01/20/2026
TANKFUL TUESDAYS 🐾
To most of us, this was just another Tuesday.
But for Tank… it marks two full weeks since that Monday night.
That night — his 4th day in the ER — Tender Hearts called and told me I should come be with him. They weren’t sure he’d make it through the night.
I sat in the back of the ER with him.
He lifted his little head and did a double take, like he needed to be sure it was really me.
When he realized it was, he let out a whimper — a sound I had never heard him make before.
Honestly, Tank never made many sounds.
Just the ones he makes smashing a bowl of food… or farting.
But this was different.
This sound was painful.
It sounded like he was trying to say something, but his body was in too much pain for it to come out as anything other than a whimper.
With tears in my eyes, I asked the vet tech if he was in pain.
She said she wasn’t sure — Tank makes that noise sometimes when he’s aggravated or wants attention.
He did it a few more times, so I asked her to give him pain meds.
I needed to know… was this pain, or was this him just fighting to get up and be near me?
After a few minutes, the meds should have been working, she said.
Then Tank let out another whimper.
And that’s when I knew.
That sound wasn’t pain.
That was Tank telling me he was still here.
Still fighting.
The shape he was in when I got there… I honestly thought he could be gone at any moment.
But I truly believe that seeing me — realizing we hadn’t given up on him — was a turning point.
Two weeks later, here we are.
Still fighting. Still healing. Still Livin.
Thank you to everyone who showed up for Tank.
Your support helped save his life. 🐾💙
