Pray for the rest of the Pierce kids

Tomorrow when we get home we will have to take the kids to say goodbye to our sweet sheltie who has been a part of our family for over 13 years. She began having arthritis in February in which we put her on some medications. Last week she began to get worse, not walking around much. By this past weekend she couldn't get up at all, which was extremely hard to watch. Her appetite decreased and we knew something else was going on. We stayed up with her a lot of the night Friday, Saturday, & Sunday night as she wanted someone to be with her. I think she knew she was slowly dying and didn't want to be alone. This is why Darrel will be with her as she is put to sleep, which just breaks my heart. He also needs prayer for this. I don't think I can be in there when the time comes. He has spent most of the time up in the middle of the night so he is exhausted and in need of sleep. He just went to the hotel and will be able to get some good sleep tonight I hope.

With Shayle's surgery today, we had to have a friend go to our house and pick her up this morning to take her to the vet. The vet called to let us know, after doing a blood test, that she did not have many platelets, red blood cells or white blood cells in her system. They could give her blood which would allow her to perk up for a couple of days, but likely she would return to her current state. It is a possibility that she has Leukemia. Anyway, the news has been hard on us and we only told our two oldest kids tonight by phone to see if they want to go see her one more time. Our younger three do not know, I can't stand the idea of not being able to comfort them when they find out. It was hard for me to know that the older two had to find out without us all being together under one roof. Please keep each of us in your prayers as it is always so difficult to have to make the decision to put them to sleep.