I probably should have added closure on my 2013 post. My mother never made it out of the nursing home, except to go back to he hospital where she passed away. She passed away the morning of Dec. 7th. 

My family got a new dog in early November, right around Thanksgiving of that year. Another Rottweiler. He is still with us as I write this. But he has been suffering with late stage Lyme for a couple of months now. After a HEAVY round of doxycycline, MAYBE we have it out of him. But it has already gotten him started with arthritis, so he will likely suffer with that for the rest of his life. He does his best to keep up, though. Just a little favoring of one of his legs.