Daisy

Daisy does not have cancer nor does she have an auto immune disease.  What she does have is a severe allergic reaction to something.  She has been on antibiotics for almost 4 weeks.  The vet called me on Monday.  He put her on steroids.  He said this should clear up her problems. And I think I did it to her.  A few months ago, I chaged her food.  She loved the new food, but I don't think the food loves her.  Ayway, I have her back on Nutro.  She seems to be improving.  Got my fingers crossed.

Had to postpone

Had to postpone Daisy till Friday.  My vet got sick.  I am really scared for her.  Her nose is horrible and this afternoon, she was trying to scratch it, not the end of the nose.She was scratching up under the eye like it really hurt.  If she has cancer, I will not treat it.  I have done that before and tortured my friend and still lost her after 5 months and had to put her down on Christmas Eve.  That was a horrible Christmas for my children.  I won't do that again.

Daisy

I'm taking Daisy back to the vet tomorrow.  The meds did nothing for her nose.  The vet is now going to do a biopsy on her nose.  I am really afraid she has cancer.  I haven't said anything to the kids yet.  Not ready for this again.

Missing Abby

Took Jock out front yesterday.  I was going to let him sniff around the front yard.  Well, I turned my back to check on Duncan and when I looked back, Jock was gone.  He was halfway down the cul-de-sac head up just looking.  He wouldn't come when I called him.  He was looking for Abby.  I had to go get him.  This is the first time that he has left the yard since he came to me in 2009.  I may have to get a small puppy for him.  He wants to play, but Duncan does not know how.  He found Abby's sweater and carried it to the couch and had it tucked under him.  I feel so sorry for him.  I know how he feels.

Looking much better

This is Duncan when he first came to me.  Notice the duct tape on my couch.  Cats are hell on leather.  Duncan came in August of 2011. He was afraid of everyone and was so scared of being touched and cuddled.

This is Duncan now playing with Jock.  Totally different dog.  He demands to be held and cuddled.  He can't jump n the couch, so he reaches up and pulls the quilts off so he can sleep on it.  He is standing in the window with Jock when I come home and you can hear his bark all over the cul-de-sac.  He anxiously waits for the grandkids on the weekend.  And both he and Jock miss Abby so much.  When I take them out front, they go looking for her.  They have to look inside the car.

Update on Daisy

Daisy is doing much better, but I can tell she is still not her usual self.  I so hope that this is manageable.  I don't think I can take another hit  right now.  It has been over a month since I lost Abby and it does not hurt any less.

We finally have some sunshine and warmer weather and all my critters have been out in the sun all day.  Even Duncan has been enjoying laying out in the sun.

Daisy

I have been pretty worried about Daisy.  I hated to take her out in the cold to the vet, but last Wednesday I did just that.  She loved the car ride.  She has has a really chapped nose and mouth all winter.  Well, Wednesday morning, she had a bloody nose.  So needless to say, it freaked me out.  Off to the vet we went.  We saw Dr. David and David is familiar with her.  He is the vet that repaired her hip when she was only about 7 months old.  She could hardly walk and was in constant pain.  She has a metal bar with pins in her hip and it does bother her when it is cold.  But, back to Wednesday.  I has assumed that the chapped nose was due to the cold weather, but she had not been acting herself all week.  And all she wanted was to be held and petted.  Not at all like Daisy.  Usually she is so full of energy that no one can keep up with her.  David examined her and told me he thinks she has an autoimmune disease.  He put her on antibiotics because he said she had  a bacterial infection in her nose and he wanted to clear that up before he ran any tests.  Well, she is definitely feeling better.  No completely up to par, but much better.  So I guess next week we will have tests run to see what is wrong with her.