Two Years Ago...

Lucee six months

Well almost two years ago, my family adopted Lucifur...err... I mean Lucee. To call her crazy is and was an understatement. When we adopted her in February of 2012, she was six months old. She had hardly any training and no boundaries. She made me cry! No dog had ever made me cry and think I had gotten in over my head. Lucee was the first and hopefully the last dog to make me second guess adoption. We survived, though it wasn't easy and we are always managing her. She is slowly, I mean very slowly becoming the best dog she can.

During the month of April 2012 we were taking Lucee into the vet for the forth time to treat a urinary tract infection, my husband was ready to give her

Still trying my patience.

back these visit were $200 a pop. You can imagine what he said when I told him the vet wanted to do an ultrasound. Late in the month the ultrasound was done and we were given the awful news that Lucee was dying. Not the news anyone wants to get about their puppy, let alone after only a few short months from loosing another special dog. Bad breeding was how the vet put it. Lucee was in kidney failure and we were told she probably wouldn't make it to her first birthday. I went into research mode and came up with a feeding program that would hopefully take the stress  off her kidneys. The diet worked, she made it past her first birthday, in fact she's still here! She's made it to her second birthday and is about to make it to her second gotcha day with us.  It has not been without heartache. Last summer she got very sick and nothing we did worked. We were preparing to say goodbye when I decided to stop the meds and feed her even more holistically. Miracle of miracles she improved.

Lucee today.

Lucee is better, but is still in kidney failure and lymphoma has also been added to the list of her ailments, but right now she's as healthy as she's ever been. She's still jumping maybe not as high, she's still fetching though not as long and best of all she's still here! Perseverance, persistence, denial on my part and her not knowing any better and luck have kept her around. Will she make it through the year, maybe, but I only care about today. She's here today and that's what matters. Lucee, still a work in progress, just like me. Today's lesson, live for today.