Ladys’ life was not all good times and good deeds. There were times we knew that she must have been in pain, but she never let on. She went through surgery to fix a cranial cruciate ligament in both of her back legs. This was major surgery for her. After surgery on her right leg, it became infected. For a time it gave her a lot of trouble and pain. Later some lab work and X-rays found tumors on her liver. She had surgery to remove a portion of her liver and the tumors. Through all of this and a few other less serious things, Lady never whimppered or whined. She would look up at us with those big brown eyes as if to say everything is all right. The only time she cried was the day she died. She was in so much pain, she did not want us to see her cry. So when she got up that morning instead of coming to the kitchen where we were, she went down the hall crying to the living room. There she had a terrible seizure. When the seizure finally subsided, she looked up at us as if to say, I know and you know that the end has come.
We morn the loss of our Little Lady. We have shed many tears since she left us, but we know that she is much better off than suffering in pain from the cancer that was taking over her sweet body. We will be eternally thankful for the almost ten years that she brought happiness and joy to our home . She was a blessing to us every day. No one could have asked for a more beautiful, sweet, kind, good, faithful, loving, precious and all the other wonderful adjectives one could think of for her. LADY WAS TRULY, TRULY A DOGGIE ANGEL. We miss you sweetie!
Rest in peace, sweetheart, rest in peace.
With all our love,
Durell and Nancy
Post Script: Durell and Nancy wishes to thank Dr. Mark Moore and all of his staff at Seneca Animal Hospital for their faithful, compassionate and professional care they gave Lady for the almost ten years we were privileged to have her in our family. We would like to also thank Dr. Forrest Axson for everything he did for Lady in the years he treated her. Especially his care and thoughtfulness after he diagnosed Ladys’ cancer, and for the nights he called us when it seemed like the cancer was out of control, and for the call offering his condolences after her death.