Ghostie & Friends

Yesterday, we said goodbye to our sweet puppy. Nike was the cutest, sweetest, happiest dog we’ve ever met; she loved and was loved by everyone she ever met. We miss her so much.  She gave us the greatest 10 years that we could ever ask for. Nike made this home feel full and now it just feels so empty.

No more Nike jumping up on the door to greet us when we came home. No more Nike waking me up by literally laying on top of me. No more long walkies with Nike through the neighborhood to see all the other doggies along the way. No more Nike tackling us to give us kisses all over our faces. No more hugs. We are going to miss everything about her, she was perfect. She battled cancer like the queen that she was. We knew that our time with her was going to be limited, but this was still so sudden. She had just had her 6-month post-radiation follow-up, and everything looked great. Earlier this week she was happy, running, jumping and playing in the snow…she loved the snow. And now, she’s gone.

Nike had a seizure on Friday morning at 5:30 am and we rushed her to the emergency vet. By the time we were leaving, she looked like she had bounced back really well. We were anticipating just having them keep her for the night, starting her on some anti-seizure meds and getting another few months if we were able to keep everything under control. Yesterday, around 1 pm, we received a phone call expecting them to say that we could come pick her up…instead they let us know that she had had another, longer seizure. We’ve been crying ever since. She looked panicked and frightened, but she was still sooooo happy to see us that final time. Her tail wagged until the end, she came over and licked us, and we were able to hold her as we said goodbye.

It snowed just a little bit last night, just enough to let us know that it did. We sobbed again. We didn’t know if she was going to make it to see the snow that she loved so much again, or to meet our daughter. She was able to do both and we can’t thank everyone who cared for her enough. We found as many pictures and videos of our sweet puppy as we could.  They are going to have to be enough now. We just want to hold her again, but that will have to wait. Until then, our sweet Nike. We love you always and forever.