It is with a broken heart that I post that Tasha's journey has come to a end. She was such a fighter, she was a survivor of osa, she was my hero. I truly believe she had beaten osa. When we got the diagnosis of hsa I knew we were in for a fight that we probably wern't going to win. She didn't win that battle. This is such a nasty cancer . She was her happy beautiful self yesterday waking me with little woofs for pets. She ate her breakfast and all seem good. She seemed a little quite but I didn't think anything about that. Early afternoon my husband came home after being gone for a week, Tasha stood up to greet him but was quite, no barking, usually she is very excited bouncing, wiggling and barking, a few hours later when my son got home again there was no barking and this time not even wiggling, in the early evening we looked at her gums and they were looking pale, we knew at this point she was in real trouble. Last evening she was laying looking at me she gave me a little woof I got down on the floor with her she put her head on my shoulder and gave me one kiss on my cheek. I think she was saying goodbye to me. My husband stayed up with her until 1:00 am and then went to bed and she came into the bedroom to sleep for the night with us as she always does. This morning at 6:00 she couldn't walk, we put her Ruff Wear harness on her to help her but she had to be carried back inside. Tasha had an appointment today to have her bandage and stitches removed but we knew at this point we would be saying goodbye to her at this appointment.

 Tasha is back at home and is buried next to her little sister, Ruby who we lost last December.

 I lost a big piece of my heart today but I also feel so blessed for being given an extra 19 months with my girl. Tears are flowing and I have a feeling they will be for quite awhile. All this doesn't even seem real yet, it all happened so fast, I am scared when the reality really sets in.

Jo Ann & Angel Tasha

Joann, so sorry to hear of Tasha's passing. Unfortunately our hope isn't always able to win this battle, but to have 19 months is beautiful, and she knew you were with her, believe me, knowing that will make you fell better even years from now, our thoughts are with you, Big Paws up to Tasha, Spirit Gus and Dan

Jo Ann… we are so very sorry to hear of your loss of Tasha… she has truly been an inspiration to us here and we will miss her dearly..

please accept our deepest condolences, our thoughts are with you.

Coopsdad

Oh Jo Anne – I haven't been on the website for a few days but wanted to come on and check up on Tasha. I'm so so sorry to read that you lost your girl.  My heart completely breaks with you, especially knowing  that you are still mending your heart with Ruby (as I am with Mackenzie since we lost both of them around the same time.)  Tasha was such an inspiration and I always measured Mackenzie's ampuversaries with Tasha's as they were were only a month apart.  Whenever you posted about Tasha I always knew that Mackenzie's ampuversary was right around the corner.  We will hold Tasha dear to our hearts.  This is a very sad day for all of us.   I'm so so sorry that you have to go through this once again.  But just know that the time you had with Tasha is a true blessing and gift. You can now find comfort in knowing that Tasha and Ruby are together forever…..heaven sure got lucky today.

Kami, Angel Mackenzie and Kobe 

Jo Ann,

I am so sorry to read that you lost your sweet girl. She beat the odds for 19 awesome months and continues to be an inspiration to us all.

We will never forget her and will keep her memory in our hearts just as you will.

((hugs))

Michelle