I've never spent so much time focused on eating. It takes an entire day to feed Dot. She eats tiny amounts and then turns away. An hou...

Dash threw up again today. I'm pretty sure that Dash's problem is that there are seven different brands of dog food in the house n...

The only time I go to the mall anymore is when I get a haircut. The place used to seem normal to me, but now it seems increasingly alien. ...

I didn't get any sleep last night, but today went reasonably well. I actually had time to run down to the hipster restaurant and pick ...

I'm having trouble with schedules. Dot has a schedule. Janet has a schedule. And Dash has a schedule. All these schedules are differen...

Dot didn't want to be hand fed today. She wanted to stand up and eat dry food out of her bowl. She was still slow as molasses, but she...

Dot has eaten for three days now without throwing up. Ordinarily, this wouldn't be a big deal, but considering the condition Dot was i...

I've decided that you can't schedule death. It's not right. I canceled the appointment for 5 PM today and the tentative one fo...

Dot bought herself another day. She was very reluctant to get up this morning and didn't want to eat. When I did get her up and took h...

Long goodbyes are the worst. Dot sleeps a little longer every day and eats a little less. She still has her moments though, and during tho...

I was so convinced this morning that Dot was telling me it was time that I called the vet and made an appointment to have her euthanized t...

There's nothing kind or convenient about death. I went to bed last night trying to prepare myself for the inevitable, but Dot woke up ...

It's time to begin saying goodbye. Dot may have a day or she may have a week, but she doesn't have long. It's so sad. The new ...

I was so optimistic yesterday and today it's the exact opposite. Dot had an extensive evaluation at the cancer center this morning and...

Dot got her wheels today. We really didn't know what to expect. Some dogs are baffled by these contraptions and others start walking a...

Yesterday was a fluke. The rare burst of energy Dot experienced appears to have vanished. She woke up shaky this morning and had trouble s...

I was unlocking the back door and getting ready to take Dot outside this morning when much to my surprise I see her walking toward me. She...