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Home > Lucky the little dog helps his owner Mary with cancer
Lucky the little dog helps his owner Mary with cancer
Lucky the Dog helps her owner recover from cancer
Mary and her
husband Jim had a dog named Lucky. Lucky was a real character. Whenever Mary
and Jim had company come for a weekend visit 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 come
up missing.
Mary or Jim would go to Lucky's toy box in the basement and there the
treasure would be, amid all of Lucky's other favorite toys. Lucky always
stashed his finds in his toy box and he 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....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
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 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
little 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.
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. Lucky, he still steals treasures and stashes them in his toy box
but Mary remains his greatest treasure..
Remember......live every day to the fullest. Each minute is a blessing from God.
And never forget....the people who make a difference in our lives are not the
ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the
ones that care for us.
Live simply.. Love seriously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
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