| NIKKI CAME INTO MY LIFE ON JUNE 8TH 1993 AS A BIG BALL OF FUR. SHE WAS WITH ME THROUGH COLLEGE AND EVERY MOVE I MADE. I THOUGHT OF HER AS MY DAUGHTER,HOW SOMEONE CAN GET SO ATTACHED TO A DOG,BUT THATS JUST IT SHE WAS NOT A DOG SHE KNEW MY THOUGHTS AND UNDERSTOOD ALL MY FEARS. SHE PROTECTED ME FROM EVERYTHING AND WAS ALWAYS BY MY SIDE. NIKKI WAS A VALUED MEMBER OF SOCIETY AS SHE SAVED MANY LIVES THROUGH BLOOD DONATION. SHE CONCIDERED HERSELF LUCKY TO BE OWNED BY A VETERINARY TECHNITIAN HER ENTIRE LIFE. SHE NEVER COMPLAINED JUST SAT THERE AS A STATUE DOING HER DUTY TO SAVE FELLOW FUR FRIENDS. A FRENCH MASTIF THAT WOULD HAVE DIED FROM A DEVASTATING RATTLESNAKE BITE WAS HER LAST VICTORY. I NEVER PREPARED MYSELF FOR HOW IT WOULD BE WHEN SHE GOT OLDER AND WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT HER. IN DECEMBER OF 2003 SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH OSTEOSARCOMA WHICH IS AN AGGRESSIVE AND DEVASTATING FORM OF BONE CANCER. THIS DISEASE EVEN WITH THE MOST AGGRESSIVE FORM OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND AMPUTATION IS FATAL. I WAS DEVISTATED NOT KNOWING HOW I COULD LIVE WITHOUT MY BELOVED COMPANION. WE SAT AND TALKED ABOUT IT AND CRIED ALOT AND THOUGHT NIKKI LIVED A GOOD 11 YEARS WITH NO PAIN WHY MAKE HER LAST MONTHS BE FULL OF PAINFULL CHEMO AND AMPUTATION ONLY TO GIVE HER A EXTRA 3 MONTHS. SHE WAS GREAT THROUGH IT YOU NEVER KNEW SHE HAD A PROBLEM SHE WAS SO BRAVE. NOTHING EVER COULD PREPARE ME FOR THIS DAY BUT I THANK GOD I HAD A CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE AND THE 6 MONTHS I SHARED WITH HER AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WAS A BLESSING. NIKKI CROSSED OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE ON JUNE 2ND 2004 WITH ME BY HER SIDE AS SHE ALWAYS WAS FOR ME. A HOLE IN MY HEART LIES OPEN AND NO ONE WILL EVER REPLACE HER. I AM DEDICATING THIS PAGE IN HER MEMORY AND BUILDING A MEMORIAL ROSE GARDEN AND FISH POND WHERE SHE IS LAID TO REST. HEAVEN RECEIVED A SPECIAL GIFT ON THAT DAY, AND I WILL MISS HER FOREVER. |
