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[mycutekitties]

Any update with Toby?

 

[cherylcohen]

Thanks so much for caring. We just left him with the 3rd neurologist. The MRI is not showing why this is happening but they believe he is not in pain. They are taking spinal fluid today to determine if it's lymphoma and starting him on steroids. We may lose him today as he is going under anesthesia again or may have to make some hard decisions when the fluid culture comes back tomorrow

 

[annaraven]

We're all thinking of you Cheryl!

 

[wolftracks]

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We're all pulling for him. I sure hope he gets better. I'm really sorry Cheryl.

 

[mycutekitties]

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Thanks for the update. I am thinking of you and Toby. I hope he pulls through this.

 

[Chooklet]

Hi everyone,

I just got home from seeing Cheryl, and she asked me to thank everyone for their kind words, and to let you know that after speaking with the specialists this evening she had to make the very hard but humane decision to let Toby go.

Toby was such a wonderful sweet dog, always happy to see visitors and welcome them to his home. My last visit with him was before my surgery, and he laid on the couch with his had in my lap while we all sat around chatting. As I scratched his ears and absentmindedly played with his jowls his tail beat a steady staccato on the couch, and every once in a while he would lift his big head and cover my hand with wonderful slobbery doggy kisses. This is how I will remember him - happy and loved and giving back more love than he could ever possibly receive.

This Thanksgiving let's all remember to give thanks to our furred and feathered friends who are there for us through thick and thin, loving, giving, entertaining, making us laugh, and cry, and ultimately looking to us to do the right thing for them. I know I will give a special thanks for Toby, who I didn't see that often, but who will always hold a special place in my heart.

Please join me in a big group hug for Cheryl -

 

[OrpingtonManor]

Dyann, thanks for giving us this update, and your memories of Toby. My thoughts are with Cheryl as she and her family deals with this loss. My family is also remembering a precious dog that we had to let go this week. Our critters make our lives so much more full.

to Cheryl.

 

[wolftracks]

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Oh this stinks! Seems to happen so often around the holidays too. I had a dog I got when I was 6 and she died when she was 17 on Christmas Eve.

I feel so bad for them. This is just so sad, I have no idea what to say, just tell her I'm thinking of her and her family and I'm so very sorry.

 

[clio]

Steph and Cheryl,
Our thoughts are with you as we always remember our furry and feathered friends.

They have made a difference with their unlimited devotion to all the lives they touched.

 

[cherylcohen]

Celebrating Tobius' life, thanks, the hugs really do help. Chooklet you know I love you and thank you from the bottom of my heart for being there last night. At 80 lbs, Toby (most people that were close to him called him Big Brown, or brown dog!) he always filled the room with his big giving spirit. The decision to let him go was easy when I heard that he'd never be the same.

As heartbroken as I am I know that he is with my mom and my sister in law (who bred & raised dogs) and he's fetching all day and night, eating massive bowls of food and spreading his love in heaven. I hope that Toby was able to pass on some of his wisdom to Crosby, but as I speak Crosby has his nose in the garbage can, so I guess not, one can hope!

Steff I'm so sorry for your loss, maybe toby and your love dog are playing keep away up there now, rolling on the grass and awaiting the dinner bell together