The journey of DaisyWho is Daisy?Daisy is the best friend you always wished for.She is unwavering in her love and her generosity to give of herself. She will greet you with enthusiam every time you come to the door. She awaits you even before you arrive. She will try to convince you of her love even when you are attempting to ignore her. She is a tireless friend! She has been mine and everyone's who would take the time to get to know her. I feel honored to have her in my life. Daisy has been my guardian as much as I have been hers through many trials and tribulations. I will never be able to describe to you what she has given to me so generously in times of joy and in times of sadness.3 weeks ago I noticed a mass on one of her paws. Intuitively I knew that it was something more then an infection especially since she did not seem to experience any discomfort which oddly enough is not always a good sign. So to the doctor we went and indeed her suspicion was the same as mine. We decided to perform an aspiration biopsy and after three very, very long days of waiting the labs came in. The bad news: It was cancer as suspected. The good news: the cancer even though angry and bold looking is lazy and slow in nature. In a nutshell, the chances that it had not spread were promising!The doctor suggested the best course of action was to amputate her toe as soon as possible. Several tests followed, labs, x rays etc. to get to know the belly of the beast.....And it all looked good!My mind and heart kept questioning: What will be appropriate if things are more serious then at first glance? How do we decide when to sustain life and at what cost in regards to the suffering it may impose? In the midst of it all, the objective news and my ongoing questioning I tried to just feel her.....Is it your time to go?And I keep getting the same answer: Daisy is not done with her life yet. There are more adventures to be had, more roses and tree trunks to be smelled and more friends to be greeted.....Her surgery was on Thursday. Daisy minus one toe.The recovery is slow and exhausting for both of us yet every day a little progress is made. Her appetite is slowly returning and she even barks a little when she hears the neighbors dog next door. Who would have thought that signs of 'normal' can feel so good and are such life affirming gestures!In the meantime we are waiting for the pathology report which will tell us exactly how nasty or 'friendly' this cancer really is. It will tell us whether it might be meandering or hiding somewhere else or hopefully not! And then new decisions have to be made.The surgery might be all she will require but perhaps a course of radiation in in the wings and hopefully not more then that...All I am certain about is that I will not make her go through endless suffering in regards to treatment but that I do want to give her a chance to complete her life when there is 'happy' life to be completed.And why am I telling you all of this? Because many of you love Daisy almost as much as do or perhaps you have or had a friend like her that you cherish so deeply. And yet, this is not all, I am also asking for your help because as many things in our world this leap of faith has a big price tag attached to it and we need help to take this leap.A very dear friend of mine spontaneously gave me a loan to cover some of the expenses. I feel deeply touched and grateful for her help! In talking to her and a few friends I found the courage to ask for support.Whatever contribution might be possible for you will be received with deep gratitude and if you can not help with money perhaps you can spread the word and share this post with others.Thank you, thank you so much for reading this and perhaps considering to help me to help Daisy to keep smelling the roses....My gratitude to all of you. My gratitude to Daisy who makes my life more joyful every day.
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