Monday, January 10, 2011
On Thursday night, we were watching TV and Luna was on my lap. I was petting her when I noticed a bump on her ear. I moved her fur and found a bump that looked eerily similar to the bump that Benjamin had on his chest a while back. Knowing that Benjamin's bump was bad news, I call the vet first thing Friday morning and made an appointment for Friday afternoon.
The vet was optimistic at first because the lump seemed very superficial, but he still did an aspiration and took a look at the fluid he extracted under the microscope. After he took a look at the cells, he confirmed our suspicions that the bump was a mast cell tumor.
So, Luna goes in for surgery on Tuesday to have the lump removed. After the tumor is removed it will be sent to be biopsied and we will get the grade of the tumor. If we are really lucky it will come back a grade 1. But grade 2 would be OK too, as long as there are clean margins.
The only good thing about this situation is that we have a pretty good understanding of the process having been through the same thing with Benjamin.
Luna has a few other bumps on her that we don't think are trouble, but we are going to have the vet take a look at all of them since she is going to be under. With her skin issues, Luna does tend to get a lot of little bumps that come and go. Our vet's advice was to mark her up with lipstick so that he could find them all easily. They will do their own search as well, but that way he will be able to easily spot all the bumps that we know about. So, we will be taking Luna the leopard in for her surgery on Tuesday. Luna is taking it all in stride, but I just can't wait until we have her back home on Tuesday night.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
When I go to lunch at work, Luna always joins me. She is almost always sleeping in the bin near my desk, so to hop down she climbs out of the bin and jumps off of the dog bed that is on top of an ottoman. She inevitably knocks the dog bed off the ottoman every time she jumps down.
When I come back from lunch, I usually pick the dog bed up and put it back on the ottoman. But some days I miss it and Luna then uses that opportunity to try out the underside of the bed. I rarely ever see her sleep in this bed when it is right side up, but flip it over and she loves it.
Monday, December 13, 2010
It is an unspoken rule that the puff pillow belongs to Luna. So, I was quite surprised the other day when I saw that Ben had wiggled his way into the puff pillow bed with Luna. I guess Luna didn't mind so much because of the recent cold weather. With the recent cold snap everyone, even Luna, can use a little more pug body heat.
Monday, December 6, 2010
The winter weather in Central Florida doesn't always agree with little Miss Miami.
Which means blankets for human use are pretty hard to come by around here.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
We rarely give the pugs table scraps when we eat, however, that does not keep them from staring longingly at us while we dine hoping that someone will cave and give them a few bites to eat.
Since we rarely cave, they pugs tend to get bored just watching us eat. This is especially true for Luna. As dinner goes on, her eyes begin to droop and before you know it she is laying under the table snoring. But, don't worry, give a little piece of something to the boys and she can spring back into action in no time flat.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Luna has had absolutely no interest in the new dog bed. Furthermore, she does not care that the cat claimed it. The only dog bed she cares about is her puff ball bed. That is the only bed she needs and nobody better lay in it and mess up her divot. She worked hard getting it to fit her little body perfectly.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
I got a good laugh out of this pose last night.
