A moving true story!!

A DOG GONE GOOD STORY

Anyone who has pets will really like this.
You'll like it even if you don't and may
decide you need one!

Mary and her husband Jim had a dog named Lucky.
Lucky was a real character. Whenever Mary and
Jim had visitors come to stay for the weekend
they would warn their friends to not leave their
luggage open because Lucky would help himself
to whatever struck his fancy.

Inevitably, someone would forget and something
would go missing. Mary and Jim would go to Lucky's
toy box in the basement and there the treasure
would be, amid all Lucky's favourite toys. Lucky
always stashed his finds in his toy box and was
very particular that his toys stay in the box.

It happened that Mary found out she had breast cancer.
Something told her she was going to die of this disease...
she was sure it was fatal. She scheduled the double
mastectomy, with fear in her heart.

The night before she was to go to the hospital she
cuddled with Lucky. A thought struck her.. What
would happen to Lucky? Although the three year old
dog liked Jim he was Mary's dog through and through.

If I die Lucky will be abandoned, Mary thought.
He won't understand that I didn't want to leave him.
The thought made her sadder than thinking of her own death.

The operation was harder on Mary than her doctors
had anticipated and Mary was hospitalised for several weeks.

Jim took Lucky for his evening walk faithfully but the
dog just drooped, whining and miserable. But finally
the day came for Mary to leave the hospital.

When she arrived home, Mary was so exhausted that she
couldn't even make it up the stairs to her bedroom.
Jim made his wife comfortable on the couch and left
her to take a nap.

Lucky stood watching Mary but wouldn't come to her when
she called. It made Mary sad but sleep soon overcame
her and she dozed. When Mary woke, for a second, she
couldn't understand what was wrong.

She couldn't move her head and her body felt heavy and hot.
Panic soon gave way to laughter though when she realised
the problem. She was covered, literally blanketed, in
every treasure Lucky owned!

While she had slept the sorrowing dog had made trip after
trip to the basement and back, bringing his beloved mistress
his favourite things in life. He had covered her with his love.

Mary forgot about dying. Instead she and Lucky began
living again, walking further and further together every night.

It's now been 12 years now and Mary is still cancer-free.
Lucky? He still steals treasures and stashes them in his
toy box but Mary remains his greatest treasure.

Thanks to Rod from across the pond in the UK for sharing
this great story!



Hope you all like this my friend sent it me and i nearly cried!!

OMG........ Iam crying my eyes out

thanks Sally that is a really nice story

Thanks for that Sal *sniff sniff*

Oh that is soo sweet! It made me cry!!!!

That's such a heartwarming story!!

How sad and lovely as well - thanks for sharing

That brought a lump to my throat, thanx for sharing

:smt022 :smt022 Am blubbering. A lovely story though

aawwwww thats lovely!