I just thought I would do a fast post mostly to tell Jeremy's family that our dog Sue died a week ago today. I was outside on Thursday, the 8th of January and Sue came up to me as if to show me that something was very wrong. Her face was huge and swollen. As luck would have it, Lauritz and Lynda were on there way to Boise and Jer was still at work (I have no idea what to do with animals so I turn to Jeremy and Lauritz all the time) so not knowing what to do I ran her to the vet. She had bumps everywhere and they thought that maybe she had been bitten by a poisonous spider and got a horrible case of hives as a result. The other option was a horrible and fast growing cancer everywhere. They gave her a shot and told me to give her Benadryl. She didn't get better, just worse and worse. The next day they said it probably wasn't hives, if it had been that she would have been getting better not worse. They felt at that time that it was most likely cancer. She was suffering so much and it was really hard to watch her. We took her in Monday to have her put down. That is it's own traumatic story in and of itself but I'm not going to write it down, I don't ever want my kids to know about it. You can call me if you are curious. I know Jeremy's siblings would all probably want to know because they all knew Sue. The kids are doing better now, a week later. Last week was a different story. 
Here are the kids with Sue.
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I'm sorry about your dog! Sometimes I think to myself--it would be so nice to not have to worry about this dog, but then when all is said and done, we would all be so sad without him. I hope everyone starts feeling better soon.
Oh guys, we are so sorry and so sad. We just saw Marley and Me and I was bawling my eyes out and thinking how sad it would be and you really had to do it all. Well tell the kids we love them, and we are sorry for all of your loss.
Oh, I'm so sorry! I know how you feel. My little dog, Charlie, died in October and we think it was cancer too. It's really sad to watch your little dog be sick. I'm really sorry about Sue!
Sorry about your dog! We lost our dog suddenly a few months ago and it is always hard. Hope the kids handle it okay.
I'm sorry! That's so sad... I hate losing pets even more than I hate having them in the first place. Give the kids a hug for me.
Sorry to hear about Sue, Dad told me today. Leisha feels your pain. Keep smilin'....
I'm sorry to hear about your dog. Losing a pet is so hard. hope everyone is recovering. I can't believe how grown up Paige is. I remember back in my exec days she was out little baby. It scares me how fast time goes. I love her Peter Pan syndrome.
oh so sad, we have been there before and it's so tough, hang in there
That's always the worst to have to put a dog down - they really become part of the family. I hope your kids are doing okay with it.
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