Tearful Goodbye

Today we lost Logan. On Tuesday I took her to the vet & before going I was afraid he was going to tell me she had cancer. Unfortunately I was right. She had a tumor in her abdomen that was about the size of a grapefruit. They took some blood for tests that night & we took her back the next morning for some x-rays. I am in a fog, so I don't remember the technical name that their best educated guess was (they would have had to do surgery to confirm that), but essentially the tumors where in her blood vessels. When the vessel ruptured it would attach somewhere else & start another cancerous growth. It was very aggressive & there is nothing they could do. They told me that when the 'grapefruit' ruptured, she would die.

Well, that happened this morning. The kids & I were out for less than 2 hours & when I came home Logan was not in the living room. I raced through the house searching for her & found her downstairs on the floor. She was still alive when I got there, but was panting really fast. I told her it would be alright, kissed her & told her I would be right back. I had to run upstairs to get the kids in the house because I had left them in the garage. I was gone maybe two minutes, but when I got back Logan was gone. It makes me believe that she was waiting for me to say goodbye. I am happy that I have been home with her since we got the news & she wasn't in any pain. I am so sad she is gone, but I am so happy that she did not suffer before she left us.

Anyone who has a pet, knows that they become part of your family. We lost a very loved one of ours today at the young age of 8. The picture shown here is from last Friday when I was trying to get the pictures of the kids.