In Memory of Haven

Haven

January 1996 - June 8, 2009

"A champion runner, faithful companion, and the center of attention."

In observance of the passing of Haven I will not post anything today regarding our trip, only to say that upon our return we learned that on Saturday June 6 Haven developed a limp in her left front leg. The next day Becky's cousin Dorothy and her friend Spud kept Haven comfortable and iced here swollen leg. As soon as we arrived we took her to the vet for an x-ray. The vet determined that the ulna in the leg had fractured from bone cancer in her wrist area. The cancer had eaten at the bones and would cause the fracture to not heal. They splinted the leg and medicated her for the pain so that we could take her home. At 3pm today Haven's regular vet concurred with the previous vets diagnosis. The only treatment would be amputation of her leg. With a degenerative nerve condition in her back legs and given her advanced age she was not a candidate for this procedure. We made the determination to have her euthanized instead of leading a painful life. She was put to rest at 3:55pm. We will greatly miss her but we are happy that her final days were spent with Dorothy, Spud, and Gracie (their Labrador). They made her last couple of weeks some of her most happiest. She will always be our "little pup".