We lost Sage this week. You may remember me talking about her several months ago, the night before I was scheduled to fly home for Christmas, she bloated and had to have emergency surgery to save her live. It happened after one a week living with her foster parents, super-volunteers Jeanne and Robin. The vets were able to save her and once she came home from the clinic, Jeanne and Robin decided to make it official and signed the papers to adopt her. They took her to California for a visit to their holistic vet when it looked like she might not have much time left and the vet made some changes to her medications and supplements. The changes probably bought her another two or three months, but on Tuesday, she was euthanized surrounded by her former caregivers and friends. 
She did well for a while on her new meds, but it became apparent that she had some kind of cancer when she continued to lose weight in spite of the 2,000 calories a day diet that Jeanne was home cooking for her. She spent four months in Jeanne and Robin's home and she thrived with them. When she went to live with them, I figured she had maybe a month left at most, but then it all turned around. It was very sad to say goodbye to such a sweet girl, but it helps to know that she had those great four months Jeanne and Robin's home, they cared for her so deeply and with such love and devotion. After her bloat episode, they rarely left her home alone for more than an hour without a "sitter" to stay with her while they were out and Sage at better under Jeanne's care than you can imagine - when Jeanne would relate Sage's rotating menu, more than one caregiver asked if they could be the next in line to be adopted by Jeanne and Robin. Sage's favorite meal was bison sauteed with garlic, mind you Jeanne, a vegetarian, hasn't cooked meat for more than twenty years, but for Sage, anything! It is never easy to say goodbye - this I have learned over the last month - but knowing that she was so loved and happy and spoiled in her last months makes it so much better.
She did well for a while on her new meds, but it became apparent that she had some kind of cancer when she continued to lose weight in spite of the 2,000 calories a day diet that Jeanne was home cooking for her. She spent four months in Jeanne and Robin's home and she thrived with them. When she went to live with them, I figured she had maybe a month left at most, but then it all turned around. It was very sad to say goodbye to such a sweet girl, but it helps to know that she had those great four months Jeanne and Robin's home, they cared for her so deeply and with such love and devotion. After her bloat episode, they rarely left her home alone for more than an hour without a "sitter" to stay with her while they were out and Sage at better under Jeanne's care than you can imagine - when Jeanne would relate Sage's rotating menu, more than one caregiver asked if they could be the next in line to be adopted by Jeanne and Robin. Sage's favorite meal was bison sauteed with garlic, mind you Jeanne, a vegetarian, hasn't cooked meat for more than twenty years, but for Sage, anything! It is never easy to say goodbye - this I have learned over the last month - but knowing that she was so loved and happy and spoiled in her last months makes it so much better.(Photo copyright Best Friends Animal Society.)
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it is good to know she had the chance to life with a family for some months !!!!
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