TODAY DA MOMMA WILL GET DA FULL CONTROL OF ME POSTEE.
ME DON'T LET DAT HAPPEN VERY OFTEN...JUST FUR VERY SPECIAL POSTEES!
GO MOM!
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Cancer is a
terrible disease, one that rarely shows any mercy. We have probably all had some dealings with it in one
way or the other. Our human family has been very fortunate and hasn't
been directly affected by cancer.
However, over the years we have lost five members of our canine family to cancer.
Today I
would like to remember our five brave dogs and introduce them to you.
If you have any time and would like to read their entire stories on my
personal website, the link to their individual story is embedded in
their name.
The first dog we lost to cancer was our dear
Samantha had both liver cancer and a brain tumor. The brain tumor took her life.
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SABRINA
was our second Doberman lost to cancer. She began her journey to
Rainbow Bridge on her 6th birthday. Liver cancer spread to many parts
of her body but she never complained until the very end, nor had any
symptoms, leaving us in shock when we got the diagnosis.
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In 2003 we lost our TIFFANY after a nine-month battle with Hemangiosarcoma cancer.
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Our sweet SERENA
was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and then developed
osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in her rear leg. The cancer spread to her
shoulder but the vet was able to successfully remove the tumor on her
shoulder. She was not a candidate for amputation due to her bad heart.
At about the same time that she developed cancer, she also became
blind. One night about 7 months later I told her it was ok to leave for
the Bridge if she had to and that I would be OK. She passed away
quietly about 15 minutes later when her heart just stopped beating. I
believe to this day that she was waiting for me to tell her I would be
alright before she could leave.
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Our most recent loss was TUCKER.
There
were no symptoms until one day he started coughing. The emergency
clinic we took him to first believed he had pheumonia and found the
tumor in his lung by way of an x-ray and biopsy. We had to let him go
exactly one month after the diagnosis and four chemo treatments.
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Benji is our very silly boy who has proven to be a fighter.
He
was diagnosed with cancer in March of 2012 and given only 2 months to
live. We are now entering his 7th month of survival. We know this
cancer will eventually end his life, but we're happy and thankful that
he has the willpower, courage, and strength to fight as long as he can.
His age is against him as he is going on 17 years old. This in itself
is a true inspiration to all who know him and especially to his family.
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Cancer
is truly a deadly disease that we just can't sweep under the rug and
hope it'll go away by itself. We all have to keep fighting, like Benji,
and we have to do all we can to help find the cure.
Once
again Blogville is joining together with Power of the Paw in the hope
that maybe this will be the Year of the Cure! One day the "C-Monster"
will just be a thing of the past and we can say WE WON THE BATTLE!
We Love You!
DaWeenies of Florida