Miriam McDonald Instagram – My precious Hudson,
What a beautiful life you lived.
I feel endlessly blessed to have been your mommy, and so grateful that I got to journey with you through all your life’s story, including the part you never deserved to face.
At the end of January 2024, Hudson began having seizures. At just 4.5 years old, an MRI revealed what no one is ever prepared to see: a glioma brain tumor. I will never forget being called back into the exam room and seeing the scan, an unmistakable image of his beautiful little brain, forever changed. When his neurologist explained that this diagnosis often came with a life expectancy of only 3-4 months, the world seemed to collapse around me. How could this joyful, energetic, life loving dog who had been perfectly himself just hours before his bout of seizures that day, be facing something so cruel?
Through frantic research, tear filled phone calls, and a desperate hope for more time, we found an animal cancer center in the USA where Hudson could receive stereotactic radiation the only available treatment for his specific diagnosis. Within 2 weeks, we were traveling, filled with both hope and heartbreak.
And then after successfully completing treatment Hudson came home!
Medicated for life, but still my same baby Huddy Buddy! Full of joy, personality, energy, and love. He lived, Truly lived with the kind of spirit and presence the best among us aspire to and that dogs innately know !
With his devoted brother Jack always by his side, and my mom, his dearly beloved Grammy, becoming an irreplaceable part of his care, Hudson’s days were filled with everything that made him happy. He played, swam, explored, sunbathed, tugged, wrestled, watched his favorite TV show (Survivor!!), and of course enjoyed all his favorite foods. He lived nearly 2 more years after his diagnosis and a second round of treatment, time he would not have had without the medical care, love, and commitment that surrounded him. Every moment a gift, every memory priceless. (Continued in comments) | Posted on 13/Dec/2025 19:28:13
