Did Jazmin die?

Yesterday was a very sad day at the Hopkins home.  Jazmin took a turn for the worse and our pet for almost 11 years died in the early evening.  She was an amazing pet for our family.  Gentle and loving, almost perfect.  She captured my heart when I first saw her in August, 2000.  Tim and I "rescued" her from a beagle farm in Marne where she was full of worms in her stomach and yeast in her ears.  Little did we know how much medical attention Jazmin would require.  The first indication of her list of health problems came when she was around 2 years old.  It was then that we discovered Jazmin was born with a degenerative eye disease.  This disease led to surgery to remove her left eye and replace it with a fake one.  I think people who heard our story thought we were silly to spend so much time and effort on "just a dog".  To us, she wasn't just a dog.  Jazmin had become an important part of our lives and she was too young to suffer.  I'm convinced that she knew we loved her and would do what it took to keep her healthy.  That was definitely true when two summers ago a cancerous tumor was found on the outside of her body.  Tim and I had to decide whether or not to proceed with yet another surgery.  At that time Jazmin was 9 and the procedure was costly, but effective.  The decision was quite easy for us.  We went ahead and had the tumor removed from above her hind leg.  However, at that time we were told it was highly likely more tumors would develop and eventually form inside her body.  Looking back, the surgery was well worth the expense. Our family was given 2 more years with our sweet dog.  Unfortunately, the vet was right.  The tumors did form inside Jazmin's lungs and stomach and they became too overwhelming for us to do anything more for her.  There is a vacancy in our house right now and a big hole in my heart that will take time to heal.