Lucky, a Golden Retriever,
had the habit of storing all toys in the house and ones visitors might leave,
in his downstairs dog bed. Whenever a visitor might call about an item left while
at the house, Mary always knew where to look.
It happened that Mary found out she had
breast cancer. Something told her she was going to die of this disease......in
fact; she was just sure it was fatal.
She scheduled the
double mastectomy, fear riding her shoulders. 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 the husband, Jim, Lucky 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 double mastectomy was harder on Mary
than her doctors had anticipated and Mary was hospitalized for over two weeks.
Jim took Lucky for his evening walk faithfully, but the dog just drooped,
whining and miserable.
Finally the day came for Mary to leave the
hospital. When she arrived home, Mary was so exhausted she couldn't even make
it up the steps to her bedroom. Jim made his wife comfortable on the couch and
left her to nap.
Lucky stood watching Mary but he didn'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. But panic soon gave way to laughter when Mary
realized the problem. She was covered, literally blanketed, with every treasure
Lucky owned! While she had slept, the sorrowing dog had made trip after trip to
the basement bringing his beloved mistress all his favorite things in life.
He had covered her with his love.
He had covered her with his love.
Mary forgot about dying. Instead she and Lucky began living again,
walking further and further together every day. It's been 12 years now and Mary
is still cancer-free.
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