Sending hopes, warm thoughts, and prayers for Murphy.

Awe, thank you so much Carol!!!!  And Barkley too!!!    Yes our babies are right there with them!!  It is still so hard to accept the fact that he is gone... like its hard for me to believe still, I know you must feel the same way for all 3 of your babies...  That is why this walk is so very important for us... as he carries them with him and their voice is being heard!

I wanted to update on what I found out last night... the test results for Murphy came back.... Guess what, BENIGN!!!!  The bump they think is related to trauma... so he will be resting for a while!!  He is staying with a family that rescues Great Pyrenees and so I have heard is having a great time!!  So THANK you all for your prayers and positive thoughts!!!  They were answered!!

I'm so glad to hear the good news about Murphy, mgt!

Great news! 

Hi guys, I am sure some of you have already read this but just wanted to post it in case any one hadn't... here is the last post by Luke (The Bid Dog)

Hey Everyone

We got the results back from the biopsy last week and thankfully, they're negative. But because we didn't drill into the bone to extract marrow, we can only be about 95% certain it's not cancer. Just to be sure, we took another set of x-rays and now all signs point to a micro stress fracture of some sort that's just not detectable.

Thursday, I took Murphy off his pain meds & Rimadyl to see how he's recovering from the biopsy. I'm happy to report he's doing great. He's still expressing slight discomfort, mostly in the morning (who doesn't?) but I feel it's a significant improvement. He's still on the injured list and won't be rejoining us on the road for a few more weeks. We'll keep everyone updated with his progress and re-conditioning.

First of all, I'd like to thank the families who have put us up and put up with us the last month while we've been trying to figure out what was wrong with him: Jamie & Judy, Sam & Pat, Wayne & Bonnie, and Lori & Silas. We couldn't have made it through this without all of you.

Next, I apologize for not blogging sooner - had tried on several occasions but just couldn't find the words. Einstein once said that life is like riding a bicycle - to keep your balance you must keep moving. And that we did - Hudson and I finally finished the stretch to Henderson but it took us 3 and a half days to make just 30 miles or so. Honestly, my legs were leaden, my backpack felt like a boulder, and my heart was heavy. It just wasn't the same without our third teammate and it was equally hard on Hudsy.

One night while we were out on the road, I received a call from Lori. I had left a shirt at their house so Murphy would have my smell with him. She told me that he was carrying it around in his mouth so he could sleep with it. The image of that nearly broke me but it was all of the support, prayers, love, and hope from all of you that kept me going.  On Memorial Day, I wanted to walk by myself while we were waiting for the results and in two days, I closed the 41 miles between Henderson and Marshall.

Only 70 miles remain to the Arkansas border and there's nothing stopping us now.....

Very truly

Your Big Dog (and Hudson & Murphy, too!!)