Dear Karen and the pug girls,

Your little pug tripawd iMaggie s adorable:)  My Maddie is 118 pound bullmastiff.   

I'm going to take Maddie back to the vet tonight.  I was going to take her yesterday but they didn't have a vet in last night so we're going tonight at 6:30. 

I'll post an update when we get home from the vets.  Thanks for yoiur concern.

Maddie's Mom

In Loving Memory of our precious fur kid, Maddie 3/10/04-11/28/09. She went to the Rainbow Bridge today. She is free from the pain from the cancer, she got her 4th leg back and is running & playing with her brothers Buzz & Dallas. Her Pop Pop Joe & her Uncle Bill were waiting there to greet her. Dr. Kurek from University of Penn Veterinary Hospital was wonderful and compassionate and helped Maddie go to the Rainbow Bridge with dignity.  Dr. Kurek cried right along with us.  Now Maddie is happy, free & her pain is gone. We will love her, remember her & miss her forever. WE LOVE YOU OUR MADDIE GIRL, Love your Mommy and Daddy.......

Kathy, Angle Maddie, and all the family,

Words cannot express how sorry we are at this moment and hope that you can accept our deepest sympathy.  You fought a valiant fight and your story touched our hearts.  You have again shown quality by finding the courage to let go with the dignity that Maddie deserves.  It sounds as if Maddie has plenty of family to wait that joyous day of reunion to never be parted again.  You really will never be withoug Maddie for all the wonderful gifts that Maddie gave will forever be with you.

You will remain in our thoughts and prayers.  We are hopeful that you will find peace and will soon have the day whey you can remember Maddie with a smile and not just the canyon of a hole of loneliness.

Bob & Cherry

Dear Kathy,

I have been reading all of your posts about Maddie and her journey up until this day ' class='wp-smiley' /> Maddie is such a beautiful dog and you did everything you could. She is no longer suffering and is running pain free with all of her new Tripawds friends she is meeting at the Rainbow Bridge. I am truly sorry for your loss. Please accept my condolences.

Mary and (My Guardian Angel "Angus")

I was reading back over the posts and realized I never explained what had been going on the past couple of days.  The metacam wasn't really helping Maddie.  It did give her diarrhea and she was struggling to get around more and more.  She was losing interest in eating and drinking, it took everything in us to find things that she would eat.  Yesterday she couldn't get up at all.  If we managed to get her on her feet she would fall right back down.  Her bladder started leaking urine and her poor puppy butt was getting really sore very quickly even though we were constantly cleaning her and changing the puppy pads under her.  We were struggling to get food, water and medication in her.  When we took her to U of P today Dr. Kurek tested her to see how much pain she was having, and she was having a lot of pain, she was being our strong girl trying not to show us that she didn't feel well.  Dr. Kurek said we might have been able to make her comfortable and take her home for another day or two.  But she was already so weak and we felt that we would be selfish if we took her home just to make ourselves feel better for a couple of days.  It was the hardest thing I had ever to do in my life.  Her beautiful eyes were still clear.  It's so hard to let go when the body doesn't work anymore but the mind still seems clear.  As hard as it was, we had to set her free from pain.  I will love her and miss my Maddie girl for the rest of my life.  You see almost 6 years ago when our daughter moved to Geogia and got married I became really depressed, then we got Maddie and she gave me back my smile, she wasn't just my pet, she was my child, my fur kid.  Now here I am less than 6 years later without my precious girl.  Wondering how I'm ever going to find my smile again.  My heart is truly broken, but I had to do what was best for her, I loved her to much not to do right by her.  So we set her spirit free today and now she's playing and running free at the Rainbow Bridge.  I can't wait to meet her there someday, to run and put my arms around her and look once again into those beautiful, gentle, loving big brown eyes....