4 years ago I put my Maltese down, she was 15.5 years old. I had no idea how I was going to be able to get thru it, but I did. I swore I would never get another dog, fast forward to May 11, 2009 and I look at my 3 hounds in my living room, doing what they do best - SLEEP.
I am now going thru another nightmare, something I didn't think I would go thru for a while at least. My 1st Greyhound, Peaches, was just diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and does not have long with us. She is only 4.5 years old and my heart is breaking so bad. I give her chemo injections daily hoping that this will stimulate her body to make red blood cells or platelets. I believe it is helping, but she still only has a short time as this disease won't go into long term remission. She is the love of my life and to see her with this is killing me more than anything.
I know that each day will bring a new story and the other two hounds will help me through the pain and sorrow. Each day is a new day and as they say, time does heal all wounds. We have to remember the memories and all the smiles and laughter our hounds bring us. There will be more happy days ahead, it just doesn't seem like there will be during our down days.
Hang in there, we are all here for each other, that is what is so greyt about Greytalk!