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poor alice

Alice had to have some lumps removed (5 to be exact). Poor dog. She’s doing well. Though, she’s not allowed to go on walks or anything for two weeks. Prior to her surgery, the vet did some routine bloodwork. Everything was good except her triglycerides. They were 1,500. They’re supposed …

thundershirt

Because there’s a sucker born every minute, I bought one of these shirts for Buster recently. The short story is that I’m keeping it (they have a pretty good return policy). While it doesn’t work (for Buster) for everything they have listed on their website, it works well enough for …

the nose knows

Alice’s nose is looking about 100 times better. Since she’s been on the steroids most of the scabs have gone away. Her nose still has a lot of healing to do (it’s all smooth and pinkish–not exactly dog-like), but at least things are looking up!

alice

Alice’s nose has not improved (in fact, it has gotten worse), so we made another trip to the vet’s office today. Doing biopsy is still on the table, though after finding out how much that will cost, we’re going to try the steroids first. Since her nose is so bad, …

alice update

I took Alice to see the vet this morning for her nose issue. The doctor wasn’t sure what was wrong–it could be a number of things. My options were to treat her for the most likely issue (discoid lupus) or to have a biopsy done (for which she would need …