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goodbye macy

5/30/2024

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It is with a heavy heart that I tell you that Macy died this morning at 10:30am. For those of you pet lovers, you’ll know the sorrow this creates.
         Poor Macy was almost 13 and had a wonderful life. She was a rescue dog that I  got from the SPCA, part lab and part shepherd. But she had not been doing at all well lately, a combination of the Cushing’s Disease that she suffered from – and from which there is no cure – and the mass that had been detected via ultrasound and that was enlarging around her spleen. As such, as we tried to use meds to improve her outcome, her quality life was noticeably slipping away. Walking was even becoming a trial for her and this morning, she would not eat at all, not even the treats that she normally loved.
            Tania, our vet, was wonderful. I had called her, explaining how Macy was failing, and she said to bring her in immediately. After running tests and another ultrasound, Tania told us that surgery was not a viable solution and that the time had come for us to say goodbye to lovely Macy. “Her quality of life is fading away quickly,” Tania explained, “and she will not be getting better. It’s time.”
            We made that awful decision, to “put her to sleep”. But it was a decision that made sense because it took Macy out of her pain. She so deserved peace after all the medical trials and anxiety she had been experiencing lately.
            Macy was a wonderful companion and she and I had almost 13 terrific years together. The memoires are flooding in right now so I will just say, “Thanks for the memories Mace, what a great time we had”, and bid her a fond farewell.

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