My little lola by Nicole Tsesmetzis

My little lola

by Nicole Tsesmetzis

Two years after losing my 10yr old poodle from tick fever which was a big shock cause we looked after her so well & always checked her for ticks. I found my darling lola. Lola is everything i love about dogs. My mum works at the animal welfare here on Rhodes island, Greece. So she came home oneday with this tiny little white mixed terrier dog with a spot on her eye & her little bum, i'd never seen such a perfect puppy. From the moment i saw her I knew that she was gonna be my special one & she had the longest eyelashes!! We already had kelly, the poodle & 2 cats + we had just moved to Greece from Australia and we were living in a pretty small apartment, so my dad didnt want another dog. I was really upset i couldnt let her go. So the next day when an old man came to our house to see if he liked her, I locked myself in the bathroom with her, no way i was gonna give her up!! So I got to keep her!! I was about 13yrs old then. We had sooooo much fun together, whenever i was trying to do my homework in the dining room she would jump on the chair, then on the table & then sit on my book so i would'nt be able to do anything but play with her... I used to talk about eveything with her, she really helped me with my teenage life... So 10 yrs went past beautifuly... Then a couple of months ago while i was patting her I felt a lump.. I took her to the vet straight away. She had a surgery and took 2-3 lumps out of her chest area. The vet sent it to see if it was cancer or not. A week later we find out that she has adenocarcinoma which is gland cancer. I was crying night & day. I couldnt believe that she had cancer!! My lola was gonna die sometime soon.. I couldnt stand the thought! About a month after the surgery 3 lumps came back, exactly where the big cut from the operation was (lola is about 45cm long, the cut was 25cm long)it hadnt even healed yet, we couldnt put her through all that pain again... So we talked about chemotherapy, but they haved stopped using it here because it only helps 2 kinds of cancer not the one lola had... I was sooooooooo angry that they hadnt found a cure yet for dogs. So thats it i thought? now i just have to watch her die, without doing anything? We've got her on cortizone pills to help her eith her breathing. It helped the first week but know its pretty bad. Half or more of her lungs are destroyed, now its taking her liver... I really dont want to see her in pain but how can i get her put down? Is she really that bad? i think about her all the time... I cry all day at work. My mum just rang me, she was crying... She had taken Lola out for a pee and to walk a bit. Lola collapsed , she couldnt get enough air to her lungs... I now know that the time is very close. I love that dog with all my heart & soul. I know that one day we will be together again, in Heaven where there is no pain & suffering... Please God take good care of her, she will be with you soon...

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