My Spot Girl

Right here is the #1 reason my blog has been so sketchy lately.  This is my Spot Girl.  Sweet thing.  She's really been having a tough time.  About a month ago, I had her groomed and discovered a huge lump on her leg (see her front front leg shaved?)  After removing the mass, the vet discovered a HUGE mass in her belly.  They did x-rays and thought the mass was on her spleen.  Turns out it was on her liver.  Gratefully, ON her liver, not grown into.  Both vets said that generally they would have euthanized the dog or sent her to a specialist.  But since the growth was on the outside  of her liver, they just lopped it off, along with a lobe of her liver.  It has been several weeks now and she has gained 2 pounds of the 8 pounds lost after surgery!

The thought of losing a pet is never easy.  I thought we were so close last week and so every day I am so grateful that this precious girl is still with us and doing better.  She and Muffin have promised me to live to be 30 (people years). She has 17 more to go!  OK, maybe I'm a bit optimistic here, but, well.....  what can I say? 

UPDATE:  I took Spot by the vet's today (4-19) to have her weighed.  Pre-surgery, she was over 50 pounds.  After surgery, she was down to about 42 pounds.  Last Tuesday (4-10) she was at 43.5 pounds.  Today, just nine days later, she was at 46.3 pounds!!!!  An almost 3 pound gain in just nine days!!!!  This girl is a miracle!!!