We love you Foster!

We just got the call this morning that Foster (our black lab) passed away. He passed away peacefully in his sleep. Dan has been running with him lately about 3 miles a day. He has become a little jealous since Cameron came home. He yelped one morning when he jumped off the bed & we thought he pulled a muscle so Dan quit running with him. A few days ago we came home to bloody diarrhea but didn't know which dog it was. Then that night he went with Dan to the bathroom & made another mess. Tuesday & Wednesday night I had to let him out at 1:00 in the morning which never happens. I took him into the vet Thursday morning b/c he had a nose bleed. Of course Dan was at work by himself since Todd was on vacation. We took him, they did some blood work & x-rays and told us he had Lymphoma. We had no idea animals got this or that to keep an eye out for it b/c of his age. We thought he had just pulled a muscle running with Dan but he was hurting because his lymphnodes where so swolen it hurt to jump. There are 3 forms of lymphoma. Through the skin, chest & GI tract. Foster had it through his GI tract. He had 3 spots on his spleen, one spot on his liver & a little bit of blood in his abdomen. We went ahead with one round of Chemo Thursday and they called Friday that his levels hadn't went down at all. But he had gotten sick Thursday night b/c of all the medication and they wanted to keep him another night. I couldn't sleep all night last night. I tossed & turned all night. I just kept praying last night that if it was his time to just let him pass in his sleep. We didn't want to make the choice to put him to sleep or bring him home to only have to have him pass here. He was such a good dog. Dan had him when I met him 7 years ago. He was a rescue dog that Dan adopted. He had been abused by some people who thought they could train him to be a fighter dog. (He has some pit bull in him.) They broke his leg & left him in a closet. Even after going through all that he was so loving. He loved to snuggle & just be with it. I am worried about our other dogs b/c they really loved him. We will miss him so much!! We love you!