This continues to be one of the mildest Summers on record. I don't think I can remember a time when it was 69 degrees on the first of ...

It was a long day. Dot is having trouble getting up and down. We're kind of between a rock and a hard place. She's still too weak ...

Janet took Dash to dog training class tonight, while I stayed home with Dot. Our instructor initially thought Dot had made an amazing reco...

We got Dot's pathology report today. The growth that was removed one week ago today was a Low Grade Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Yes, this is ...

We hit a little snag today. Incontinence. Dot began having urinary incontinence when she was hooked up to IV tubes in the ICU. Now that sh...

Dot has turned the corner. We discontinued her Tramadol last night, because it made her so loopy, we couldn't tell if she was getting ...

Dot passed another milestone today. We took her back to the cancer center this morning, where they removed her surgical bandages and exami...

I was Dot's nurse today. I really appreciate what the nursing staff did for Dot in the ICU last week. It is not easy keeping a sick an...

Dot is finally home again. After spending an entire week in intensive care being poked with needles, hooked up to IV tubes, and being cut ...

Dot started eating solid food again today. She ate a small jar of baby food yesterday, but this was the first time she has been able to ho...

Dot is resting in the ICU after a very long and arduous day. Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing of all. I could hardly breathe until I...

Dot is going in for surgery tomorrow morning. When we visited her early this morning, there was a lot to be encouraged about. Her temperat...

I keep looking at the last happy picture I took of Dot. Although she was just being transferred from one vet to another, she thought she ...

We had to make some tough decisions today. When we returned to the animal emergency clinic early this morning to check on Dot, it was clea...

Dot took a turn for the worse today. We were really optimistic this morning. When we picked her up at the emergency clinic at 7 AM, her fe...

What a difference a day makes. This morning Dot seemed fine. Now she's hooked up to IV tubes at the emergency vet. We still don't ...

Someone has been sprinkling ground up bits of broken glass along several of the paths in the park. I don't know if this is to cause p...