DEAR MARK:
A FRIEND OF MIND JUST GAVE ME YOUR BOOK YESTERDAY. I NEVER HEARD OF YOU BUT WHEN I STARTED READING YOUR BOOK I COMPLETED IT IN A MATTER OF HOURS. I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY NUT THAT STILL MISSES THEIR DOG. MY DOG LACEY WAS A FEMALE FAWN BOXER BACK IN OCTOBER WHEN I TOOK HER FOR HER YEARLY BLESSING AT CHURCH FOR ST FRANCIS AS WE WERE RETURNING TO THE CAR I NOTICED HER WALKING STRANGE. PRIOR TO THIS SHE HAD BEEN TAKING ANTI INFLAMATORY FOR HIP PAIN WHICH WAS WORKING WELL.

I WAITED UNTIL SATURDAY AND TOOK HER TO THE VET WHEN SHE TOOK BLOOD WORK AND FOUND THAT HER BLOOD COUNT WAS VERY LOW. FOLLOWING MONDAY TOOK HER BACK FOR X RAY OF HER REAR LEG AND SONOGRAM THE RESULTS MONDAY EVENING WAS LACEY WAS FULL OF CANCER.

BY WEDNESDAY, OCT 10, 2007 WE HAD HER PUT TO SLEEP. I THINK ABOUT HER EVERYDAY AND CAN CERTAINLY RELATE TO YOUR LOSS.

MAY GOD BLESS THE DOG LOVERS,

Richard from NJ