We entered this Tripawd community and started our journey just a few short weeks ago. Sadie girl had her front left leg amputated on Jan 21 after she was diagnosed with histiocytic sarcoma. Pathology reports showed that her specific type of cancer stayed localized a large majority of the time. We did additional tests, including blood work and x-rays, just to make sure that the cancer had indeed not spread … and all tests came back clear. Unfortunately, those tests didn’t catch the true story.
Sadie did great in the days immediately following her surgery. About 10 days in she had several days of not feeling well … and quickly got worse, to the point where she wouldn’t eat or even stand. After a couple of vet trips during those days with no answers (we originally just though it was stress) … we finally dug deeper. Sadie was in kidney failure and further tests uncovered that the @#$* cancer had hid from those original tests … but was now completely taking over her kidneys, liver and spleen, along with all the surrounding tissue.
On Monday, February 8, I was forced to say goodbye to my best friend.
Although our story didn’t end as we’d hoped, I sincerely want to thank everyone in this community for the advice and support that we received during the last few weeks. This really is an amazing community.
Please give your 3-legged babies a big hug for me tonight. I wish you all the best!
Love,
Crystal and Sadie
Sorry for the loss of your friend! Our hearts are heavy with sorrow that it turned out this way. Please consider staying in touch with your tripawd family – you ARE still family.
Paula and Nitro
Thank you for the kind words. I will definitely continue to follow the other stories here! And when the time comes that I’m ready to open my heart up again to another fur baby, I will definitely keep you updated on our future adventures!
Oh Crystal, I can’t believe what I’m reading. And it’s no sense in trying to typw right now…the tears are engulfing me. I’m just srunned and heartbroken for you..and with you.
This liece of crap disease is brutal and cruel and it makes up it’s own rules. You had every reason to believe she would do really well. Every reason. And because she did start getting her sparkle back, in spite of some up and down days, and will all the good vet workups, you had every reason ro believe she would get through this. The disease already made it impossible.
YOU DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE!! EVERYTHING!! There is nothing you coukd have, or should have, done differently.
Something similar just took another beautiful Soul, Harley. That piece of crap disease was destroying his kidneys while he was recovering very well from surgery.
I’ll come back later. I jist want you to know how much “light” came shining through with every picture of Sadie you posted. She’s one of those special dogs that just jumped into our hearts from day one.
Please don’t hesitate to call us on the Tripawds Helpline. We understand the depth of love, the depth of hope, the depth of heartbreak. We have been with you from day one and we are with you now.
Agai , I will be back. I just wanted to let you know I’m holding you in my heart.
With so much heartfelt love
Sally and My Chunky Spiritual Being Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie
Thank you so much. I know that everyone here understands the feelings that come with the loss of a furry family member and really do greatly appreciate the support.
Crystal I’m so so sorry for your loss. We start this journey with such hope but sometimes that piece of crap cancer has other designs. You did everything in your power to give Sadie more quality in her life. When you saw you no longer could do that you gave her the last gift you had left to give her the gift of release to run healthy and whole at the Bridge. She had all our Angel Warriors to greet her when she arrived. She will always be with you in your heart. Much love and many hugs in these hardest of days.
Linda & Spirit Mighty Max
Oh I am so sorry for your loss of your sweet Sadie, this unwanted journey is just so unfair, especially when things go so quickly….. Please know you did everything you could to help her, and that she left this earth knowing how much you loved her. She was a beautiful girl for sure.
Keeping you in my thoughts, and hoping the pain in your heart eases with time….
Bonnie, Angel Polly, Pearl, and Zuzu
I am so sorry for your loss… the pain you must feel right now is without measure. Too many of us have been there.
My Shelby passed on April “8”… someone here told me that if you turn an “8” on its side, it’s infinity and that is as long as Shelby will be in my heart. I hope this brings you comfort, knowing Sadie will be in your heart and spirit for forever.
Sending you love and healing energy…..
alison with spirit shelby in her heart (and little jasper too)
I love that thought! Thanks you for sharing!
I’m so very sorry for your loss. Thinking of you at this difficult time.
Crystal, I am so, so sorry that Sadie had to move on. You must be devastated. I hope you can find some peace in knowing that you did everything you could for her. And in knowing that Sadie and your memories of her will be forever in your heart.
xoxo,
Martha, Codie Rae, and the Oaktown Pack
I am so sorry for your loss of Sadie. Everyone has said she will be with you forever and she will. Right now the grief is hard & deep but watch for signs. Sometimes it takes us to get smacked upside the head for us to see them but they are there. It can be a “penny” from Heaven or a Rainbow over a dog ramp but they will send you a sign.
Run free Sadie
Michelle & Angel Sassy
Crystal, as you can see, you and adorable Sadie have touched many lives. What a beautiful dog and what a beautiful, unbreakable connection.
You’ve been on my mind everyday…always wishing I could help takenyournpain away. Time will push it into the background, but it will always sneak up on you, just less often.
Everytime we lose a family member it breaks our hearts. When we lose one like Sadie who was withnus for such a short time, it causes an extra layer of sadness.
Such a special girl who grabbed our hearts from day one!
I want to share this post someone made awhile back. I’ve saved it because it brings me comfort…hope it does the same for you.
With love
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie
All Pets Go To Heaven
Can you imagine a heaven without pets?
There is a very special place where beloved pets go after they die. This is only a temporary location. But there are trees and grass and lakes, and everything they love. Here they can play and eat and sleep, even better than they did, before they died. Now, there are no aches or worries or dangers of any kind to trouble or threaten them. The only joy missing is their beloved human companion, you.
All health is restored completely, and all injuries are healed. Dogs and cats play with each other like youngsters, and they do not have time to feel lonely for you. They miss you, and with the special wisdom that animals have, they trust that this condition will get better. And they confidently wait as they frolic.
A wonderful day will come for each of them, when in the middle of playing they will suddenly feel something is different. And all their senses will be at the height of excitement and exuberance. They will sniff the air and look off in the distance where they recognize that dearly loved special presence. Then they will call out in elation, and with eyes shining and tail going wild, tear off at a full gallop, almost flying over the green grass.
Your expected arrival has been sensed, and now there is nothing that can keep the two of you apart, ever again. As you run toward each other the tears flow from your eyes. Your pet leaps into your arms, and you cling together in jubilant reunion. The joyous kisses are all over your face, and you kiss back, just as ecstatically. Your hands so lovingly caress once more the beloved fur, the head and neck and body you knew so well. And you look into each other’s loving eyes, and all those old, wonderful shared feelings are back, again.
And then something will call the both of you on, to a different field of warmth and nurture, where all the love you knew now comes to fruition. With your pet, you leave that special waiting area, walk into the main part of heaven, and begin a new existence there, together.
If you accept that pets can love us as much as we do them, then the logic is clear and cannot be denied. If you believe that there is a heaven for people, then they must be there, waiting for us, when we cross over. Heaven is love, and pets always share that with us.
So sorry for your loss. I thank god every extended day we have our Sammie dog. She to lost her left front leg at age 10. So far so good. Our pets are our babies and we get so attached that when they pass its a very sad time. In my thoughts.
Ohhhhh Crystal, we are heartbroken and terribly shocked, our deepest condolences to you and your pack. This is just tragic.
Cancer is awful. But it will never steal the love and the good times you had together. Your time on this earth with Sadie was far too powerful for anything to erase all the goodness and the people and animals you touched. May it help heal your broken heart as you cope with such great loss.
Please know we are here for you always. {{{{hugs}}}}