I vividly remember the call from the vet’s office with the lab results. I had just gotten home and was standing in the driveway when it came in. Canine lymphoma. It can take several calls before the reality of certain information sinks in. I’m not hard of hearing, but I must have asked them to repeat the diagnosis at least four times. It was like an out-of-body experience. You hear every word. You know what the words mean. But your outside voice doesn’t know what to say, and
