Saying good-bye

Well. Where to begin?

Today, I laid to rest one of my beautiful puppies due to lymphoma –  cancer which affects the lymph nodes. She was only 3 years old and there was nothing we could do. She was taken from  me much, much too soon. My heart aches for her loss.

Lymphoma, although it can affect any age, is most common in middle aged/older dogs.

Saturday night, after giving her a bath, from which she drank a lot of water, her neck/face and lymph nodes swelled up. I also noticed she looked to have fluid in her abdomen. I *knew* what it was, but hoped for something different, something treatable.

Today the vet confirmed; there was nothing that could be done.

Note, up until Saturday when the swelling occurred, she was bright, energetic, happy with no real symptoms of being deathly ill. Even when her face became swollen horribly she was bright, attentive, happy.

Needless to say, today sucked.

May my beautiful girl rest peacefully.