Casey.....1 year later.

One year ago this day was the worst day of my life. It was the day I lost you Casey. You were my best friend and there is no replacing you. It is a comfort to me to know that while I've lost you here on earth, I havn't lost you forever. I know we will reunite again one day in heaven and a sweet reunion it will be. I cannot wait for the day you can put that big smile on my face again and I can hug you and give you lots of kisses : ). I know that we will one day make new memories together. But until then I will never forget the memories we have in this life. I will never forget the days when I would hear you barking loudly and jumping on the door when the mail man came in the afternoon. I will never forget walking in and catching you sound asleep on the couch or the bed. I will never forget seeing the excitement and happiness on your face when I walked in the door. I will never forget the things we did together. Going for rides in the car with the windows down, hanging out at the dog park, watching you play with the neighbor dogs, rough housing with you in the living room, giving you treats, jogging together and going for walks together at night and giving you a kiss and a hug before bed each night. When you passed away you left a large void in my life that cannot be filled by anyone else. You knew me better than anyone and showed me unconditional love. I could never ask for a better friend than you Casey. I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart, for the 12 happiest years of my life. Nomatter how much time passes, I will never ever forget you and I will always love you with everything I have. I love you so, so much Casey : )

Happy Birthday Casey!

Happy 13th birthday Casey!!!!! I really thought that we would be celebrating your birthday together this year. You would have turned 13 today, WOW! Your still in my heart, and I know God is throwing you the best birthday part ever up there in heaven. Thank you for being the best friend I could ever ask for. I can't ever thank you enough my dear Casey. You are such a good girl. I love you so, so much!!!!! Bye Bye for now Casey : )

To my Casey girl.....

Dear Casey,

It has been almost 3 weeks sinse you passed away. No words can express just how much I miss you right now. My heart is broken and I don't see it being fixed until the day we see each other again. I guess this pain and having a lump in my throat every night is just something I have to learn to live with. You were by far my best friend and the best friend I will ever have. You were always there to listen when I needed to vent or just talk about random things, you would always be right by my side to comfort me when I felt lonely, you know all of my deepest secrets. I loved going jogging with you, taking you for rides in the car, taking you to petsmart, the doggy park, that one time we went to the beach.....I love rough housing and playing with you, and I still have a scar on my left arm from when you accidently scratched me with your long nails. I'm glad that scar is permanent, its a reminder of the good ol days. I miss saying goodnight to you and giving you a kiss and hug before bed. I miss coming home and having you give me those happy, warm, and loving greetings at the door. You showed me what a true friend is, and you showed me unconditional love. You loved me on days when I felt like nobody else did. You made my life worth living. Now that your gone, I feel empty and alone. I am very sad, but I have found that the best way to move forward on this earth is to show others the same love you showed me. You were an angel, a piece of heaven on earth. I cannot wait until the day we will be together again. I do have to warn you though.....I will probably hug and kiss you and scratch your ears non stop for the first few days : ) I miss you very much and I love you Casey.

We miss you and love you Casey.

It is with great sadness that I tell you all that Casey passed away this morning at 7:45am. For the past 5 months, she was fighting lymphoma. She gave that horrible disease a good fight. She was given 3 months with no treatment and around 1 year with treatment. She had T-cell lymphoma which is the more aggresive type, it did not respond to any of her chemotherapy treatments more than a couple of weeks. Yet, Casey still managed to live 2 more months than she was given. I cannot tell you how thankful I am for those extra 2 months we had to spend with her. Sinse the time she was diagnosed in september, we had many, many great memories with Casey. Great memories on top of the memories we already had together over the years. I don't know what I'll do without her. The pain of loosing her is the worst pain I have ever felt in my life. The only comfort I have is knowing that she is in heaven right now, feeling good, and happier than ever. She will wait for me and the rest of our family to meet her there one day, and in the meantime, we will all miss her more than words can say.
We are having a memorial service for Casey at 6:30pm this evening with our family. I am trying to work out another service to take place later this week sometime. We would greatly appreciate it if those of you reading this could light a candle for Casey, and for all dogs still struggling with lymphoma, and send it to me so that I can put it on the website I am putting together in Casey's honor. Feel free to right something on the picture if you wish. Thank you to everyone who has supported us and kept Casey and our family in your thoughts the past few months. We ask that you still keep us in your thoughts in prayers as we grieve the loss of the best friend we could ever ask for. WE ALL LOVE YOU CASEY!!!!!

Casey's Lymphoma update

After Casey came out of remission on November 2nd, her doctor immediately began a "rescue" protocal on her. A recsue protocal is basically changing to new set of drugs once the cancer stops responding to the first set. Casey went into remission once again. This lasted for about 2 months. On December 26th I noticed that the lymph nodes in Casey's neck were enlarged. I had her checked out by our local vet and he told us that this might simply be drainage from an infection. Her urine sample confirmed that she had an infection, so we put her on anti-biotics. After taking anti-biotics for 7 days as we were directed, her lymph nodes were still enlarged. On January 5th we took her to the Oasis of Healing. The doctors there use holistic medicines that work along with the chemotherapy and help improve the dog's health. When we were there, the doctor noticed that the lymph nodes in her chest were slightly enlarged. It became clear then, that Casey was starting to come out of remission again. Today all of Casey's lymph nodes are enlarged. But Casey is a strong girl. She is a little tired, but she is still getting up to greet us at the door and she still has a strong appetite. Last night we went on a walk/jog for a mile and she was full of energy the entire way. She has earned the nick name, "The Amazing Case" because of the way she brushes aside her illness and continues to live her life. She has been very strong through this ordeal and very brave!
What will probably happen now that she is out of remission for the second time is her oncologist will begin another rescue treatment. This will probably be happening in the next two days. It is starting to get costly but I love Casey with all my heart and I will do whatever it takes to make sure she gets the best treatment possible and more importantly that she has the VERY BEST quality of life, however much longer she is here. Thank you for reading and please continue to keep Casey in your thoughts and prayers!

Fighting On

Today I took Casey in for her 5th session of chemotherapy. Not long after I returned home I recieved a phone call from her doctor. Casey's doctor told us that she was coming out of remission already. Her remission did not last very long at all because the cancer is resisting the treatments she was given. Casey was dealt a bad card. Her "rescue" treatment was started today, but we were told this will only give her another 4 months survival time. We have all been devestated by this turn of events. I thought I had at least an extra year with her, but now I am only getting an extra 2 months. I am still glad that I did everything I could. Even an extra 2 months was worth it all. For now we are just going to cherish every second we have together. Hopefully things take a turn for the better, but for now all we can do is hope and pray for Casey.

Chemotherapy Update!

This past thursday I completed my 4th session of chemotherapy at Arboritum View. After a month I havn't been sick at all! I actually feel really great now and the doctor said I was in near remission : ). My family and I are really happy that we have this extra time together. I have been going on long walks every day, lots of car rides, and the best part is I can eat whatever I like! Thank you to everyone who is supporting me and my family through all of this. I couldn't be more greatfull. Well I have to go hang out with the family now, BYE!!!!!

The Battle Begins.

My Dad promised me the best treatment and he meant it. Yesterday I completed my second session of chemotherapy. I have 25 sessions total. The doctor and the techs are very good to me, but I still don't like being dropped off for 6 hours : (...Dad a.ka. Matthew is not alloud to sit with me because they wear special clothes in the room where the injection is done. I am fighting very hard against the cancer. It isn't going to stop me from running around in the parks, going on my morning and evening walks, playing and enjoying my meals! I will beat this with everyone's support : )

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