Thursday, Lacey's Special Diet!

Our friend Linda said to put Lacey on the cancer diet! We searched the internet, and found a story about a dog who lived 6 years on a special cancer diet and guess what?, it's what we eat normally (except for the chicken and sardines!). So Lacey will share our dinner, with chicken, vitamins and special tea added -- click on: Lacey's Diet. Although I went to bed with hope in my heart, there was fear in my mind. I kept waking up, wondering what is so terribly wrong? And then I'd remember, Lacey! and everything in my body curled up and hurt. This morning was my worst day -- I was tired and the sadness of Lacey fighting a horrible cancer overwhelmed me. She's so little, she doesn't understand what is happening to her inside. I remember a friend who had a dog with cancer, and his wife said they thought they could save her with love. I understand. We seek out everyone who loves Lacey -- her friends at Converse Home, her first families, people far away (especially Wendy!). When we go out to play, the other dogs run around the yard. Lacey used to be the fastest -- Chuck called her LFO -- Little Fast One! Now she stands in one spot and looks anxious, shifting her weight back and forth. She had special time with Art before he went for his surgery. I went to the Heineberg Center and friends gave me lots of hugs, which I really needed! I am so grateful to them. Right now Lacey is asleep on the couch with her buddies...and We treasure every minute of her lovely life!


Wednesday we got the biopsy report: hemangiosarcoma -- one of the worst cancers. As we read about it, we realized that the vet in the emergency room did everything exactly right -- the right tests, the correct diagnosis, the right surgical procedure. Lacey was in the care of angels. A few more hours and her body could not have survived. She would not have made it if the doctor hadn't known exactly what to do, and that it had to be done surely and quickly. If Chuck hadn't recognized the seriousness of her condition. If we hadn't had a 24hr emergency surgery vet hospital nearby. All these things saved Lacey's life! We are so grateful.