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Big Adventures of a Miniaturized Dog

Time to ask for prayers

It is Monday. I went to work with mom and she weighed me. I have lost almost half a pound in one week. I now weigh 4.0 pounds. They were going to switch me to a hypoallergenic food, but have decided to use a gastrointestinal diet. My energy is down too. I sleep alot more. I love riding in the car and looking out the window while sitting on the arm rest. Now I just go to sleep on mom's lap while she drives. The doctors don't really know what to do for me. I'm eating like a horse, but losing weight like crazy. I'm not vomiting, I'm not having diarrhea, but I'm losing protein. Please keep me in your thoughts.

I'm getting smaller

My mom had to take me with her to work. I was not acting like myself this weekend. I would wander off and get under a blanket. This is not how I operate. I have to be with mom at all times. Usually, I am too afraid to be alone, but mom knew I wasn't feeling good when she had trouble finding me. When I went to work with mom, I had lost even more weight. This is not good, as I don't have much left to spare. I'm wasting away at 4.4 pounds. The doctor said, "Let's run the ultrasound over him." I did not like laying with my stomach exposed, but mom held my front legs and rubbed my face, and made it better. They looked all through my lower GI tract. I'm so small that it presented some challenges. The doctors saw some wierd things around my gall bladder and bile ducts. There was "sludge." Perhaps my bile ducts weren't emptying properly, they thought. This led to blood tests, and I'm beginning to resent getting poked in the neck. I got extra hugs from mom, so I guess it wasn't all bad. The blood tests all looked good, as far as the liver was concerned, but my proteins are low. Somewhere I'm losing protein. They ruled out pancreatitis. It is IBD, and the doctor said it is a very real possibility that it could be cancer that is hiding. Off to the x-ray machine, but my x-rays looked wonderful. By the way I look, and the way I'm losing weight and protein, cancer is a very real possibility. It is just a matter of finding it. Mom is hoping that I can put some weight on, and put the whole cancer theory to rest. Time will tell.

Really? Dog of the Day!

I don't completely know how it happened, but I was minding my own business, and mom came home from work. She nibbled on some carrots that I really wanted to taste, and found out that I was chosen as Dogster's Dog of the Day. I looked around thinking maybe there was some mistake that had been made. Mom, did you read something wrong? Little 4 and a half pound, and shrinking, me is the Chosen One? My head was spinning, and then I saw all the gifts my friends had left for me!!! I would like to thank Nina for making me a commemorative picture for my page. Thanks to Abbie and Smiley Cassanova for sending me pawmail congrats; and to those who wanted to become friends with me. I want to thank everyone who gave me rosette gifties: Teddy & Casey; Natcho; Annie; Tinkerbelle & Natasha; Zoe, Inkspot & family; Precious Pup; Walker, Alexandria & family; Sammy Jo & family; Angelica & family; Angel Bosco, Kaci & family; Charlie, Abby & family; Angel Whisper & Dixie; and Quigley. A dog cannot ask for a better group of friends! I'd also like to thank 3 groups I'm in for recognizing my honor today: The Canine Lounge, Dogs Just Want To Have Fun, and Fur Frenzy. It means alot to me and my mom. And mom said that Zane was probably smiling down at me from heaven. That made me proud!