Dog Lived (and So Will I)

by Rhyne, Teresa J.

  And finally, Seamus and I both give our thanks and love in massive amounts to the pack leader (we’re even going to let him think that, such is our love) and most important part of our family of “Chree”—Chris. Chris’s zodiac sign is Cancer—he had no idea that meant he’d become the consummate caretaker of not just one but two cancer patients before his thirty-fourth birthday. But nobody has done it better. Thank you, baby. We love you.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Photo by Mike Easley

  Teresa J. Rhyne is an animal advocate and breast cancer survivor. Eleven months after opening her own law office, she was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer. On January 28, 2009, she underwent a lumpectomy, followed by four rounds of chemotherapy and thirty-six rounds of radiation. She is pleased to note she has been “NED” (no evidence of disease) ever since. She lives in the Los Angeles area with her boyfriend Chris in a home completely controlled by their super-beagle, Seamus (the Famous).