<div dir="ltr"><div><font face="Courier New">Steve we are very sorry that Wyatt went to the bridge..I am sure Benny met with him to show him the ropes cause they would be instant friends having the Osteosarcoma..and because Wyatt looked a lot like Bob.&nbsp; Ive attached your original post cause the rich text&nbsp;ghomes made it an attachment and so lots of droolers might have missed it and it is to important of a message to be missed and everyone has to check out the kewl video on Utube...</font></div>

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<div><font face="Courier New">&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;Wyatt&nbsp;made&nbsp;the&nbsp;trip&nbsp;to&nbsp;Rainbow&nbsp;Bridge&nbsp;on&nbsp;Monday&nbsp;9/15/08&nbsp;at&nbsp;1:25pm</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier New">Wyatt&nbsp;had&nbsp;Osteosarcoma,&nbsp;and&nbsp;a&nbsp;spleen&nbsp;tumor;&nbsp;Diagnosed&nbsp;on&nbsp;6/15/08,&nbsp;but&nbsp;had&nbsp;signs&nbsp;before&nbsp;that(limping&nbsp;and&nbsp;weight&nbsp;loss)<br>On&nbsp;Sunday,&nbsp;he&nbsp;was&nbsp;hesitant&nbsp;to&nbsp;eat&nbsp;sausage&nbsp;and&nbsp;turned&nbsp;down&nbsp;bacon.&nbsp;On&nbsp;the&nbsp;same&nbsp;day,&nbsp;he&nbsp;apparently&nbsp;tore&nbsp;the&nbsp;ankle&nbsp;</font></div>

<div><font face="Courier New">ligements&nbsp;on&nbsp;his&nbsp;good&nbsp;leg..&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;them&nbsp;anyway.&amp;nbsp;&nbsp;I&nbsp;spent&nbsp;the&nbsp;night&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;floor&nbsp;with&nbsp;him&nbsp;Sunday&nbsp;night,&nbsp;</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier New">and&nbsp;stayed&nbsp;home&nbsp;Monday;&nbsp;On&nbsp;Monday&nbsp;morning,&nbsp;his&nbsp;foot&nbsp;swelled&nbsp;upand&nbsp;walking&nbsp;was&nbsp;difficult.....&nbsp;</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier New">if&nbsp;he&nbsp;walked&nbsp;at&nbsp;all;&nbsp;I&nbsp;took&nbsp;him&nbsp;to&nbsp;his&nbsp;favorite&nbsp;trail/walk&nbsp;and&nbsp;pulled&nbsp;him&nbsp;in&nbsp;his&nbsp;cart.&nbsp;I&nbsp;tried&nbsp;to&nbsp;feed&nbsp;him&nbsp;</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier New">steak,&nbsp;but&nbsp;he&nbsp;only&nbsp;ate&nbsp;a&nbsp;couple&nbsp;bites;&nbsp;He&nbsp;seemed&nbsp;to&nbsp;only&nbsp;get&nbsp;excited&nbsp;for&nbsp;Milk&nbsp;and&nbsp;chocolate&nbsp;chip&nbsp;cookie&nbsp;dough..</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier New">and&nbsp;you&nbsp;know&nbsp;what?&nbsp;Why&nbsp;not? He&nbsp;had&nbsp;less&nbsp;than&nbsp;an&nbsp;hour&nbsp;left&nbsp;to&nbsp;live,&nbsp;let&nbsp;him&nbsp;eat&nbsp;what&nbsp;he&nbsp;wants!I&nbsp;even&nbsp;sent&nbsp;my&nbsp;sister&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;an&nbsp;extra&nbsp;gallon&nbsp;of&nbsp;milk&nbsp;as&nbsp;we&nbsp;were&nbsp;out.<br>I&nbsp;help&nbsp;him&nbsp;on&nbsp;my&nbsp;lap&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;sofa&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;long&nbsp;time,&nbsp;but&nbsp;before&nbsp;the&nbsp;vet&nbsp;got&nbsp;there,&nbsp;he&nbsp;got&nbsp;down&nbsp;on&nbsp;his&nbsp;own..&nbsp;</font></div>

<div><font face="Courier New">sea&nbsp;lion&nbsp;style,&nbsp;and&nbsp;just&nbsp;laid&nbsp;there.&nbsp;He&nbsp;showed&nbsp;excitment&nbsp;at&nbsp;meeting&nbsp;the&nbsp;vet,&nbsp;but&nbsp;he&nbsp;was&nbsp;in&nbsp;obvious&nbsp;pain.</font></div><font face="Courier New">
<div><br>Wyatt&nbsp;went&nbsp;in&nbsp;his&nbsp;daddy&#39;s&nbsp;arms...&nbsp;while&nbsp;I&nbsp;talked&nbsp;gently&nbsp;in&nbsp;his&nbsp;ears...<br><br>The&nbsp;vet&nbsp;said&nbsp;that&nbsp;at&nbsp;most,&nbsp;he&nbsp;may&nbsp;have&nbsp;gone&nbsp;1-2&nbsp;days&nbsp;too&nbsp;late..&nbsp;but&nbsp;he&nbsp;had&nbsp;watched&nbsp;football&nbsp;with&nbsp;my&nbsp;and&nbsp;my&nbsp;buddies&nbsp;every&nbsp;sunday&nbsp;in&nbsp;season&nbsp;for&nbsp;11&nbsp;years(this&nbsp;would&nbsp;have&nbsp;been&nbsp;12).&nbsp;This&nbsp;was&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;week&nbsp;they&nbsp;were&nbsp;coming&nbsp;by,&nbsp;and&nbsp;they&nbsp;needed&nbsp;to&nbsp;say&nbsp;goodbye.&nbsp;</div>

<div>They&nbsp;both&nbsp;broke&nbsp;down&nbsp;in&nbsp;tears...&nbsp;and&nbsp;I&nbsp;think&nbsp;Wyatt&nbsp;needed&nbsp;to&nbsp;say&nbsp;goodbye&nbsp;to&nbsp;them.In&nbsp;my&nbsp;opinion,&nbsp;I&nbsp;think&nbsp;</div>
<div>he&nbsp;went&nbsp;about&nbsp;3&nbsp;hours&nbsp;too&nbsp;late..&nbsp;and&nbsp;I&#39;d&nbsp;rather&nbsp;go&nbsp;3&nbsp;hours&nbsp;to&nbsp;late&nbsp;than&nbsp;3&nbsp;weeks&nbsp;too&nbsp;early!<br>I&nbsp;took&nbsp;tuesday&nbsp;and&nbsp;wednesday&nbsp;off...&nbsp;I&nbsp;went&nbsp;out&nbsp;of&nbsp;town&nbsp;to&nbsp;see&nbsp;a&nbsp;friend,&nbsp;and&nbsp;took&nbsp;his&nbsp;sister,&nbsp;Clover&nbsp;with&nbsp;me.</div>
<div>&nbsp;She&#39;s&nbsp;struggling.&nbsp;Her&nbsp;entire&nbsp;life&nbsp;has&nbsp;revolved&nbsp;around&nbsp;bossing&nbsp;him&nbsp;around...&nbsp;11&nbsp;years..&nbsp;and&nbsp;now&nbsp;she&nbsp;doesn&#39;t&nbsp;</div>
<div>know&nbsp;what&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;with&nbsp;herself.&nbsp;She&#39;s&nbsp;3&nbsp;months&nbsp;older&nbsp;than&nbsp;Wyatt,&nbsp;but&nbsp;we&nbsp;do&nbsp;not&nbsp;share&nbsp;the&nbsp;same&nbsp;connection&nbsp;as&nbsp;Wyatt</div>
<div>&nbsp;and&nbsp;myself...&nbsp;that&nbsp;was&nbsp;special.&nbsp;Clover&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;joining&nbsp;me&nbsp;on&nbsp;errands..&nbsp;if&nbsp;I&#39;m&nbsp;going&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;short&nbsp;stop&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;</div>
<div>store,&nbsp;to&nbsp;pick&nbsp;up&nbsp;my&nbsp;son,&nbsp;etc..&nbsp;I&nbsp;take&nbsp;her&nbsp;with&nbsp;me.&nbsp;She&nbsp;needs&nbsp;the&nbsp;attention,&nbsp;and&nbsp;do&nbsp;I.&nbsp;I&#39;m&nbsp;looking&nbsp;at&nbsp;finding&nbsp;</div>
<div>her&nbsp;a&nbsp;rescue&nbsp;Basset&nbsp;sometime&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;next&nbsp;few&nbsp;months.<br><br>This&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;video&nbsp;I&nbsp;put&nbsp;on&nbsp;youtube.&nbsp;It&#39;s&nbsp;how&nbsp;I&nbsp;will&nbsp;remember&nbsp;him.&nbsp;I&#39;ll&nbsp;do&nbsp;a&nbsp;more&nbsp;complete&nbsp;tribute&nbsp;later.</div>
<div>This&nbsp;was&nbsp;taken&nbsp;in&nbsp;December&nbsp;2003&nbsp;when&nbsp;he&nbsp;was&nbsp;6.5&nbsp;years&nbsp;old.<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD-DHJRJBD0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD-DHJRJBD0</a></div>
<div><br>You&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;missed,&nbsp;but&nbsp;will&nbsp;love&nbsp;on&nbsp;forever&nbsp;in&nbsp;my&nbsp;heart!&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</div></font><br clear="all"><br></div>