It was a tough day....

We started this morning bright and early at the vets office tomorrow to have a few bb pellet sized tumors on her belly that have changed shape over the past few months. The vet was worried about the tumors at a few of them are mammory tumors. There's also a nebulus kind of tumor on her left leg which also needs to be removed... so she goes in for surgery on tuesday bright and early....

We had bloodwork done this morning (she was such a trooper) while we were at the vet to prepare for the operation next week AND to check for diabetes. I had been noticing how hungry she's been in the past month or so. She also had lost 2.5 lbs since we got her... the GOOD news is however she DOES NOT have diabetes or cushings or anything else... all her bloodwork came back great. I just don't understand where her weight is going... she looks good but always acts so hungry.. we're slowly upping her food intake to see if we can stabilize her hungry pains a little bit!


The vet also looked at her X-rays from the summer and looked at how arthritic her back was. He was very surprised and said that she might be in a lot of pain even though she doesn't act like it. Sigh, i'll get a better joint supplement and put flax seed in her food (and more food too!) and just take as good a care of her as we can. My poor girl. She's so happy and full of life though, she's getting the best she can now and I believe she's enjoying every minute of it.


Operations are expensive... we're just praying that the surgery goes quickly and it is on the low end of the estimate rather than the high end. I trust Dr. Haver very much and know he's working in her best interest, but this is all happening so quickly.

So thats the latest with our little one.... it was quite the day, but we made it up to her with a marrow bone and then we went to McKrackens and bought some chicken treats and a meaty knuckle for her later this weekend : )