porterscota
Boxer Buddy
Hello All:
It has been a couple of months since I haved posted. The Boxerworld community helped me through Porter's surgery and recovery from a cancerous tumor in his stomach and all was going well.
The past two months have been some of the best for Porter. Since his surgery he was the Ol' Mr. Porter we had not seen in years. We were up on Whidbey Island here in the Northwest (Porter's favorite place in the world) spending a glorious summer of Porter and Scota running on the trails in the woods and romping on the beach. In the middle of the night, Porter experienced bloat. I was on an island with no ferry service in the middle of the night. I did my best to get him care as soon as I could (it is a long story, that maybe when I am more up for it, I can share). Hours later, we finally got him to the hospital in Seattle where he had his surgery for the tumor. The surgeon said that there was so much loss to his stomach (dead tissue) but he tried to do his best for Porter. Porter made it through the first 24 hours. We were hopeful. We had the entire family with him last night (even sister Scota came for visit). Five minutes after we drove away, they called and said that he coded. We all drove back and just my husband and I went and stayed with him. We felt that he was at peace and that he had seen the whole family and knew that he could go. I had been asking him to come home and he had a look in his eyes that told me that was not going to be possible.
As many of you know, this is one of the most painful experiences in life ... to say goodbye to a family member.
I am barely holding it together as I write this. It is so difficult to fathom that he came through the cancer with flying colors and now it was bloat that took him. I was not educated on bloat at all. That night is haunting me and of course, I am going through all the woulds, coulds, and shoulds. I know that he knows that we loved him as he loved us. It is all so raw right now.
Porter has and will continue to teach us all lessons. He was a gift to us in so many ways. I have the memories (and recent pictures) of his grace and beauty as an athlete (even at 10!!) and his love and devotion to us all. We are concerned about Scota and how she will be dealing with the loss of her lifetime companion.
Thank you again for all you support.
Lissa
(Mom to Porter & Scota)
It has been a couple of months since I haved posted. The Boxerworld community helped me through Porter's surgery and recovery from a cancerous tumor in his stomach and all was going well.
The past two months have been some of the best for Porter. Since his surgery he was the Ol' Mr. Porter we had not seen in years. We were up on Whidbey Island here in the Northwest (Porter's favorite place in the world) spending a glorious summer of Porter and Scota running on the trails in the woods and romping on the beach. In the middle of the night, Porter experienced bloat. I was on an island with no ferry service in the middle of the night. I did my best to get him care as soon as I could (it is a long story, that maybe when I am more up for it, I can share). Hours later, we finally got him to the hospital in Seattle where he had his surgery for the tumor. The surgeon said that there was so much loss to his stomach (dead tissue) but he tried to do his best for Porter. Porter made it through the first 24 hours. We were hopeful. We had the entire family with him last night (even sister Scota came for visit). Five minutes after we drove away, they called and said that he coded. We all drove back and just my husband and I went and stayed with him. We felt that he was at peace and that he had seen the whole family and knew that he could go. I had been asking him to come home and he had a look in his eyes that told me that was not going to be possible.
As many of you know, this is one of the most painful experiences in life ... to say goodbye to a family member.
I am barely holding it together as I write this. It is so difficult to fathom that he came through the cancer with flying colors and now it was bloat that took him. I was not educated on bloat at all. That night is haunting me and of course, I am going through all the woulds, coulds, and shoulds. I know that he knows that we loved him as he loved us. It is all so raw right now.
Porter has and will continue to teach us all lessons. He was a gift to us in so many ways. I have the memories (and recent pictures) of his grace and beauty as an athlete (even at 10!!) and his love and devotion to us all. We are concerned about Scota and how she will be dealing with the loss of her lifetime companion.
Thank you again for all you support.
Lissa
(Mom to Porter & Scota)
Many thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
