From: Forgotten to Spoiled Rotten Animal Sanctuary
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🐕✨ Sometimes a shelter gives us a dog, and within days, it feels like we were handed a bar of gold.
Such was the case with Annabel.
💔 When Annabel arrived, she was a shadow of who she would become—emaciated, her skin raw and red, covered in sores, and nearly hairless. Her eyes were crusted shut, and her breath carried the weight of suffering.
🌸 Yet even then, she radiated grace.
🛁💊 With time, medication, gentle baths, and endless love, her eyes sparkled again.
🌟 Her skin healed.
🐾 Her coat grew back.
Through it all, Annabel embodied resilience—never complaining, only trusting, only loving.
⏳ Last week, her condition began to turn.
🐕🦺 Her hair started to fall again,
🔥 her skin flared,
😔 and her eyes looked tired.
A visit to Burleson and our beloved Dr. Hayes brought new treatments—along with a gentle warning: weight loss, recurring skin issues, and advancing dementia were signs that her time was drawing near.
💔 I wasn’t ready then.
But today, Annabel told us she was.
🪶 She grew so weak, losing weight rapidly. The on-call doctor suspected cancer—silent in bloodwork, yet cruelly present.
👑 It was our honor, our joy, and our privilege to know you, Annabel.
You taught us patience, trust, and how to love through the hardest days.
You were never just a rescue. You were our treasure.
🌈 Rest easy, sweetest girl.
🐾💖 We’ll see you again at the Rainbow Bridge.
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