Well, Chloe had her surgery and teeth cleaning yesterday. She had two of her front bottom teeth removed... So I'm pretty sure her tongue is going to be hanging out even more now.

She is recovering nicely. She's really tired, which is understandable. She doesn't seem like she's in too much pain. She's been trying to jump on the furniture! This is not okay so when I can't keep my eye on her, she goes in her kennel. Which, by the way, if you ever get a dog and debate whether or not to crate train them, I really recommend it. Especially for situations like these. It keeps her from getting into too much trouble. 

We find out next week if her vet was able to get all of the cancer cells. She's cut took a large chunk of her skin off and she probably has about 30 stitches, so I'm thinking that she did. I'd post a picture of her battle wound but it's a little upsetting to look at....

Anyway, her eye seems almost all healed and I hope her gums heal quickly too. She's such a little toughie. Send her all the good healing thoughts. I bet she would appreciate them. <3 

Well, it's been a bit of a tough week. Chloe is having some health issues and it always makes life a little stressful and filled with anxiety.

She has an ulcer on her eye and it's become infected. I've been giving her some very expensive eye drops and I think they're working. It's kind of hard to tell, but I'm trying to be optimistic about it.

About a month ago I found a lump on her back. I thought maybe it was a bug bite, so I kept my eye on it, and it went away. It came back last week and my heart sank. Disappearing and reappearing is a common characteristic of a mast cell tumor. I know because she's already had two of them.

So I brought her in on Thursday to have it tested and sure enough, it's a mast cell tumor. Le sigh. I'm trying my best to not freak out. I'm trying my best to see the positives of this situation. The fact that I caught it fairly early, that it's in a place in which it's east to remove, that the vet who is going to remove it has done the last two with excellent results. That she's otherwise healthy and happy and still relatively young. That she'll also be getting her teeth cleaned, something I've been kind of putting off in the off chance that she'd have to go under for this same exact thing.

These are all positives. 

But naturally there is a lot of worry and a lot of stress on the bank account. So, because I have quite a bit of 8x10" print inventory, I thought I'd have a sale! I've marked all the 8x10" prints in my Etsy shop at $15. I'll keep that price up through tomorrow. 

Thanks for reading and if you'd like to send Chloe some good vibes, I'm sure she'd appreciate it! Happy weekend :)