Sad Day

Well today we had to have Molly dog put asleep. We got home on Monday evening and noticed she hadn't eaten any food and was very slow. The dog sitter said that she had eaten until Sunday plus she had gotten sick a couple of times on Monday morning. Well she continued to not get better. Even turned down cheese or any kind of treat. She just followed me around and then would lay down near where ever I was. Then last night (around midnight) she wanted to just lay in the yard...which is so not like her. Plus this morning she just went and laid down in the yard most of the morning. M and I knew that most likely it was the end. I think we were both hoping that she would pass away in her sleep with us, but she didn't. We took her to the vet this afternoon. The vet felt around...mainly spleen and lymph nodes and said they were very swollen. Guess this is common in dogs that have cancer. He said we could run tests and such if we wanted to know for sure but most likely there was nothing to be done. Molly had a full life and was almost 13 years old. We were glad we brought the kids with us. I sat down with them while the vet was out getting paper work and told them that they needed to give her a last hug and kiss. M had talked to them Tuesday night explaining a little bit and we had sort of prepared them. But it was still hard on N...he understood the best. E understood that Molly was not coming home but even now don't think she totally understands it. N is such a dog boy...he loves dogs. I am sure the next week or so will be hard. Right now it's taking things and putting them away or giving them away that is hardest. We know that at some point we will have another dog so want to keep some things.

So going to part with a favorite picture of mine...it's not the greatest since it's blurry but hope it shows how the kids loved the dog and she was part of the family.