[Rickysa]

We have three "rescue" dogs...my son's is a 14 year-old chocolate lab that was just diagnosed with lymphoma a few days ago.

The only thing my son (aged 16) asked for on his last birthday was some stairs so his dog could climb up on the bed with him at night, as she had aged to the point that she couldn't jump up anymore.

We had a lot of plans for the summer that we immediately shelved so we can be with her.