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Sassy's a bridge doggy now. I know she's watching over our family and playing with all the other bridge dogs. She was a very happy dog, even until the end. When she saw me this morning I saw her wag her tail and I sat down beside her and pet her for a while.
I know I'm going to miss her so much and April will be a little lost without her for a while.

Not doing too good...

Copy and pasted from my thread in Plus Friendly:

"Okay, I had this typed and when I pushed submit, Dogster was getting a bath. Mom was a bit frustrated but she's better now, hehe.

For any who don't know, my bladder tumor came back a few months ago and it's been hard for me to pee(and it's been all bloody). I can't hold it in anymore so I pee in the house because I have to go all the time. Lately they've been putting newspaper down(the kittens love it haha).
Today I couldn't pee at all so grandma warned mom that it didn't look too good. At lunch time I threw up my breakfast, which meant the urine was poisoning my body(or something like that, mom can't remember grandma's exact wording). She got me a painkiller, but was thinking of having the vet put me to sleep tonight because it didn't look too good. She took me out to pee again and nothing came out, but after a few seconds the pee came gushing out along with a part of the tumor(which grandma saved to show one of the vets she works with. we know there's still more tumor in there).
She's going to put off that ...thing... until I get worse again.. We're not sure when that'll happen.

Mom took some pictures of me today, they should be up on my page soon."

The picture is already up. :)

NJ Dogster Meetup & Updates

The Dogster meetup yesterday was so much fun! I met so many pups like Odysseus, Murphy, Jovi, Molly, Mimi, Esperanza, Brutus, Pudgy, Spuds, Richter, and many more! They were all so sweet and adorable. Snowie and April also got a go. We got cool goodie bags with home made treats(half of which I have devoured already). Bol!
When we got there, Brutus was loose, and it took them about 40 minutes to catch him! Poor pup, but we're glad he's safe. :)
April won smallest dog(I think she may have tied with that papillon, but I can't remember) and Snowie won fluffiest! Esperanza and Spuds tied for Wiggliest butt!
Mom chose the giraffe costume for April and got a Dogster tee from Snowie's win.
Snowie and I also entered in the treat catching contest. Snowie caught 4 or 5 and I caught around 7. That was fun! We took A LOT of pictures. Some are up on my page now. April and I slept all the way home! Snowie tried to, but she always has to stay alert in the car for some reason.

Anyway, updates on my health. I'm still peeing blood, but atleast I'm not throwing up. I pee in the house at night, but grandma doesn't care as long as something is coming out. If it ever comes to a time where I can't pee, then there will be a hard decision to make. She isn't sure if they're going to want to do ANOTHER surgery on an old girl like me. Mom's staying positive though! I'm still happy and pretty active for my age. :)

Woof,
Sassy

Dang!

Mom won't give me any treats today either! I had some diarrhea in the living room when mom woke up at 6 AM. She was just glad that she couldn't smell it because of her nasty cold, and that grandma cleaned it up! Mom's not really sure what could have caused the diarrhea. She'll see what Grandma says about me when she gets home from work.

-Sassy

Feeling better..

Kind of. Grandma stopped giving me my medicine, in case that was making me throw up. And she has a feeling my bladder tumor is back(I had bloody pee a while ago and it takes me forever to go) so the medicine isn't really helping much anyway. I can eat a little bit more(I can have treats again! But not as many) and I get my canned food with water now.
We'll just have to see how things go, I guess.
Woof!,
Sassy

Eep.

(9-9-07) I've vomitted up my food twice today(once in the house and once outside), so no more food for me. :( I'm so upset! I love getting treats! I've been begging and begging for treats, but they won't give me any!
Hmpf,
Sassy

Edit-- Make that three times I've thrown up. :( Grandma said she might give me a shot to help or something.
They still won't give me treats!!



(9-4-07)My urine has blood in it, which isn't exactly good.

Mom will update this entry with more details later..

Woof,
Sassy

Ouch

So we went to our house in upstate New York friday night. On saturday I was running around in the field all happy with mom and grandma and grandma's friend(and April). Grandma's friend commented on how happy I looked(and I was because I love it there!). So we went in the field off to the side of the barn and I ran into the center which wasn't completely mowed yet. Everyone else continued on the path until they heard me yelp and they all spun around. I jumped up in the air, walked a few paces, then collapsed in the grass and began panting. They ran over and kneeled down beside me and began checking me over.(Grandma and Grandma's friend work at an animal hospital) They couldn't find any bite marks from another animal or any other wounds(or anything wrong with me for that matter). Mom tried to pull me up and all I could manage was a sit. They got behind me and lifted up my legs so that I was standing and I limped back to the house with them. It wasn't fun! My whole weekend was ruined. :( I couldn't take any pain killers because of the medicine I am on to try and keep the cancer away. Saturday I layed around as much as I could and got helped up the stairs.
And then it got worse! There were fireworks! Everyone was outside watching them while Wally, Kanga, April, and I all stayed in the house. I got so upset that I pawed the metal off the bottom of the door and some of the wood. Someone had gone in the house to put something away and noticed, but didn't want to let me out so she told mom and mom came and let April and I out and put us in the car. I was a lot happier there! April didn't really care about the fireworks, though.
Sunday I perked up a bit and padded around faster than yesterday, but there was still a bit of a limp and I needed help getting up and down places sometimes.
Now we're home and I can rest more. Tomorrow one of the doctors is going to check me out at the animal hospital.

Woof,
Sassy

Bladder Surgery Again

I'm having another bladder surgery(third one) tomorrow morning. Mom's mom noticed it was taking longer for me to pee and I had to pee more often. She wants the tumor out before it gets bigger. Mom's mom works at the animal hospital so she'll be able to check up on me. I'll keep everypup posted. As of now, I'm not allowed to eat. :( And I love treats!
Woof,
Sassy

Meeting Jombie & Braxton + MARDog Howl-o-ween Parade

I met Jombie and Braxton on Saturday!(Late to say this, I know) Their owners are so sweet, and Jombie won the Petco contest! Hooray! After the contest we went to Jombie's house. The humans got pizza and brownies and we got a few treats. =3 It was fun! I got to see Felix too, but he didn't seem to like me very much. =/ I love kitties! I played with Raskol next door when we went outside. After spending 3 hours at their house we had to go home. :( But we had a lot of fun! April was pretty well behaved(aside from growling at the standard poodle at petco) and Jombie and Braxton's mommies/families were so nice!

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On Halloween we went to the dog park where a group called MARDog was hosting a halloween costume contest. Mom's friend and her dog went too. They had doggy treats and cookies/chocolate and cider for the humans. You have no idea how many people thought my costume said MR BONE. Even when I went trick or treating with mom people thought it said MR BONE.(?!?!) Anyway, there were quite a few other doggies their. One was a lady bug, another was a sargent, another a skeleton, another a groom-to-be, another was just Toto, another a pumpkin, and a few were just dressed up. April was a witch and I, of course, was a milkbone. They had us do a few tricks for the judges(some simple stuff, walking on a leash, and also whatever you wanted to throw in). They had many categories. Moms friends dog tied with me in Most Obedient(and her dog also won Best Trick) and April won Best Small Dog. April got a big bag of treats and I got a portable dog water bowl thing. It was fun!

~Sassy

More Surgery :(

I had to get surgery again on friday. It was 5 hours long.. There was another tumor in my bladder, it was farther down this time and in the tubes where the pee comes out. I recovered much better than last time though! Mom's sad that she was away while all this happened(grandma, grandpa, and brother chris were here). But my tummy is bald again.
~Sassy