I’m Happy Today

Just a short post, but I’m happy today. I’ve been deal­ing with a sick old dog and I deliv­ered him to my vet Mon­day morn­ing for surgery. He’s almost 16 years old, so his age puts him at risk to have surgery. A mass was grow­ing in his mouth and it’s made for a bloody mess around the house, not to men­tion a mis­er­able dog. When I dropped him offer yes­ter­day morn­ing, I had the feel­ing I wouldn’t see him again.

Since the title “I’m Happy Today”, I have good news. He’s alive! It will be a few more days until we know if the can­cer was malig­nant or benign. I’m hop­ing for the lat­ter, as I’m not ready to give up on this guy. He’s been a part of the fam­ily for a long time.

The doc­tor took some addi­tional X-​Rays and deter­mined the can­cer hadn’t spread to other parts of his body or got­ten into the bone, though it was right up against it. I can only hope that it’s benign and doesn’t grow back, but I’m try­ing to stay pre­pared in case bad news comes around again. That may hap­pen, but not today.

It’s amaz­ing how much these furry lit­tle bas­tards get inside your heart. My other dog was pretty sub­dued on Mon­day as we waited. Unfor­tu­nately, I couldn’t really con­cen­trate much on get­ting any­thing done. That’s why I’m post­ing an out­take of a shoot with Flavia. She looks as happy as my mood, but I also fig­ured you didn’t want to see a scantly clad photo of me like a leap­ing gnome.