Jasmine can use all the good vibes you all can spare !

 Glad to hear she is doing great!

It is just after 4 am and I am once more sitting in the dark typing at the keyboard   but we are enroute to Ohio to pick up the new rig. Bob is exhausted, we left several hours late so we only made it to Ky from Al, we brought along our 3 year old granddaughter Ceattle, who's momma has issues and we must worry over, and at my feet in the chilly dark is curled my Jasmine. She is healing from her surgery well and on a cancer diet, she will begin chemo in two weeks when everything is healed enough that we can try a drug that will inhibit veins from feeding a tumor's regrowth.  She isn't fond of the cold so I will break out her black and leopard trimmed jacket in the morning as it is very cold here. Jasmine is my barometer in life in so many ways, Her sready breathing makes my heart slow and my racing thoughts settle. When I was first diagnosed bi polar they hit me with every drug you could think of, I was not just a walking zombie but having drug induced seizures.  Jasmine became my alert dog,  getting me off the road and away from the stove saving both myself and others from harm. I finally said enough and went into a hospital to detox cold turkey from all of the prescription drugs I was on... the nurses said through out the delerium that followed I cried for Jasmine more than anyone, they asked my husband was this my daughter and he smiled telling them she was more than that.  Now dealing with the complications of life bi-polar and free of meds I depend on her amazing strength to calm me and ease the difficulties that this disorder can visit.  I know her body will not last forever,  but again as we sit, in the dark , I am reassured and calmed by her  gentle snores and devotion... if there is indeed a higher power, who is benevolent, surely the love that we share will last me the rest of my days... I pray that the traits I see in her grand daughter Dreamer turn out to be true and not simply wishful thinking.  Thank all of you for your amazing support for my girl.

Bonita of Bwana

  I'll pray for Jasmine's continued healing and that the treatments put the cancer into remission. She sounds like such a special dog; give her some ear scritches for me.