Will Falconer, DVM Moderator
So much to learn from this, right Joy? Listening to those inner promptings… so hard sometimes but there was the guidance. And the trust issue, always a challenge. People get busy, forgetful, etc, etc. We are all frail in that department to varying degrees, and I count myself in this.
As to the anemia, I'd question the onion idea. It'd have to have been a lot to cause this. It's possible over a longer period, I guess, but I'm guessing your salad shares had small amounts. I also wonder about autoimmune hemolytic anemia, the two commonest causes being a (relatively recent) vaccination or dose of heartworm "meds."
As you say, though, the good in it all is that her death set you determinedly on your present path. An honoring of a lost loved one like nothing else could be. Thanks for sharing this.