03/10/2026
We are asking for prayers as our Monroe as he is currently being taken for surgery this morning to have his gall bladder removed. He suddenly became jaundice and liver values were so high some were unable to be calculated. He had been on antibiotics and I was administering sub q fluids to try to help. Ultrasound demonstrates a large gallbladder with no definitive stones but likely sludge so we decided the best option was removal of the gall bladder. This is what I was typing yesterday then my cell rang and I was informed they found a tumor...it's a rare cancer.....inoperable because of the extensive intertwined nature of the tumor. Our options were wake him take him home with days to possibly a weeks. The end would be sudden and painful. This just was not an option. This was an unexpected outcome. Despite the intensive desire to go get him so I can hug him intensively kiss his snout and breathe him in one more time. But we could not run away from this stark reality we were faced with.
I will miss his intensive love, beautiful face, those big paws yet such gentle kisses and such a stable temperament. He was MY boy through and through. We have yet to overcome our loss of Angus only to be buried by grief once again. We are so saddened to be here so soon. You were so so loved Monroe. 7 years just not long enough.
