Our Loss...

This is supposed to be a fun weekend! It started out that way, however, today we have heavy hearts. When we got home from the racetrack last night our 14 year old German Shorthair Wyatt was not himself. He couldn't get up or walk. DH had to carry him outside and then he just layed in the grass. His abdomen was swollen and so we put him back in the cage until this morning, and made the dreaded trip to a vet clinic. The diagnosis was cancer, which I thought he's had for sometime and the decision, although a terribly hard one, was to give him a permanent nap! He's been a wonderful dog and we couldn't let him suffer and be in pain. He wouldn't want to live like that. We are having him cremated at a pet funeral home and will pick up his ashes on Monday morning before we leave. Our 4 year old also got checked out. She has a big swollen bruise between her shoulder blades and they had to aspirate that with a needle! It will heal....however she's really gonna miss Wyatt too so we all are feeling the pain of our loss today. We're down to one, and I don't want any more!!!!!It hurts too much when we lose them. Christy ran twice yesterday and they have good times so hope today is good as well. She said she is ready to put some cars on trailers today...... but not hers! So the killer instinct is in place. Now the down part....is the heat! It was well over 90 yesterday and is already there today. They don't run til about 4 oclock. We sat in the stands for Funny Cars yesterday and got enough sun. It's a long way from the trailer to the stands....we had a golf cart to run back n forth yesterday, but that is 95 dollars a day, so probably won't do that again today. We'll see. Lots there to see and do. It will be broadcast this evening and tomorrow on ESPN2, they always have a few hours through the weekend. There's tons of people here, and lots of racers. More than Phoenix and Las Vegas.....I was shocked yesterday!