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My heart aches, We've lost Kona Kai
3 January 2011
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Yes, I was thinking the other day about Chloe walking for Kona and all our strong tripawd warriors, and I am so honored that she was included. Thank you.

 

Thank you Karen for the kind words. Yes, you are right; we are at peace that we did everything we could.

Sad and somewhat angry that we feel some medical mistakes were done when they changed her meds and that took away the use of her remaining back leg and we believe, started the downward spiral of weakening her system and allowing problems to develop.

We'll never know and nothing can be changed now, but, yes, after everything, we're just happy that our girl, our devil girl, our independant girl, is once again, happy, running and healthy, no longer bound by it all.

All that said, we are doing better, but you know, just when we think so, the crying re-enters the picture, the loss fresher.

Here's to better times.

 

  Denise

Kona turned 9yrs on April 16, 2010. Kona was diagnosed Memorial Weekend 2010 with osteosarcoma. Right rear leg amputated on June 4th. First chemo June 18th 2010 Second chemo July 9th, 2010      Third and final (yea !!!) chemo July 30th, 2010 ONE TOUGH GIRL this Australian Cattledog ! ***Kona's journey/fight ended late in the evening of December 22, 2010***                                We Love you so much Kona….always      Bella 9yrs, albino lab/aussie shep/pit?(abandoned in mts as a puppy) deaf & blind (from birth) in one eye limited vision in other.(laid back, ok lazy 73 lbs) Cotton, 5yrs, albino hound/terrier of somesort/???(abandoned in mts as a puppy) deaf & blind in one eye(from birth), excellent vision in seeing eye. (ball addict…destroyer of Kong balls…yes,etc), high energy 55lbs knots of muscle) Kona Kai's pup brother and sister as well as her buddy and playmate cat, Shaymous 12yrs (like Seamus), miss her terribly.
3 January 2011
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Denise… I am sorry I am late with this and am so so sorry for the loss of your kona kai. (I am a late arrival here.. and did not get kona's whole story… does that mean something in Polynesian/Hawaiin?) she reminds me of a blue healer we had back on the farm when I was young. Fearless is a good word for those dogs!! High energy.. yes! We used to call ours the Tazmanian devil when she was young but she turned out to be such a sweetie as an adult!!! And VERY smart!!! she was a ruthless worker with our cattle!!

What a beautiful cattle dog Kona Kai was!! She has her angel wings now!!!

God Bless!

Janet and Patou

4 January 2011
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Thank you, Janet and Patou.

 

Kona Kai means "Wild Western Ocean".  That indeed, was our Kona.

And, too funny, we used to refer to Kona as a Tazmanian Devil too !

And thank you, she was such a beautiful girl.

 

          Denise

Kona turned 9yrs on April 16, 2010. Kona was diagnosed Memorial Weekend 2010 with osteosarcoma. Right rear leg amputated on June 4th. First chemo June 18th 2010 Second chemo July 9th, 2010      Third and final (yea !!!) chemo July 30th, 2010 ONE TOUGH GIRL this Australian Cattledog ! ***Kona's journey/fight ended late in the evening of December 22, 2010***                                We Love you so much Kona….always      Bella 9yrs, albino lab/aussie shep/pit?(abandoned in mts as a puppy) deaf & blind (from birth) in one eye limited vision in other.(laid back, ok lazy 73 lbs) Cotton, 5yrs, albino hound/terrier of somesort/???(abandoned in mts as a puppy) deaf & blind in one eye(from birth), excellent vision in seeing eye. (ball addict…destroyer of Kong balls…yes,etc), high energy 55lbs knots of muscle) Kona Kai's pup brother and sister as well as her buddy and playmate cat, Shaymous 12yrs (like Seamus), miss her terribly.
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