Mira, 7yr old Husky - Cushings ruled out; liver cancer (Mira has passed)

I understand this is an incredibly hard position to be in...I would focus on the quality of life and the time she can spend with you in a reasonably healthy fashion. It's very hard to make that decision, but while she is up and about and enjoying herself with you, you don't have to.

It is never easy to let go, under any circumstances, I know that feeling. But follow your heart and you will know when she is ready.


Jeff & Angel Mandy

Well if there is one thing I'm good at it's following my heart. I gave Mira my dinner to night. She didn't eat much. She went outside and laid down and it started to rain. It going to be another long worrisome night.

Ok cute Mira story:
We like to get fast food and park at the train station and hope to see a train go by. We also watch airplanes while listening to the airport control tower. We of course take the dogs with us, they are so good laying in the back content as can be just to be with us. Horribly romantic if you ask me. Anyway, we stopped to get gas on the way home. I was driving so I started to get out of the car. Well Mira desided she wanted to come up to the front of the my car. Bud sitting in the passenger seat notices this and starts playfully chewing her out. "hey what do you think your doing?" I of course wait to make sure she complies. Mira stopped and looked at Bud yapping away at her, you could tell by his tone he was playing with her. Mira lifted her paw and smacked Bud right in the chest! We started cracking up. She gave him a good swat as if to say "shut up! You always tell me to shut up. You shut up!"

The ramblings of a heart broken mom...

Man: "ours is but to wonder why" that has brought us to reason

Dog: "ours is only what is" no yesterday, no tomorrow? Dogs don't remember? Dogs don't anticipate? Dogs don't remember how to sit on command? Or when you put the bag full of doggy stuff along side bags of human stuff don't dogs anticipate getting to go somewhere with you? Don't they patiently await the moment you say ok let's go? Mine sure do. No Mira doesn't know she is going to be robbed of half her life. But I sure do. I know I'm being robbed of half her life. I will never forget that. She doesn't know she's going to die. Ok maybe dogs only associate. That could explain a lot I supose.

The teachers are representing you so badly, that none of them can see you. Let not another search be made in vain. Let not another child be slain.



It was a good point though. Well worth thinking about along with everything else anyone says here.

HA! Dogs are so funny at times and often smarter than we think. Mandy was a horrible passenger in the car, but she did love it, nonetheless. Talking about anticipation, when she was little, my Mom used to like to take her to Dairy Queen...she knew when she got there that she'd get a little kid-sized cup of soft vanilla. She loved it!

It's the happy times you'll need to remember...and they will make you smile.


Jeff & Angel Mandy

Hi Janis,

Thinking of you and your beautiful girls today. How is our Mira doing? How are YOU doing?

Hugs,
Leslie and the girls - always

I don't know but Mira looks plenty peaceful at the moment to me! She's been laying there belly up for at least an hour. I held back on the prednisone and that labored panting stopped. I gave her only a tiny bit of the pain med at midnight. She sure doesn't look like she's in pain to me right now. Hopefully I'll get the next four med combinations right thru the day right and we'll have a happy thanksgiving.

Taken at 5am 11/25
http://www.k9cushings.com/forum/pict...pictureid=2084

She even ate a little bit of canned dog food a bit ago. Wish she would quit coughing. I should go buy a turkey! I think Kira, Mira and Bud would like that.

Hi Janis,

Mira certainly looks happy in that pic! Content as a bug in a rug! ;):D I hope this day is full of contentment and peace for you, your girls, and Bud...with or without turkey! :)

Hugs,
Leslie and the girls - always

I was in the kitchen cleaning up the thanksgiving dinner mess. Bud hollered... I let Mira out. I know I just saw her go by the window. Oh god she's heading toward the planter. No running, jumping or playing. Her liver could rupture. I fought down the want to run after her. Jumping up in the planter and investigating the bushes was her favorite thing to do. Well If she should hurt herself and died, at least she died doing something she loved. So I keep cleaning up thinking about what I'd feel if I saw her out there struggling. God. I moved toward the sink to rinse off more dishes and this is what I saw when I looked out the window.
http://www.k9cushings.com/forum/pict...pictureid=2086
Mira laying on the cool cement peering in the kitchen window watching for me.
I'm going to miss her.

awwww....how sweet is that!

very cute pix :)

I always wonder if the dogs KNOW it is a holiday? Or, do they think..."hey, these guys are nuts today and are giving me all kinds of good stuff!!"

Jeff & Angel Mandy