Warning: There are some very raw emotions on this blog post that deal with Toby’s death. Today is exactly six months since Toby passed away. Six months since I watched him die right in front of me in the bed I placed him in on my Dad’s kitchen floor. It feels like it was yesterday.… Continue reading Six Months Later ….
Tomorrow, December 4, would have been Toby’s 10th birthday. I honestly don’t even know what to write right now. It’s almost three months since he passed away and some days it seems like it happened yesterday, and other days it feels like it was an eternity ago. Despite putting words on a paper for a… Continue reading Happy Birthday, Toby
Thanksgiving weekend 2016.Yes, you read that correctly. I was going through my draft posts, because apparently started a lot of draft posts by uploading photos to the blog, but either never wrote anything to go along with those photos, or I started, but never finished. This was one of those posts that had all the… Continue reading Thanksgiving Weekend 2016 (yes, last year)
It’s funny how things work out sometimes. Facebook memories reminded me that three years ago yesterday, we were in Lake Placid kayaking with Toby . Yesterday, my Dad and I, kayaked out into the same area and shared a little bit of Toby with the lake, making him an eternal resident. Lake Placid was the… Continue reading An Odd Day
For a little 13-pound dog, Toby took up an elephant-sized space in our lives. This week has not been easy. We all, especially me and Maddux, miss him more than words can explain. Reading everyone’s comments, emails and texts, about how Toby touched their lives from people, who in many cases had never even… Continue reading A Little Dog’s Big Influence
This is a post never wanted to write, but knew that some day I would have to. Toby passed away naturally in his bed at home with me by his side, Sept. 11, 2017, after a 17-month battle with stage 3 lymphoma. Thanks to the wonderful staff at Woodbridge Veterinary Hospital in Woodbridge, N.J.,… Continue reading Goodbye Sweet Toby
Just a quick little update on Toby’s lymphoma. This is a tricky one, so hopefully I explain it well. After the last treatment, which was a new-to-us chemotherapy, Toby’s lymphnodes went down, which means it was working. However, a week later they were enlarged again, and they were slightly bigger than they were before, which… Continue reading Toby Cancer Update
The past month has been a roller coaster of emotions. Actually, 2016 as a whole has been like that. I noticed Toby’s swollen neck April 18, and he was diagnosed April 22. I’ve been trying to write weekly updates about our life, but last week – Week 5 – got a little derailed. Friday morning,… Continue reading It All Feels So Normal, But It’s Not
When it comes to guilt trips, Toby is pretty darn good about it. Because of the chemo, Toby can’t be in public places. So, I had to unexpectedly leave him with my Dad this weekend. I was going to leave Maddux, too, but because I was so upset about other things that had happened on… Continue reading Toby’s Guilt Trip
I’ve explained this a billion times, but I finally got Toby to do the full body crawl on camera! He usually stops as soon as the camera turns on. It’s like a crawl up my body and it’s so adorable. Well, see for yourself –
