Poor Samus...

The Vet...Those two words are ones that we have tossed around quite a bit the past year. I guess Samus's time had come to make a visit...maybe she was getting jealous of Max getting all the attention, I don't know. We have been fighting a hematoma in her ear for the past few months. The first two times, they drained it and it went away. When we got back from Boston, it was pretty swollen again so we knew we were going to have to do something major. We took her in last week and scheduled the surgery for yesterday. During that time, her ear had almost completely swollen shut. I could not even get my pinky finger in her ear! She went in yesterday for surgery. Basically, they cut it open, drain it, then somewhat "quilt" the ear back together so that the pocket will not form again. Anyways, when I went in to pick up my girl today, I was not prepared for the amount of bandaging she has!

It looks like she has had major brain surgery!!! Poor thing has to keep these bandages on for the next 2-3 weeks and on top of that, she has to wear the awful cone the whole time too! What a pitiful sight!

Ahhh....Summer in Tennessee

It is sad when you look on the weather report and actually get excited about the temp being in the high 90's! The heat this year has be absolutely miserable...my dogs have gotten NO exercise whatsoever. I am really excited about the promise of those 80 degree days that it says are coming soon!!!! I can't wait until fall...it's my favorite time of year.

So I had to take Max to the vet on Sat. Apparently he has calcium oxalate crystals in his urine, which causes him to drink tons of water and have to go pee quite often. The doc put him on a special food but I am not so sure it is doing any good. When we get to atlanta, we are going to take him to a holistic vet and see if they find anything different. The vet really scared me, he started saying things like "kidney failure" and "diabetes insipidus" which neither one are good. I hope my maxy boy is ok... keep him in your prayers!