1st Week of Radiation

The last week of May, I headed to Utah with the little boys in order to start my radiation treatments.  The boys did such a great job in the car, but we were all so happy to get to Grandma's house.  Utah had experience a whole lot of unusual rainfall and everything was just gorgeous.  The little boys ran out of the car and played until sunset.

The little boys up to their regular shenanigans. 

On Thursday, I got a call from Robert telling me that our sweet dog, Bella, was at the vet.  She hadn't been eating for the last few days and it turns out that her kidneys had started to fail.  Bella was roughly 100 years old and so we knew that she wasn't going to live too much longer.  Still, it was a shock when it happened and we were all so sad to watch her go.

Robert had the vet treat her but in the end, she was just too old and sick to continue on.  I raced home on Friday after my appointment and we got home in time to pack up Robert and the older kids and get to the vet's office.  There we were all able to say our goodbyes to our faithful dog.

It was hard to say goodbye, but it was harder to see her so frail and sick.  Finally, Robert took most of the kids out for a walk and Ethan and I stayed to help make her comfortable while she was put to sleep.  It was difficult to watch but I think that by having us there, she wasn't scared.  She peacefully fell asleep and we made our way back home.

The next few days were emotional for everyone.  The little boys would talk about Bella going to heaven and how they wanted to go and visit.  One day, maybe, but not for a long, long time.

Here the boys attached themselves to Robert.  They really missed him while we were in Utah.