10/08/2024
From 2016...
At 9:25 p.m. on Tuesday, August 9th, 2016, Guinness peacefully crossed the bridge ahead of me while snuggled in my arms, surrounded by friends and family. I could not have asked for a more serene way to say goodbye to my best friend. He knew without a doubt he was loved. So...thank you in advance for all of your condolences. He was just over 10.5 years. We've lived a grand adventure and only until VERY recently, he was still running, playing, and being a goofball...then...Lung Cancer. Very Aggressive. With everything it tried to take away, we modified our lives and still remained hopeful, happy...and we conquered it all...together. I told him if he fought I would too...and we did. But the last few days...we stopped. He wasn't the same dog and even the hope of cure was ripped away as he told me he was tired on the same day I discovered I had raised all of the money through private donors and was approved for a loan to start the SRS treatment we had hoped would give him more quality time here. He knew: The cancer had already spread. It was confirmed a second lesion was in his lungs and his platelets dropped to 18,000(manual count) as he spiked a 104.9 degree fever and we sat at WVRC looking into each other's eyes and he told me he was done. So, we stopped fighting. We left WVRC and went to watch the sunrise together for the last time at one of his favorite spots. We did some arts 'n crafts and got messy. We then went to the park to chase bikes, splash and relax in his favorite creek, and just be for awhile. We then got some vanilla custard and he finally ate something. In after 3 days of begging him and barely getting anything down, he decided to eat his custard...and I knew: it was his last meal. He refused everything else, even chicken, steak, cat food, etc. We had friends come by one last time, and then I kept my promise: I was there the moment he took his first breath and was holding him in my arms as he took his last and his heartbeat peacefully ceased to exist. I don't have any other words right now. His passing has ripped a huge piece of my soul out and right now I am just trying to cauterize the bleed. Just taking some time away from everyone and everything right now...so thank you in advance.
The Blog I Wrote a month later(viewer discretion is advised):
https://paws4reflection.weebly.com/personal-reflections/a-vet-techs-farewell-to-her-best-friend
