I received a letter recently from the University of Georgia School of Veterinary Medicine. Which alarmed me, at first - I hadn't applied for a fellowship at Georgia, and certainly not at the Vet School (I'm a paleoclimatologist - for real!).
This letter was to notify us that a donation had been made in Leo's name by the folks at VERG to the UG Veterinary School.
I am surprised, grateful, and impressed. It seems that our boy made a real difference on the folks at VERG, enough that they decided to give back in his name. I sincerely hope that some day one of those students going through there finds a new treatment, a better drug, a refined protocol that gives dogs like Leo another month, another 3, another 6. And I hope that my boy and (I hope) what was learned from him, and what will be learned by some vet student studying in a chair or alcove or at a desk or under a window or whatever it is that is forever Leo's at UG helps some other family and dog with their cancer struggle. I hope there's at least one dog that gets another hike, another walk, another camping trip. Because a year wasn't enough. Three and a half years weren't enough. 12 years wasn't enough. But another day... that's what it's about.
