676209/

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Jesus christ op thank you

I needed to be crying at 10 in the fucking morning in bed

 

[mjc]

Jesus, that video hit me hard. Rest in peace man.

Also goes to show how scary energy drinks can be. People slam that stuff too.

 

[PAULINK]

I felt nothing, maybe i'm a monster.

 

[Mayyhem]

holding back tears...

i never witnessed the connection between man and dog before i started dating my now girlfriend.

the bond she has with her dog is massive, its like her child honestly... its so sad to think about the dog just wondering what happened to their beloved human as they no longer return to them anymore

heartbreaking story OP

 

[Noobcraft]

Just in case you were worried about being too happy today.

 

[nkarafo]

It makes me angry seeing people dying so young.

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

At least the dog won't end up like Hachi.

 

[Radec]

At least the dog won't end up like Hachi.

I wished the real Hachi died like he did from the movie.

 

[Lupercal]

I just had flashbacks to that Futurama episode.
My emotions

 

[Darryl M R]

C'mon OP you can't be posting stuff like this on a Saturday morning.

You got me over here hugging my pup while telling him that I'm not going anywhere.

 

[MulderYuffie]

wow that is so touching.

 

[JHoNNy1OoO]

Glad Mollie got to say goodbye. I hope the organ recipient lives a long and healthy life. On that note, make sure you're an organ donor people! If you don't want it to be indicated on your License(paranoia) at the very least let all your loved ones know so lives can hopefully be saved.

 

[Indrid Cold1]

I'm 33. Fuck

 

[Retsudo]

fucking ninjas cutting onions around here.. good for them for including the dog in the farewell.

 

[Chinese Cartoons]

I felt nothing, maybe i'm a monster.

Energy drink?

 

[Angry Grimace]

If you have high blood pressure, you should get that shit checked out and take medicine for it. It's simple and cheap.

 

[E92 M3]

Parents burying their children is always sad.

 

[Sleight of Jam]

It just sounded like the dog was sniffing him, or am I missing something? I thought the dog would be weaping and moaning.

 

[Dopus]

It just sounded like the dog was sniffing him, or am I missing something? I thought the dog would be weaping and moaning.

Well yeah, obviously. The dog probably knew something was wrong but to expect an animal to grieve like a human is pretty weird.

 

[jts]

Feel a migraine in one month and be terminally ill by the next month. Pretty young too.

Don't even need the dog for that to be a pretty sad and chilling scenario.

RIP

 

[Pakoe]

That's so sad.

 

[Shinypogs]

Ha yea it's like what's there to discuss here? How horrible we feel after reading this story?

We could discuss how it's important for people to have plans for their pets care if anything were to suddenly happen to them. Some pets end up in shelters and rescues a short time after their person disappeared and never came back again. This dog was fortunate she gets to stay with the family but others get lost in the shuffle.

Speaking of disappearing it's actually helpful for dogs to smell the dying/ dead and process it in the way that animals do. Otherwise we end up with those cute but heartbreaking situations where dogs keep waiting for their owner to return, repeating their old routine but never getting to the reunion bit.

These stories shouldn't just make us sad or grateful for our own pets but have us think about how our mortality greatly affects them and what we can do to to make an unexpected death easier on them should it occur.

 

[trembli0s]

Not gonna lie, I teared up a bit. I got my first dog this year at the ripe age of 28 after wanting one forever. He's a 1 yr 4 mo old Rhodesian Ridgeback and he is absolutely "my kid." This hits right in the gut.

 

[Beartruck]

a sidenote, the docs say he had high blood pressure possibly contributed to by frequent energy drink consumption. fyi to you 30 something redbull / monster junkies out there.

A couple people in my family have died of instant heart attacks and many people in my family have blood pressure problems. I will never touch any energy drink.

At least the dog got to say goodbye so it didn't end up like Hachiko.

 

[Gengahrrr]

Devastating to watch.

Brain hemmorages scare the shit out of me because of how random they seem to be. Although it looks like they found the cause of this one.

 

[frontovik]

The emotional bonds that forms betweens humans and animals can be very touching; especially with dogs.

Also, the fact that frequent energy drink consumption played a role in his untimely death is another reason for me to primarily stick to water.

 

[Demoskinos]

Yall chastise OP for posting this but you click on it? Come on now.

 

[The Last Wizard]

:,(

 

[Yopis]

Sad and beautiful at the same time.

 

[daegan]

For those of you questioning anything good coming from this, I hadn't even considered drinking an average of one energy drink a day being an issue but fuck me if I'm not going to cut back because I don't want to do this to my pup.

 

[Astral Dog]

It makes me angry seeing people dying so young.

33 years is not so young, we can only hope he lived a good life

 

[gamma]

33 years is not so young, we can only hope he lived a good life

lol

For those of you questioning anything good coming from this, I hadn't even considered drinking an average of one energy drink a day being an issue but fuck me if I'm not going to cut back because I don't want to do this to my pup.

Not because you don't want to die?