06/12/2026
Hospice can be heartbreaking and wonderful all at once.
We finally received Bailey’s lab results and, well, they’re not the news we were hoping for. Bailey has been living with a failing liver much longer than doctors ever expected she could. Her liver is so small and compromised that, by all accounts, it shouldn’t have been able to keep up the way it has. Unfortunately, it is reaching a point where it simply can’t continue carrying the load much longer.
Our sweet Kendra also had a checkup, and her masses continue to grow, as masses tend to do. She is still her happy, goofy, sunshine-loving self, but she’s definitely slowing down. We’ll be watching her closely and making sure comfort, happiness, and quality of life remain our top priorities.
At The Den, we try to pack as much love, joy, and fun into every single day as possible. We understand just how precious extra days can be when you’re caring for senior dogs, especially those in hospice. Our hearts break every time we have to say goodbye, but knowing that goodbye is somewhere on the horizon also reminds us not to waste a single moment.
So we’ll keep celebrating the good days. We’ll hand out the treats, soak up the snuggles, take the slow walks, and let the girls nap in every sunny spot they can find. We can’t stop time, but we can make sure every day they have left is filled with love, comfort, dignity, and the feeling of being deeply cherished.
And if there’s one thing Bailey and Kendra have taught us, it’s that sometimes the most beautiful chapters are the ones we know won’t last forever.
