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Ten days ago, our old girl H was trotting on the beach with me and Wolf in Tofino and today she\u2019s back home after a day and a half at the emergency vet. It doesn\u2019t look good. It started with a lack of interest in her kibble, she was wheezy and her breathing was somewhat labored. She coughed a few times and by the end of the trip, she just wasn\u2019t all that interested in going very far for a walk.\u00a0 We got home late and went to the vet the next day.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a rough week. She was scanned and poked and prodded as the specialists tried to identify what was causing her symptoms. Fungal pneumonia possibly, or the more likely cause: cancer. She has cotton ball like nodules in her lungs and a very small nodule in her spleen. It\u2019s not entirely clear it\u2019s cancer, but it\u2019s extremely likely. Late yesterday, we decided we were at the end of the time for poking and prodding.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s almost 13. She\u2019s been my podmate and walking buddy for several years. She\u2019s the only co-worker who doesn\u2019t complain about tuna sandwiches in the office. She\u2019s down for popcorn and string cheese in the afternoon. She\u2019s my grrrrr.<\/p>\n

Bearing witness to her decline this week is one of the hardest things I\u2019ve been through. We lost her brother a few years ago, also to cancer, but with him, we had a shot at beating it back with chemo before the tumors spread to his spine and took the use of his back legs. With H, this has all been too fast.<\/p>\n

Her breathing is still labored, and she\u2019s tired, but she\u2019s home. Though we may only have days, there are glimmers of her old self there. She wolfed down poached chicken for dinner. She gave a delivery truck the whatfor. Today, when I got back from the dentist, she had moved upstairs on her own and we spent the rest of the day in my office, like always.<\/p>\n

It never gets easier. H is part of our pack, she\u2019s been with me and Wolf since before we were even engaged. And it\u2019s no easier to say goodbye to her than a two-legged member of the family. But I\u2019m glad we\u2019re getting the chance.\u00a0 To spoil her with chicken, salami, greenies, pizza crusts and whatever else she wants. To tell her what a good friend she\u2019s been, how much we love her and that she\u2019s my best girl.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s lying on her bed just across from me as I type this and we watch some TV. It was a lucky day when we rescued her and her brother from a shelter in Chatsworth.\u00a0 She\u2019s had a good, long life of adventures chasing rabbits in her own backyard, tromping around on beaches in Mendocino and Tofino and stealing turkey breasts off kitchen counters. Yes, she\u2019s had a good, long life. I know this. And I know there will be a huge hole in our hearts and in our pack when the time comes.<\/p>

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