Monday, October 9, 2006
After months of daily reminders not to steal any Cheerios from my cereal bowl in the morning, I think Baby Benny has finally learned some manners. His new routine is to jump up in my seat and catch a little nap until I am ready to sit down. Then when I go to sit down, the seat is toasty warm. Such a considerate little pug!
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Great news, everyone! The results of Luna’s biopsy came back today and the bump on Luna’s eye is not cancerous!
Earlier in the week, the ophthalmologist called to let us know that the culture results were in and that the test showed that there were no “infectious agents” present. My heart sank as soon as I heard this because I naturally assumed if it wasn’t an infection causing the bump that it must be cancer. However, the ophthalmologist reassured me that this wasn’t necessarily the case and that the extra drops we had been giving Luna could have cleared up her fungal infection.
And it turns out that this is the case. Since the bump is not cancer, it is presumed that the bump was caused by a fungal infection and that it required a strong course of drops to cure it. Initial tests showed that Luna had a fungal infection in her eye, but the ophthalmologist recommended a biopsy after being on medicine to treat the fungal infection showed no signs of improvement in Luna’s eye. The week leading up to Luna’s surgery for the biopsy, we increased the one set of drops and added another new drop to the routine. This one, two punch is what finally cleared the fungal infection.
So, the fungal infection is now cleared! We went to the ophthalmologist this morning and they said that Luna’s eye is healing very well. We just have to keep a close watch to make sure things continue to progress. If another one of these infections occur, which the ophthalmologist warned us about since Luna’s eye has an odd shape and is very bulgy, they may recommend that we permanently seal the corner of Luna’s eye. This would help protect her eye. However, this procedure may not even be necessary.
The white bump on Luna’s eye is what is left of the bump. When Luna’s eye was at its worse, this bump was about three times the size and a very bloody, red color. We are so glad that little Luna is on the mend. Thanks to everyone for their prayers and positive thoughts! We couldn’t have done this without you!
Monday, October 2, 2006
Benny is a chewer. In the evening there is nothing he likes to do more than to chew one of his peanut butter rawhide bones, while someone is holding it - of course. When he gets a new bone he almost becomes obsessed with it. He chews it until we go to bed at night and when he wakes up in the morning the first thing he does is go get his bone. Sometimes, he chews for so long that he falls asleep. I snapped a picture of him the other day after he chewed for so long that he needed to take a short nap.
Sunday, October 1, 2006
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Thursday, September 28, 2006
Luna is sure a tough as nails little pug! She came through the surgery with flying colors. She came out of the anesthesia early, wasn’t cranky and was simply a total trooper. Heck, she was barely even tired. She is totally unfazed by the lovely “E” collar she has to wear for the next week. She looks like a satellite dish that you would have on the side of your house, but she is still our pretty girl! Headgear and all!
The vet stitched her upper and lower lids together at the corner of her eye with just one little stitch in order to help her eye heal and not be so bulgy and prone to infections. That has made it so you can barely see the wound itself. (Which is sort of nice for those weak in the knees.)
Benjamin was so sweet, though. He wanted to hug up to her while she napped. He checked in on her eye by trying to inspect the inside of her cone collar. He just gave it a little sniff and then he stood by her awhile as a protective older brother. He stayed with her until she settled. He settled next to her for a little while, too. They made quite the pair.
Henry used this time to get a little one on one time with mom. He is such a smarty pants. He takes advantage of every potential opportunity to get a little extra Henry time. They are all good little soldiers.
It will take about 2 weeks for the biopsy to come back, but it already sounds like good news because the vet said that Luna’s eye had responded so well to the million eye drops we have given her over the last week and that cancer wouldn’t respond to any of those medications. So that sounds like great news. She’ll still be on all the same medications for at least another week. They will see how it goes when she goes back for her follow up exam (and to have that one stitch removed).
It is all so relieving. She did such a great job. We will all sleep well tonight!
Thanks to you all for your support and prayers. It helped to pull us all through!
Thursday, September 28, 2006
The drop has been made. Little Luna is now at the ophthalmologist awaiting surgery. We should have an update from them around lunch time. Can’t wait until we can pick the little one up.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Tomorrow, Luna goes in for surgery on her eye. Needless to say, everyone here is a bit anxious. We have been keeping busy so that has been a good distraction, but as we get closer and closer to the actual day we are growing more and more anxious.
Much of our anxiety comes from not really knowing what is the cause of the growth on Luna’s eye. It could be something as simple as a bad fungal infection or it could be something as serious as cancer. The doctors may be able to save Luna’s eye but depending on how bad the growth is she may have to have her eye removed. There are so many lingering questions and unfortunately we won’t have the answers for another week or so. Not knowing is the part that drives us crazy.
The other thing that is a little troublesome to us is that other dogs keep smelling Luna’s eye. When we took her to the ophthalmologist there was a Black Lab in the waiting room and he immediately went to her eye and kept smelling it. I found this odd because when dogs meet the first thing they smell isn’t the eye. They usually concentrate on the other end! Benjamin and Henry are constantly smelling Luna’s eye and two other pugs in the neighborhood have shown an unusual interest in Luna’s eye. This concerns me because I recently heard that studies show that dogs can smell cancer. Now I know this is all a stretch, but this is what the non-stop worrying has driven us too.
We’ll just be glad when tomorrow is over and little Luna is back home safe and recovering. I think Luna will be happy to get things over as well. Since her visit to the ophthalmologist last Tuesday, Luna has been on extra drops to help prepare her eye for surgery. The little girl now gets 13 drops of 5 different medicines in her right eye now! It is crazy! We had to make a chart to keep it all straight. But luckily, after the surgery, she will go back to her normal drop schedule and the number of drops she will get per day will decrease significantly.
We’ll keep you updated.
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