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I would like to thank everyone for the thoughts and prayers.

As an update, Lucy took a turn for the worse so the local family came by yesterday to say their farewells. Our oldest daughter will be home this afternoon and our vet will come to the house (yes he makes house calls) when we call him to help Lucy make the journey to Rainbow Bridge.

Again, thank you to all for thoughts and prayers. They have helped tremendously.

Lucy is our furr baby Golden Retriever that adopted us 7 years ago. In February we notice a small knot on her back hip. We took her to the vet, he determined that it was indeed a tumor and surgery was scheduled. A couple of days after the surgery the lab report came back and it is a very aggressive cancer (dont remember the name nor do I want to). He said we could have 6 weeks, 6 months or maybe 6 years. Well, here it is 10 months later, the tumor has not only come back but is huge and has blown out and multiplied a couple of times. We did not mind all of the clean up or taking care of her because she was still happy, energetic, and had an appetite.

Well the last 4 or 5 days her appetite has dropped considerably to a point she is not eating at all, and she is having a hard time walking. Also watched and checked out her last couple of stools and found they had lots of blood in them. Took her to the vet this morning and he said it won't be long as it is growing rapidly now. We set an appointment for Wednesday to send her to Rainbow Bridge to allow our local grand kids time to come say goodbye.

Needless to say, my heart is broken since she is only 7 years old but I do not want her to suffer. She will be missed.

The picture below was taken last month. She likes to sleep with my HD housecoat.