posted September 25, 2003 02:30 PM         

Noodles first weekend at home went well. she's going the bathroom, then me and Paul headed home. The cancer is spreading, but je is a brave cockerspaniel! Remember when I told you he was biting Paul? This time there was no growling or biting. Although, with so many teeth missing, Noodles hasn't been biting anyone lately! Saturday night, me and my boyfriend Paul went out for a barbeque and put Noodles in the crate that we keep just for foster dogs (Mookie, being the spoiled little brat that she is, has 5 beds to choose from). We learned quickly that Noodles does NOT like to be crated, so the crate headed back to the garage and Mookie is learning to share her bed collection. I knew that the days of her not taking any pills would be short-lived.

Noodles's second day home, Sunday, we went to Hayward to meet some other cockerspaniels and their people from the cockerbuddies mailing list. She did really well with all the commotion and a good time was had by all.

September 14, she had a biopsy done, the results wouldn't come back until Friday. Evidently, they hit a blood vessel, so they wrapped her tumor up. The extra support seemed to help her get around a litte better, so we left it on. That was the night we discovered Noodle's little "problem". When she sleeps, she's incontinent. I found this out the hard way -- she was laying next to me when I looked down to see her lying in a puddle. She was so zonked out that she didn't wake up when we moved her to cleaner surroundings. This discovery prompted a bit of a decor change in our living room, now there are towels everywhere!

Wednesday, I took her to the vet for the incontinence, where we discovered that she has an ear infection as well. They kept her there to do a urinalysis and removed the bandage on her leg. Sure enough, she has a urinary tract infection. Thursday, we got drugs for the urinary tract infection as well as the incontinence, and ear goo (as we call it) for the ear infection. As of Thursday, the pill total had reached 2 and she wasn't walking as well without the bandage.

Thursday, Noodles really really slowed down. She became less interested in eating (for a cockerspaniel, this is a big problem) and barely got up to go out and pee, let alone go for a walk. Hoping it was just all the excitement catching up with her, we let her sleep and took Mookie the crazy energetic fool out for her daily walks. Noodles didn't wake up when we got back and slept through the night.

Friday morning, she hadn't moved. She got up to eat, but only ate the wet part of her breakfast, then curled up in the same spot she'd been laying in since Thursday. Once again, Alice and I walked our mile alone. When we returned, I called the vet to see if there's anything we can do for her. I lost it, starting crying on the phone, scared to death that we were going to lose her after only six days. At this point, we still didn't have the biopsy results back!

Thanks Annie for all your support! You are a great friend. I appreciate you defending my homosexuality against those tyrants at Mindsting! They are mean people, and they prey on peoples weeknesses to make up for their unhappiness!

posted September 26, 2003 02:10 PM         

Let it be known that I am here to assist you on your journey. The love you have shown your pet has pleased us, and I am and will be by your side while you travel on your life's journey, for you have cried out, and your cry has been heard!

The colors in your rainbow are starting to return, can you feel them?

posted September 26, 2003 06:31 PM         

She has trouble going the bathroom, because of the illness with cancer. Sometimes, she just sits and stares out the window. Looking at all the beauty of mother nature. All the wonderful green leaves, and the deep blue skies. I love you noodles!