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Thanks to all for your comments and support. This is a great community and I'm glad to be a part. Today was Mazy's last day. She had her filet for dinner last night...and we shared eggs over easy for breakfast today. Probably took 200 photos over the past week.

She was on a bunch of pain meds so sleeping a lot, but the limp and swelling marched on, to the point where we had to call it quits. The big worry was that the tumor (bone) wouldn't support her weight and would give way...not good.

So the kids and Cathy said their good-byes and I took her in. I held her close as she went to sleep, composed myself and came home to the family and our two other pups.

Will miss her dearly but there is a sense of relief in having it over. There was no hope of improvement so the end result was inevitable. Perhaps we could have gone a bit longer, but she walked in on her own feet, was happy and alert...the way I'd want to be.

Anyway...thanks again for all the kind words. Perhaps we'll see her again on the other side. Cancer sucks.