Update of Dede from Angie: �Dede had extensive testing last week. We first thought she had an enlarged spleen which scared me to death because of the possibility of rupturing. The x-ray pointed to the enlarged spleen. She then had an ultra sound a couple of days later along with bloodwork. The ultra sound showed that it was an enlarged liver and she did see a few dark spots on it. The bloodwork showed that the liver function was slightly abnormal. We do not know if it is cancer. To find this out, she would have to go to surgery.
After talking with several good friends in MAESSR and Heather in Mid-South, we have decided not to put our baby girl through surgery. She is acting completely normal, good appetite, drinking well and still a freak over Frisbee. She is on a liver supplement and a special prescription diet. This all started because I was trying to get to the bottom of her occasional bowel incontinence. So, for now, Dede is doing wonderful and she is looking forward to meeting her new "brother" at the end of the week.�
I went to Atlanta today, first to visit Liana. I wanted to give away my treadmill because I didn�t want to take it with me when I move, and Liana said she would be willing to take it, and that she�s going to make a donation to ESRA for it. This is a win-win-win situation! Also Liana had been telling me about her new Great Dane puppy, so I am eager to meet Astro (like the dog in the cartoon, Jetsons) also. When I got to the house, Astro and Oreo (Liana�s four-year-old female Springer) were excited at the door. Liana had told me a little bit about Astro�s training, so I turned my back and ignored him until he�s not pawing me anymore. When he settles down, then I pet him. Also Astro nips like a puppy, so whenever he did that with me, I yelped like I did with Brenna when I trained her not to puppy nip me. Whenever I yelped, I think that startled Astro a little bit, and he would stop and be motionless for a couple seconds, so I think he�s smart and starts to get the idea of nipping is not a good thing to do with a human. Then we went outside for the dogs to play. In the picture are Astro and Oreo wrestling.
