Our dear dog of 13 years, Diamond, is in the final stages of his life due to cancer that has gone from one place to another over the last several years. He has endured, gracefully, 8 operations! As of a few weeks ago, the cancer has gone into his lymph glands and is progressing very rapidly. We took him on a road trip down to Mount Shasta this past weekend, guessing that it may well be his last road trip with us as a “family of four,” which family includes his litter-mate-brother, Ginjo. On Friday his jaw and neck were swelled horribly; still we went on the short trip as he loves to ride!
We took Diamond up onto Mount Shasta to the Ski Bowl for a love-fest ceremony on Saturday evening. Lloyd had hiked and/or camped with “the boys” several times on the mountain and Diamond always seemed to find peace there. Saturday eve he enjoyed the coolness of the evening as the sun set and he had Lloyd’s arms around him.
I’d played harp for a memorial service on Saturday and since I had my harp with me, I wanted to play for our B&B hosts at the Dream Inn in Mount Shasta City. It’s a delightful place with a magical, healing garden. So Sunday morning, I took my harp out into the garden after breakfast and Lloyd brought out our two dogs.
Did Diamond expect something? He turned his awfully swollen side of his face toward the harp and kept it there the whole time I played. Our wonderful host, Lonna, took this very special to-be-cherished Diamond Video.
On Monday and to today, the swelling has gone down significantly. He is still transitioning, but perhaps Peace prevailed for awhile.
The power of The Mountain,
the power of Music.
This was a beautiful post about your boy. Music IS healing. Look what it has done for us! Moi
Many thanks for your kind comment to my post. And Amene! (as they say in Hawaii)