Remembered

Annie...

10/03/2006

I'm terribly sorry to write under these circumstances, as I'm writing
to inform you that Annie (formerly Adrienne, 06-058) died last
Wednesday.

Annie was diagnosed with hemangeosarcoma on 8/3/2006 and spent a night
in the emergency room after having her spleen removed. The following
day, Annie returned home. She recovered from the surgery very quickly
and returned to her daily walks before too long! It was difficult, if
not impossible to see any of the symptoms of Annie's disease. The only
evidence of her ailment was that the emergency clinic had shaved her
belly.

On Wednesday, Annie and Shelby went for their usual morning walks. We
stopped to meet some of the neighborhood pups and pup walkers. Annie
always enjoyed chasing the Chihuahuas that showed up (aka "snacks with
legs")... even though we tried to discourage the behavior. Later that
afternoon, Drew and I returned home to find Annie lying on the couch.

Although Annie's smile and wagging tail might have suggested
otherwise, we knew that something was wrong with her, because she
didn't meet us at the front door. We tried to offer Annie treats and
to get her to walk around, but Annie wouldn't budge. So, we took her
to the emergency room. The vet provided us with the unfortunate news
that Annie was bleeding internally and had some fluid around her
heart. And - that is when we had to make the unfortunate decision to
put Annie to sleep.

Up until the day Annie passed away, she was the happiest, goofiest,
and most affectionate member of our family! She provided us with so
much joy! Annie managed to brighten our days and provoked lots of
laughter, even when we found that our other GRR golden, Shelby, was
diagnosed with cancer, too. Annie made everything seem not-so-bad.
She managed to keep a silly grin on her face pretty much at all times.
And,
if she happened to rest her smiling face for a moment or two,
then she'd still manage to warm our hearts by sprawling out on the
living room couch and propping her right paw on the arm rest. Annie
LOVED to rest her arm on the arm rest of the couch . . . oh - I'm
giggling now as I think I picture her lying on the couch.

We'll really miss Annie! Although the pain of our loss is very great,
we can't help but to feel so fortunate to have had Annie (aka
Annie-Banannie) in our lives! Thank you for bringing her to us!

Best wishes,
Gwen & Drew
 

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