The C word…CANCER. I’ll never forget the moment that I heard it, bone cancer to be more specific. It was barely audible through the sobs on the other end of the phone. The world slowed, then stopped, then started spinning. Fuck! That was one week ago today. What a week it’s been.
13+ years ago, we met one of the most beautiful little souls the world has seen. Osa was 8 weeks old when she and her sister were shoved under the fence at a rural shelter in the middle of the night. It could have been a terrible ending to the story, but instead it was one of the greatest things to ever happen to us. Two weeks later, we received the gift of pure love when she came to live with us.
Hundreds of hikes, camping and backpacking trips to the Cascades, beaches on the Puget Sound and Oregon Coast, about a million cuddle sessions, and countless wonderful moments later and here we are. The path to discovery of her tumor was a typical one, a minor limp that gets a bit worse, a “wait and see” diagnosis by our vet, wasting precious weeks waiting for improvement that never comes. Then the fateful x-ray reveals the savage, soul crushing truth. Osa has a malignant tumor in her pelvis. Fuck! So this is how it’s going to end?
Looking forward to following Osa’s journey! Clearly she is a very loved girl who is having a blast with you as her humans!!
Can’t wait to see pictures too!
Sending support and healing energy!
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle too!
Thank you, pictures will be posted soon.