Please pray for our girl, Nala...

Yesterday, I found a lump on her inner right rear leg where a skin tag used to be. This time it was about 2 to 3inches in length and about 1inch wide now.

I couldn't wait till I could call the vet's office this morning at 7:30am.

Our appointment was at 2pm and its a mast cell tumor that will be removed surgically on Friday morning and sent out for a biopsy to see if its a stage 1, 2,3 or 4.

I know she is 12 and half, but she has never had any real issues besides her petite seizures that are stress related.

She is the leader of our pack.

It's so hard to see them get old and it seems to be hitting our pack all at once.

 

And a brief update on Timber from our vet.  She did get a response from another vet about his kidney condition and the other vet feels that's what it is, his kidneys.

Our vet is still awaiting results from the urine sample at Cornell.

She is leaning towards a diet change and med that is actually used for dogs with heart conditions, but vets are now using it for kidney conditions to help take the stress of the kidneys.

 

So, Boo's birthday is on Friday, but since big sister, Nala has to go in for surgery we will be moving it up a day, so Nala can enjoy the party too!

 



Daddy and the boys...

 



Mystery dog...

Timber out on our walk tonight after dinner.

He must be licking his lips still from dinner.

Chip waits for big brother, Timber on the walk.

The boys are so cute.

And off they go back to the house.

Our sweet boy, Timber.

Hi everyone! Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers for me.

husky hugs from Timber

Here's the new bed and toy mommy and grandma went

and got me today.

So, you all are probably wondering why the title is mystery dog, right?

Well this morning we went back to our vet with an early morning urine sample that is being sent off to Cornell for further testing.

And for the first time ever Timber had his blood pressure taken.

They did it both ways manually and automatically.

It came back high, but its hard to determine it because it can be that way in big dogs and plus we don't have a baseline to go off to know if that's normal or not for Timber.

Our vet is awesome! She belongs to an online veterinary forum and put some questions out there

on Timber.

So, hopefully in a couple of days we will have the results on Timber's urine sample and answers to our vet's questions.

It's hard to determine what's really going on with him because his proteins are low and usually a dog with kidney problems has high protein levels and is put on a low protein diet to help the condition.  And he is anemic, but not sure why because there is no internal or external bleeding.

So, that is why the title is mystery dog because we are not sure what's going on with Timber at this point.

Overall, he is doing fine, eating, drinking, resting like usual, taking walks with us and he even played with his little brother, Chip today.

I thought it was Chip instigating the playing, but daddy told me it was Timber.

We will keep you all posted on our boy.

And again thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers!

We truly appreciate them all.

Have a beautiful weekend!



So sweet...

Ariel so sweet and peaceful.

Update on Timber...

Well, Timber had his ultrasound today and this is what we found out:

No tumors-great!

No fluid around his heart-great!

A cyst on his stomach, but nothing to worry about.

Liver, bladder, prostate gland all looked good.

But, his kidneys showed up gray in color with some areas of concern.

So, we are now just waiting to hear from our vet of what to do next.

The ultrasound Dr. Linda Homco of Mendon Village Animal Hospital

said there are meds to help it along with a diet for it.

So, we are hopeful for many more months with Timber.

I would like to thank Dr. Linda Homco for being a fantastic vet!

She is awesome.  I could sit and listen to her all day.  She is so detailed and goes

through each organ and explains what is going on with it.

I learned so much today!

Hugs to all of you from us for thinking and praying for Timber!

 



We wish and hope for the best...

We are hoping for the best possible outcome on Timber's

ultrasound tomorrow.

He seems fine, so we are staying positive.

Guess how much our chunky monkey, Chip weighs???

As of yesterday, 9-30-13 Chip weighed in at:

52lbs

at

7months old.

 

Our Nala, who is 12 years old weighs in at 51lbs.

So, can you imagine how big Chip will be?!

 

Here Chip is giving his big brother, Timber kisses.

 

 The boys just being good boys.