Remission Is Such A Beautiful Word

Happy Day when we adopted Mr. Cooper from the Rescue in Ohio back in April of this year.  Our granddaughter Abby came along for the 5 hour ride to Cincinnati to adopt Cooper.  She wanted to come along and sit with him in the car so he would not be scared.  That teddy bear on the walk is from his foster mom that cared for him until we could adopt him.  He still has that cute bear and every once in awhile pulls it out to play.  It was so sweet that he had a good place to be until we could arrive to adopt him.  Thank you Diane for giving him love until we could bring him home.

  Shortly after he "rescued us" we found out he had aggressive terminal cancer.  No chance of cure but there was a medication that had proven in 60% of dogs with Cooper's cancer to slow the growth and help the dog into remission.  We are blessed to find out this medication is showing promise for Cooper.

The picture above is Cooper after his surgery to remove the cancer back in April of this year.

A little back story.  We were heart broken when we suddenly lost our female basset hound Libby this past winter.  Then Cooper this big lug of fur and ears came into our lives by pure accident.  He needed to be rescued and we needed to be rescued.  

When we found out he had terminal cancer that was not curable after we adopted him,  we thought how can this be?  We just found him and rescued him and love him.  How could this now happen?  It did not make any sense.


Now it does.  He was brought to us to love and give him the best possible life and he healed our hearts and gives us such prospective on life.

He teaches us that each day is truly a gift to be cherished and to make the most of it even on the hardest days.
There is always something good to each day. Sometimes we have to stop and just appreciate the small blessings in each day.

This little man is now in remission from his cancer.  We are happy the cancer medication is working to slow the growth and keep him in remission.  So we will love him and care for him and cherish each new morning he wakes with us. 
A prognosis of only weeks to live when we got him from the rescue back in April,  I am happy to say we are now going on 6 months.
I am a big believer that love releases those good endorphins that help in recovery and healing of health issues.

Cooper knows he is loved and spoiled and that gives him the will to keep going.

Thank you for all your prayers, thoughts and good wishes for us and Cooper.  We continue to keep hope alive that he will get many more months with us.

Not sure who really rescued who!!!!!

Have a great week end.
Hugs,
Kris