Bliss's x-rays

The x-ray shows the bone cancer on the left femur (on the right).

Divine Bliss

She is so cute.

Bliss still likes her treats

Bliss still has a good appetite.

Bliss and Tommy

Bliss turned 11 in January with her brother, Bullet. Tommy will be 13 on April 26. We never expected that she would be the next one to leave us. It is so hard to let go.

Bliss

She is such a sweet girl and has always been so playful.

Bliss has bone cancer

Bliss is limping after she ran out to chase a squirrel. We thought it was a pulled muscle. She retired from racing due to a pulled muscle. We took her to the Vet today and she has cancer in her left femur. We are so devastated. She appears to be fine except for the limp. We know that we have to do something before it breaks completely. She is getting pain meds now.

Tommy gets some sun

We sat outside and enjoyed a little bit of warm weather.

The hounds get a warm day

Bliss and the others enjoy a spring like day.

Mugs

We have their racing names on the mugs.

Memorial mugs

I had another memorial mug made for Kathy.

Stephanie's tags

We put Stephanie's tags on the next hound of the five bronze greyhounds.

Bliss and Bullet in the February snow.

We had a snow free winter up until February started.

Stephanie joins her pal, Glow

We took Stephanie to the same place as Glow and now their remains are together.

Stephanie's last photo

This is Stephanie's last photo before the Vet came to the house. She never moved from this spot.

Stephanie's last day

We can't let her suffer anymore and the leg just will not get any better in spite of all of our efforts. Stephanie is in pain all the time and cannot sleep at night. She cries and her eyes are filled with tears. We decided we had to let her go. Dr. Lou came to the house and we said goodbye to our sweet little girl. It was all very peaceful with the other hounds around. She left us knowing that we loved her and it was our love that couldn't see her continue to suffer. She has been a fighter all of her life and made it through some tough illnesses, but this leg problem has been there all the time.

Stephanie

In this shot you can see how she doesn't put any weight on her bad leg.

Stephanie is not using her leg

We have tried everything to relieve her pain in her bad leg and nothing is working.

Stephanie's x-rays

The x-ray on top is from 8/28/2007 and the bottom one is from 1/14/2013. You can see how the joint has shifted and it was giving her great pain.

Bliss and Bullet will turn 11 years old tomorrow. They still act like puppies though.

Tommy

Tommy doesn't let anything bother him when he wants to nap.