Lumin

I’m writing with such sad sad news that my absolute soulmate and our beautiful gorgeous blue girl, Lumin , was put to sleep today. An X-Ray confirmed osteo carcinoma after I noticed she couldn’t jump on the bed on Weds and she favoured her leg on Thursday. A lump appeared on her stifle on Saturday morning and grew on Sunday. She saw the vet on Monday and had an X-Ray today that confirmed the worst so we asked them to keep her asleep. She had been so unlike herself since Thursday and was clearly in pain – we can’t believe how quickly she became so poorly and we did not want to prolong her pain for our benefit. They’d given her 2-3 weeks. I am beyond grief.

We had had her since she was 4 and she was 11 on 16th June. We took her home from TIA to be a confident girl for Ezra – she’d just been spayed and you told us that she nearly died on the operating table – I took her stitches out at home so we could bring her home asap rather than wait for her.

She was a year younger than my daughter and she taught my son and daughter about love, patience, responsibility, commitment, kindness and a million other things. She was a huge special character, a mischievous, counter surfing bin tipper who once ate 3 chocolate oranges one Christmas from under the tree and I loved her so much.

We still have Ramon/Ballyrhan Buddy/Ezra who is lost.

I just wanted to let you know.

I’m sure when the time is right we’ll be back in touch.

Best wishes

Sally