Jasmine Aloysius (aka Stripes, Jazzy Wazzy - 05/05/2011-07/26/2022)

M and I are absolutely gutted and beyond heartbroken to have lost Jasmine suddenly on Tuesday to complications from an aggressive mast cell tumor. It seems like one moment she was fine and the next she was anything but. We rushed her to the vet hoping that surgery might be an option, but she was given a 50/50 chance of coming out of it, and so we decided it was better to say goodbye on our terms.

The house is far too empty without her huge, sweet personality and amazing sense of humor, and much too quiet without her old lady hound snores and her jumping around like a crazy woman because she has to poop. She was getting into trouble and making me laugh right up until bedtime on Monday evening, giving me no indication that anything was wrong beyond the obvious.

I am so grateful to the rescue group in FL for trusting my mom and I with fostering Jasmine and 1 of her brothers 11 years ago, even though we had no experience with hounds and no earthly clue what a Plott Hound was at the time! My life has never been the same since Jazzy came into it -- it would have been far less fun and with a lot less laughter in it if we hadn't decided to keep her. I am so glad we didn't make that mistake!

We miss her so much already, but we know we made the right decision for her. Cancer sucks! And it sucks even more that most of our options were taken away from us by a disease that had other ideas for her. We know she is free from any pain and discomfort now, and can play with Zaira and Kris again. I hope she gets to meet Harley and Promise, and can see her great grandmother again.

Rest easy, my sweet, beautiful girl. Until we meet again.