Bumpers

Today, my family lost a very dear canine friend named BUMPERS. His story is sad. He was blind from cataracts and his age kept him from being able to handle surgery. Bumpers had a disease called Cushions Syndrome. Cushions is a cancerous tumor on the Pancreous. We new this was a fatal disease when we adopted him from the vets office that my wife works at.

See, Bumber's original family left him there uncaringly when they learned of this disease. Knowing that he was going to simply live out his life in a vets kennel we excepted him into our family. Our daughters Rebecca (9) and Ashley (4) as well as my wife and I gave him the love and respect that he deserved. He was so sad and pitiful looking when he first entered our family. His head hung low. He was fat looking from a combination of the tumors and the lack of exercise in the kennel.

Within a few weeks he learned our voices and learned his way around our living room so not to be bumping into walls. Unknowingly he had an abscess on he rear right hip that ruptured one day all over my older daughter as she was carrying him down the stairs to take him walk. It healed and he gained a whole new happiness.

When anyone returned home he actually began to greet them at the door. Jumping and skipping like no one had ever seen him do before. This always brought a smile to our faces to know he was doing so much better and showing how happy we where making him.

Over the past week we discovered that bumpers had advanced diabetes. We did all we could to control it but the vets who had grown to love him while he lived in their offices always treated him without cost to us could not get this problem under control. He began losing his bowel functions until they final shut down. He then began vomiting. It was finally time.

Today, I made the hardest decision ever and Bumper's was put to sleep. We took pictures before doing so to simply remind us of the best pet ever.