Sad News about our Friend Sarah

My heart is heavy today as I was just notified of the saddest news. Many of you remember Sarah, the fostered Irish Setter we raised funds for last fall through a special collar sale to defray her surgery costs. We reported a few months ago what we thought was the happy ending to Sarah's story, her foster Mom adopted her and she was healing from her surgery and living a happy setter life. This morning I learned from Save Our Setters that Sarah's Dogmom was faced with the heart wrenching task of helping her cross the bridge. What was thought to be a suture reaction was discovered to be inoperable cancer. It had spread quickly to organ involvement and the vet said with tears in her eyes there was no hope, it would be in Sarah's best interest to take her out of her pain.
Words cannot express my sadness and how sorry I feel for Susan who nursed Sarah through the last months of her life and thought only a happy future was ahead of them. I want her to know that her efforts was not in vain as she gave Sarah for the first time in her life a loving home and gentle loving care. I wish things had turned out differently but I am happy to live in a world with people like Susan in it. She took a dog in that not many people would have and she gave her round the clock care and dedication. It is not fair that Sarah's life was not long enough, but I know how grateful she is looking down from doggie heaven that the quality of her life the last months of it were so wonderful. Rest in peace darling Sarah, you were thought about and loved by many people.