It is with great sadness...

that I am typing this tonight. Tonight I made one of the hardest decisions of my life. To have my baby (dog) Bailey put to sleep. She was only 8 years old, but had lived a wonderful and full life and I owed her at least that much tonight. 3 weeks ago I took her to the vet because the right side of her jowls were swollen and she couldn't eat. We both thought that it was an infected tooth until she looked further and discovered it was oral cancer. Bailey had tumors all along the bottom part of her jaw, and they were wrapped around the roots of her teeth. They gave her 2 weeks to 2 months to live, so I started spending a lot of quality time with her. Things were looking okay, but I knew it was just a matter of time...and that time came tonight. Bailey had stopped eating and taking her pain pills on Thursday. She didn't eat on Friday, but Saturday ate a little bit. This continued until tonight. I went to McDonald's to get her her favorite meal, a cheese burger and fries. She would have nothing to do with it, so I called her vet. The vet said that there's a good chance that she could have gone in the night, but it wouldn't be very pleasant. The decision had been made for me then and there. Dr. McClure was great and met us right away at the office. It was so hard, but I knew this is what I had to do. She went so peacefully and is no longer in pain. There will only be one Bailey and I'm so happy that she decided to bless me with her life. She is up in puppy heaven right now playing and eating....I love you Bailey! Love, Mama