ON APRIL 1, 1987 ED RESCUED YOU FROM THE INTERSECTION OF NASA ROAD ONE AND HIGHWAY THREE (HENCE YOUR NAME). YOU WERE IN HEAT, HAD PARASITES AND HEARTWORM. YOU ALSO HAD A FACIAL TIC AND TIC IN ONE OF YOUR FRONT PAWS, WHICH WAS PROBABLY THE RESULT OF SURVIVING DISTEMPER AS A PUPPY. YOU STOLE OUR HEARTS AND WE TRIED OUR BEST TO GIVE YOU A GOOD LIFE. YOU SURVIVED THE HEART WORM TREATMENT. YOU DEVELOPED AUTO-IMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA SHORTLY THEREAFTER. WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO LOSE YOU THEN, BUT AFTER TWO BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS AND 8 MONTHS OF MEDICATION, YOU BEAT THAT DISEASE TOO. ONE SUMMER YOU RUPTURED THE CRUCIATE OF ONE BACK LEG. A YEAR LATER YOU RUPTURED THE OTHER ONE. FINALLY YOU DEVELOPED A HEART CONDITION WHICH FINALLY TOOK YOU AWAY FROM US. BUT YOU SURVIVED EVEN THAT FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF WITH THE HELP OF MEDICATION.

YOU BROUGHT US SO MUCH LOVE AND JOY; YOU WERE SUCH AN INSPIRATION. WE THANK YOU. WE'LL MISS YOU TERRIBLY -- ESPECIALLY YOUR "ROO-ROO-ROO" WHEN YOU WANTED A TREAT, YOUR SOFT SILKY HAIR, THE CONSTANT WAGGING TAIL, AND YOUR FREQUENT NEED OF A BELLY RUB. WE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU PROTECTED OUR PROPERTY FROM ALL THOSE JETS AND YOUR ABILITY TO MAKE US LAUGH.

GOOD-BYE, DEAR FRIEND.

LOVE,