Comments on: A Milestone: Splashing in the Atlantic http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/ Working to find the dream life. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:39:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/comment-page-1/#comment-4254 Jim Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:45:10 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/#comment-4254 Thanks for the comment, Rodney and bless you for taking such good care of Coco! Please consider joining the <a href="http://www.tripawds.com" target="_top" title="canine cancer dog amputation support community">Tripawd Discussion Forums</a> where you can share your story in detail and get loads of support and advice from our growing community of people who totally understand what you're going through ... because they are too! Thanks for the comment, Rodney and bless you for taking such good care of Coco! Please consider joining the Tripawd Discussion Forums where you can share your story in detail and get loads of support and advice from our growing community of people who totally understand what you’re going through … because they are too!

]]> By: rodney rasona http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/comment-page-1/#comment-4253 rodney rasona Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:32:39 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/#comment-4253 Laying at my feet this afternoon, tightly banaged and barely awake due to morphine patches... is "Coco" our 9 year old companion, a red haired Chesapeake Bay Retriever...that we simply loved too much to let her go without a struggle. Bone cancer, the bad one, showed up a few weeks back and we had a decision to make this past thursday night...so as a family we tried to offer up metaphors regarding her leg that was marked for amputation...such as were worried about removing her leg but consider laying her down to rest In the end, all four of us were united and so yesterday i had the early am drive to the vets office to begin this journey...and it makes you cry doesnt it...take the house and throw the keys to everything else under the door...but we had no idea or warning that the soul mate in our midst was soon to leave us behind. The lump became a bump became a knot became a huge tennis ball leaving her lame in a short period of time...already working on three legs due to the pain So after lots of reading and generally only a few options to follow, we trusted our vet although we mostly trusted Coco who has so much life yet to live to show us what needed to be done...she trusted us for 9 years surely we could make the right decision at the end of the jounrey...so what if its measured in months as most of us barely get that knowledge to say goodbye to people we love and care about now do we...time is relative to what you do with it So sitting here, I thought I'd search "tripod dog photos" and yours came up first...seeking to see beyond today...hoping that there is a beyond...past this day of pain and discomfort...beyond this visual of Coco laying here minus her foreleg and so i am pleased to see your friend and companion enjoying life....gives me hope beyond the brightly wrapped bandages thank you...for your time in sharing your story...made me smile for the moment, made me cry made me smile... take care rodney Laying at my feet this afternoon, tightly banaged and barely awake due to morphine patches… is “Coco” our 9 year old companion, a red haired Chesapeake Bay Retriever…that we simply loved too much to let her go without a struggle.

Bone cancer, the bad one, showed up a few weeks back and we had a decision to make this past thursday night…so as a family we tried to offer up metaphors regarding her leg that was marked for amputation…such as were worried about removing her leg but consider laying her down to rest

In the end, all four of us were united and so yesterday i had the early am drive to the vets office to begin this journey…and it makes you cry doesnt it…take the house and throw the keys to everything else under the door…but we had no idea or warning that the soul mate in our midst was soon to leave us behind. The lump became a bump became a knot became a huge tennis ball leaving her lame in a short period of time…already working on three legs due to the pain

So after lots of reading and generally only a few options to follow, we trusted our vet although we mostly trusted Coco who has so much life yet to live to show us what needed to be done…she trusted us for 9 years surely we could make the right decision at the end of the jounrey…so what if its measured in months as most of us barely get that knowledge to say goodbye to people we love and care about now do we…time is relative to what you do with it

So sitting here, I thought I’d search “tripod dog photos” and yours came up first…seeking to see beyond today…hoping that there is a beyond…past this day of pain and discomfort…beyond this visual of Coco laying here minus her foreleg and so i am pleased to see your friend and companion enjoying life….gives me hope beyond the brightly wrapped bandages

thank you…for your time in sharing your story…made me smile for the moment, made me cry

made me smile…

take care

rodney

]]> By: best puppy trainer http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/comment-page-1/#comment-3465 best puppy trainer Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:24:06 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/#comment-3465 As a lover and breeder of dogs myself this article had me in tears as Ive had the same problems, and I know how distressing it can be. Sounds like you had a great dog in Jerry, good luck for the future guys. Many thanks best puppy trainer As a lover and breeder of dogs myself this article had me in tears as Ive had the same problems, and I know how distressing it can be. Sounds like you had a great dog in Jerry, good luck for the future guys.

Many thanks
best puppy trainer

]]> By: Labradoodle http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/comment-page-1/#comment-2404 Labradoodle Sat, 31 May 2008 23:27:57 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/#comment-2404 Aww, such a nice story. Well im glad your all having the best of times and making the most of things. great post! Aww, such a nice story. Well im glad your all having the best of times and making the most of things. great post!

]]> By: Lalla http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Lalla Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:59:31 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/#comment-457 wish we could go swimming together.... wish we could go swimming together….

]]> By: Jim Smith http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/comment-page-1/#comment-453 Jim Smith Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:09:22 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/#comment-453 It was great meeting you all today. What a special dog! You folks are pretty special too. Much happiness and prosperity to you. It was great meeting you all today.
What a special dog!
You folks are pretty special too.
Much happiness and prosperity to you.

]]> By: emily http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/comment-page-1/#comment-446 emily Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:45:22 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/#comment-446 god bless jerry and god bless the two of you, so much love. god bless jerry and god bless the two of you, so much love.

]]> By: Sonja http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Sonja Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:06:16 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/#comment-445 Hey guys - sorry this took so long, but if your still in Maine, go say Hi to my good friend Ginger at Fuji Sushi. Here is her email to me: "Hopefully your friends are still here in Maine and having a great time. In case they are still in my neck of the woods, the restaurant where I work is called Fuji and the address is 29 Exchange St. It's right in the heart of the Old Port and because Portland is so tiny it's pretty easy to find. Also, Mainers are pretty good about giving directions so they can ask anyone on the street. I don't have a favorite lobster shack to recommend for lobster rolls (not dogs- but that's funny!) the closest one to me that I like is Cathy's on route one between Portland and Freeport but a good rule of thumb for all Maine seafood is to pick a place right on the coast. The more "shack-like" it looks, the better the food, generally. The best lobster rolls I've ever had have been further north around Acadia. The road into Bar Harbor has a bunch of seafood places and they're all good." let me know what email you guys are using these days - can I still send to Rat or is that one long gone? love you and miss you! sd Hey guys – sorry this took so long, but if your still in Maine, go say Hi to my good friend Ginger at Fuji Sushi. Here is her email to me:
“Hopefully your friends are still here in Maine and having a great time. In case they are still in my neck of the woods, the restaurant where I work is called Fuji and the address is 29 Exchange St. It’s right in the heart of the Old Port and because Portland is so tiny it’s pretty easy to find. Also, Mainers are pretty good about giving directions so they can ask anyone on the street.

I don’t have a favorite lobster shack to recommend for lobster rolls (not dogs- but that’s funny!) the closest one to me that I like is Cathy’s on route one between Portland and Freeport but a good rule of thumb for all Maine seafood is to pick a place right on the coast. The more “shack-like” it looks, the better the food, generally. The best lobster rolls I’ve ever had have been further north around Acadia. The road into Bar Harbor has a bunch of seafood places and they’re all good.”

let me know what email you guys are using these days – can I still send to Rat or is that one long gone?

love you and miss you!
sd

]]> By: Don Thomson http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Don Thomson Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:50:13 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/#comment-443 I had to go grab a Kleenex after reading your post about Jerry dipping his three paws in the Atlantic. How very cool. Congrats to Jerry. Congrats to y'all. I'm going to go home and hug my dog. I had to go grab a Kleenex after reading your post about
Jerry dipping his three paws in the Atlantic. How very cool.
Congrats to Jerry. Congrats to y’all. I’m going to go home and
hug my dog.

]]> By: Brain http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Brain Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:30:34 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2007/09/26/a-milestone-splashing-in-the-atlantic/#comment-442 Long live Jerry!! Congratulations to all. Long live Jerry!! Congratulations to all.

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