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Happy 4 week ampuversary Max!!! 
I also worried about Jake's cancer coming back (always in the back of my mind)... I was so angry that this happened to my sweet golden baby... But I tried my best to enjoy every single day I had with Jake after his surgery...
None of us know how long our babies have... So enjoy every minute, every day... and eat lots of ice cream!!! 
Angel Jake's Mom
Jake, 10yr old golden retriever (fractured his front right leg on 9/1, bone biopsy revealed osteosarcoma on 9/10, amputation on 9/17) and his family Marguerite, Jacques and Wolfie, 5yr old german shepherd and the newest addition to the family, Nala, a 7mth old Bengal mix kittie. Jake lost his battle on 11/9/2009, almost 8 weeks after his surgery. We will never forget our sweet golden angel… http://jakesjou.....ipawds.com ….. CANCER SUCKS!
I can't add a thing to all the wise things that have been said. Well, yes I can...HAPPY AMPUVERSARY...and since I'm late chimming in, have ice cream tonight TOO!!!!!
Magic now has lung mets but I knew going in that the cancer had already spread, it just didn't show yet. There are great wide divides in survival rates and no one knows what will happen. But we don't know what will happen to all of us or when. When I get panicky, the folks here are so good to drag me back and then I realize, Magic is having more fun now than he did prior to the cancer. He probably wishes I would stop dragging him off somewhere every day!!!!
I guess a good way to put it is that whatever time we have is never ever enough. Tuesday I sent my 17 year old kitty to the Bridge, he had done three years of chemo, finished up last year, went into kidney failure in November and finally the quality of his life was no longer there and it was time to let him go. People say SEVENTEEN?????!!!! But, it still wasn't enough. The sad fact is they never stay with us as long as we would like so we can only enjoy the time they do spend here in our world and love them the best way we can.
now go have more ice cream!!
Diane - So sorry about OJ.
Max - Happy Ampuversary - or, should I say, Happy Belated Ampuversary? Whichever - Sophie is having a little ice cream in celebration on your behalf. She would say thanks - but her mouth is too full !!
There really are such wise and wonderful people on this website. They will cry with you, laugh with you, celebrate with you, get mad with you. And tell you when you need to be strong for your furry friend/kid. It's better than counseling ! Sometimes there is nothing better than a good laugh while you have tears streaming down your face.
Cancer is never far from any of our minds - thankfully it never occurs to our dogs (or cats). I can't say that I haven't raged against the Universe for things I feel are unfair - and I think that's ok. But I do it where my dog, and cats, don't see me. They don't need to know that life isn't fair sometimes.
Comet - I love it - "did you have a nice trip?" !! HA !! I used to freak when Sophie did a slide - missed a step and did a nose plant - now she looks up at me and gives me that famous Golden Retriever tail-thump as if to say, "Did you see THAT one??" And we're off again.
Golden hugs,
Sophie and Tana
Sophie (1998 – 2010)
"Going Dog" def: living every day in the moment
"It came to me that every time I lose a dog they take a piece of my heart with them. And every new dog who comes into my life gifts me with a piece of their heart. If I live long enough, all the components of my heart will be dog, and I will become as generous and loving as they are."
–Unknown
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