it all started Fri. night. some of you may remember...i made a post about out 11 year old golden, Shelby, back in Dec... diagnosed with cancer. carcinoma to be exact. the two tumors are near her right lung and heart......
in fact, my wife wrote a nice story titled "every day is a blessing" about Shelby......
between meds and diet..we have kept her alive, with a quality life too, no suffering......
friday night, she made a sound like a buffalo coughing, and out came this sticky white blob....the size of a tennis ball... there was no food in it...so we new it came from her lung...
rushed to vet . x rays.. the tumors, which had been at a standstill, had gotten larger within the last two weeks... and caused a fluid build up in her lung...
the vet.....said....and I will never forget this;.....'if it were my dog, i would put it to sleep'......... mary and i looked at eachother....then looked and her.....i said "my animal will tell me when its time............." we took her home...she's back on predisone and now lasix........and she's doing great ever since, even chased her ball Sat... . today, chased a squirrel along the fence line... eating like a horse, wagging her tail, and happy as can be........ i dont want to think about the people that took their dog to the vet and had the vet say what this lady did....then put their dog down prematurely.... killed their dog.... these last three days have been wonderful... and if she goes tomorrow..it was worth it...every bit of it.......be she's showing signs of being strong and comfortable.... as long as she's happy and comfortable... then she will be right here with us.....
so...the warden had to go up to northern VA today for a doctor appt and piggy back one for her 90 year old mom too... and its raining........
she said "i guess you wont go to the gym unless you walk since you wont drive your vette in the rain........ i said "im not leaving shelby alone for that long..... im here today.
1. counted out 115.00 in change from my change jar.
2. installed new soft ware on my wifes computer and ran all the AS checks.
3. Sharpened all the knives in the kitchen and my personal stuff.
4. unloaded the dishwasher
5. made lunches for the week at work.
6. did two loads of laundry.
7. did 5 miles on the treadmill.
8. took the dogs out 4 times and dried them off before bringing them in.
9. worked bi's and tri's with 20lb dumbells high reps fast pace.
Now.......she's home......
I can see now, retirement is ..........gonna be tough at first...
May 29th is coming fast.........
in fact, my wife wrote a nice story titled "every day is a blessing" about Shelby......
between meds and diet..we have kept her alive, with a quality life too, no suffering......
friday night, she made a sound like a buffalo coughing, and out came this sticky white blob....the size of a tennis ball... there was no food in it...so we new it came from her lung...
rushed to vet . x rays.. the tumors, which had been at a standstill, had gotten larger within the last two weeks... and caused a fluid build up in her lung...
the vet.....said....and I will never forget this;.....'if it were my dog, i would put it to sleep'......... mary and i looked at eachother....then looked and her.....i said "my animal will tell me when its time............." we took her home...she's back on predisone and now lasix........and she's doing great ever since, even chased her ball Sat... . today, chased a squirrel along the fence line... eating like a horse, wagging her tail, and happy as can be........ i dont want to think about the people that took their dog to the vet and had the vet say what this lady did....then put their dog down prematurely.... killed their dog.... these last three days have been wonderful... and if she goes tomorrow..it was worth it...every bit of it.......be she's showing signs of being strong and comfortable.... as long as she's happy and comfortable... then she will be right here with us.....
so...the warden had to go up to northern VA today for a doctor appt and piggy back one for her 90 year old mom too... and its raining........
she said "i guess you wont go to the gym unless you walk since you wont drive your vette in the rain........ i said "im not leaving shelby alone for that long..... im here today.
1. counted out 115.00 in change from my change jar.
2. installed new soft ware on my wifes computer and ran all the AS checks.
3. Sharpened all the knives in the kitchen and my personal stuff.
4. unloaded the dishwasher
5. made lunches for the week at work.
6. did two loads of laundry.
7. did 5 miles on the treadmill.
8. took the dogs out 4 times and dried them off before bringing them in.
9. worked bi's and tri's with 20lb dumbells high reps fast pace.
Now.......she's home......
I can see now, retirement is ..........gonna be tough at first...
May 29th is coming fast.........
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