Archive for May, 2014
|Endgame
Written by Drusilla on May 29th, 2014
About six weeks ago I announced on FB that our Doberman, Diva, has cancer. The doctor’s prognosis was grim and led us to expect that she would go downhill quickly. Diva has surprised us. I hear her outside my window now, barking at the FedEx truck. If she has a form of fast spreading melanoma, she doesn’t know it. Her energy and personality are blessedly unchanged since the grim day of her diagnosis. Tomorrow that may change and for today we are grateful.
Filed under Family & Friends, Life Matters | Tags: Death, Dogs, Pets, putting down
A Significant Anniversary
Written by Drusilla on May 13th, 2014
July last year our mother fell in the shower and broke her hip. Since then I haven’t “been myself” – whatever that loaded phrase means. Needless to say, Mother’s Day was fraught.
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Filed under Family & Friends, Life Matters | Tags: Dementia, mother's day