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So many tears at this time, words can't make it hurt any less we are so very sorry about sweet Mistletoe
Run free sweet angel I am sure you are with my sweet Teddy Bear Saint who crossed over on December 28th have fun playing with him and we will see you again!
Just heart broken
Much love to you from Summer and Patchy 
So so sorry to hear about Mistletoe. Who would have thought when we started down this path that the actual amputation would be the easy part.
When Milo passed I put together a tribute for friends and family who had been following his story (I should post it here sometime, too.) One of the pictures in the tribute was a side-by-side of him the day we brought him home and his last day. They were titled "Day 1 as Milo" and "Day 3616 still Milo". I've looked at the picture many times since then and remind myself that we were blessed with 3616 days -- and except for a few near they end -- they were pretty darn good!
Hopefully, you can find the solace and smiles in looking back at all the good days and years with Mistletoe. As hard as the end days are, none of us would pass up all those fantastic days just to avoid this sucky pain!
Peace,
-Jenifer & Milo
(It's been a week today. I just can't switch to Spirit Milo or Angel Milo or something. He'll forever just be my Milo.)
Oh nooooooo 😔😔😔😔
Fiona and Jim, I am totally heartbroken for your loss 😞
Mistletoe was such an adorable girl I still cannot believe she has left you so, so soon 😔
There are no words at moments like these, you must try and take comfort in the fact your love is so strong and precious and you could not have done more than you did ...
There is a new star in the sky, the brightest of all and her name is Mistletoe 🌟 she is joining all our spirit babies who live there 💫💫💫💫
I wish I could hug you both, I really do 💕
My heart is with yours and Mistletoe's, you will meet your baby girl one day 💖
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
How we all wish we could find words. How we all wish.....but not possible.
This disease has so many brutal unforseen twists and turns. All we can ever do...EVER...is make decisions out of love and based on what the, medical community is able to tell us based on all their preliminary tests. We all.proceed with the hope that we can get extended quality time. We are FORCED I to decisons that have risks, ut also that have hope. To not have tried would have failed our pups.
Ive reread your posts so many times and I did, indeed, find many, many moments of joy MISTLETOE had over these last few weeks. She got to snuggle with her kitties, she got to snuggle with you in the couch. she got to outs art you trying to give her pills and I know that delighted her!
The waves of grief will be with you for a long time. One thing we all promise you though, is the thousands of happy memories will help clue your broken heart back together again.
And the new St Bernard MISTLETOE is sending you will help heal your heart too. She is a wonderful Guardian Angel for all of you.
PLEASE know you are in our thoughts. PLEASE know that we understand. PLEASE know you and MISTLETOE are our family and will NEVER be forgotten here! That big gentle giant jumped into our hearts from day one...and will never leave! She will ALWAYS be safely nestled in a corner of your heart surrounding you with her eternal @oving energy...And big sloppy kisses!!
Looking forward to seeing more oictures (with your sons's help)!
A little something to honor our beautiful MISTLETOE.....it just made me think of her.
Love and hugs
Sally and My Chunky Spiritual Being Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
I am so sorry to hear about Mistletoe. You did everything you could, and she was a fighter right up to the end. I have the image of a big dog, complete with IV, hopping around loose in the back of the vet's office. There truly are no words that can express the loss you are feeling. Just know that many of us have been there ourselves, and are with you now.
Otis - 106 pound lab/Dane mix, lost his right front leg to osteosarcoma on Febuary 9, 2016. Four rounds of carboplatin completed in April, 2016. Lung mets August 25, 2016. Said goodbye too soon on September 4, 2016. Lost his adopted sister, Tess, suddenly on October 9, 2016. likely due to hemangiosarcoma.
Wherever they are, they are together.
I'm so sorry that Mistletoe couldn't recover, kidney failure is very tough to overcome.
You made brave decisions to try and give your girl the best chance, and in the end made one last unselfish decision to let her run free and whole again.
Your beautiful girl will live forever in you heart, she will always be by your side.
Karen and the Spirit Pug Girls
Tri-pug Maggie survived a 4.5 year mast cell cancer battle only to be lost to oral melanoma.
1999 to 2010
My heart breaks over your loss of Mistletoe. Bless you.
Harmony became a Tripawd on 10/21/14 (MCT). She left us way too soon on 11/1/14.
"We miss you so much; our love, our heart, our Harmony."
- Pam, Ron and Melody, Meesha, Doublestuff and Mariah Carey
No words can help you at this hardest of times. I'm so so sorry for your loss of that beautiful sweet soul. Know we all here at this Tripawd community grieve with you. Fly free beautiful Mistletoe with those Angel wings!
Ohhhh my gosh how on earth did I miss this? I'm soooo sorry she's an angel now. You fought so hard alongside her, and as hard as it was when you knew it was her time, you stood by her side and let her be free of her broken body. There is no greater gift.
My heart goes you to you and your family. May your furry family members lick your tears and help you smile when you remember Mistletoe's beautiful life. {{{{hugs}}}}
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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