Lots going on in our lives right now! First, this doesn’t exactly have anything to do with Mac (besides the fact that he is our ‘baby’) but you guys are my friends and I wanted to tell you that Connor and I got ENGAGED this weekend!!!!!!!! We tried to show Mac the ring but he was just interested in belly rubs 🙂

You know, before Mac was diagnosed, I had thought to myself ‘Man, life is GREAT right now!’ We had just spent a week in Mexico, our 5-year anniversary was approaching, we had the best dog in the world who was healthy and happy as a clam… Then, our happy little life was destroyed by the pain of the diagnosis and also the decision of what to do. After we had finally MADE the decision, we had to deal with the surgery and living away from home for 3 weeks during the recovery, AND the cost of it all. I kept thinking about how happy we had been and how sad and conflicted we were now.

I think either Mac knew how pained we were or he is just a general badass (or a combination of both) and made his recovery as inspirational and as truly manageable as possible. As you know, bringing him home was one of the most nerve-wracking things due to our stairs, but he has just completely obliterated any fear. We don’t even need to supervise him anymore – he just flies down them without any problems (see below videos 🙂 ).

And now it really feels like a balance in our life has been restored. We are home, Mac is happy, pain-free, incredibly muscular, and healthy (as healthy as a cancer-dog can be) – WE are happy. We are living in the moment, and things finally feel ‘right’ again.

In other ‘Mac’ news, the lovely Two Hands Four Paws’s Lauren Kay took a couple AMAZING videos of Mac during his second physical therapy a few weeks ago. I love that you can see the mechanisms of his 3-legged swimming from under the water. THANKS LAUREN!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDqjwgMS6GA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-WU126eLlE

Thanks for reading! Wednesday marks the 2-month ampuversary so I will be sure to post more photos from Mac’s most recent shoot.