Sunny

Sunny developed autoimmune disease at about 2 from over vaccination.  I almost lost her at 5 years after she spent a week in intensive care, but after a touch and go week she finally was better but not healed.  I had so many people telling me to let her go, but I just couldn't.  She was a free spirit and was up for anything I wanted to do.  I think I loved her so much because I knew I could lose her at any time.  When she was 8 we made a big move to the mountains and snow.  I was so happy that she was able to be with me.  She loved it up here.  When she was 10 she seemed a bit off, so we went to the vet and they said it looked like she had pancreatitis.  We went on a special diet for a few months but it didn't seem to help.  I took her for a real quick walk around the block one afternoon and she stopped half way through and looked at me.  I knew then something was seriously wrong.  I kept a close eye on her and one day she seemed a bit listless.  I took her to the emergency vet around 5 pm and they wanted me to leave her overnight.  I absolutely hated to leave her, but they called in radiologist and did an ultrasound on her whole abdominal area.  At 12:30 am they called me and said I had better get there asap because they found cancerous tumors on her liver, stomach, heart and pancreas and told me her heart and lungs were filling with fluid and wouldn't last though the night.  I raced there and they brought her to me and I held her as I finally had to let her go.  She was one of a kind.  I loved that girl so much, I didn't know how I could ever go on with out her in my life.  It's been 5 years now and even though I have another goof ball to take her place, I think of her every day.