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It's a Wonderful Life.

A little Update...

Well, my blood work came back and everything looks pretty good. My EPI is under control, and my other blood values were where they are supposed to be. It's good that I'm healthy, but it sucks that my mommy can't help make my eyes any better. I'm starting to get used to it though. It's not so bad!

My mommy was worried about me losing weight also. I lost 5 pounds in a month, even though I've been eating 5 cups of food a day. (which I don't think is enough, but mommy says I'll bloat if she gives me too much!) So mommy said she is tired of all the conventional medicines that haven't helped me much, so I went to see a veterinary acupuncturist. He checked me over and said the pulses on my right side weren't as strong as the left. the ones on the right correlate with the pancreas and GI track. So he said my "Yin and Yang" weren't aligned, so I needed to get them back in line and I would start getting better. I haven't gotten any acupuncture yet, he put me on some Chinese herbal supplements to start with. If they don't do the trick Mommy says I will be going back and getting the acupuncture.

Hopefully it works, I don't like it when Mommy gets upset about me being sick.

My visit to the Eye Doctor...

Hello dogster friends, it's been awhile!

I guess I should start by saying that I was diagnosed with what's called Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency about a year and a half ago. It's a disease that causes my body to not absorb any fat, so no matter how much I eat, I still don't gain much weight. My mommy got me a supplement that makes my pancreas start doing it's job again, so I can absorb my food. It's helped me put on a few pounds.

But lately I haven't been seeing so well. Everything is just kind of blurry. My mommy noticed it when I started to bark at her and my other family. I couldn't see them very well, and I thought they were strangers!

So I went to the vet, and they found some hazy areas in my eyes, so they told my mommy I should see an eye doctor.
The next day we went. It was a far drive, but it was just me and Mommy, so it was nice. All the ladies at the eye doctor were nice to me and gave me lot's of cookies. They told my Mommy the hazy spots were either genetic, or they were deposits of fat in my corneas due to too much fat in my blood. Because of my pancreas problem, the second reason was the most likely. the next day I had to go back to the vet and get my blood drawn so they could run some tests to find out if it was my EPI causing the problem.

Mommy says we will find out in a few days, so cross your paws for me that its my EPI and not a genetic problem. If it's genetic then I will never be able to see clearly again! :(

Quite a Scare...

Friday night my Mommy was petting me and found another lump. She started to cry, and said I had to go to work with her the next day to see the doctor. I licked her face and layed next to her. I wasn't sure why she was so upset, but I didn't like it.

I got to spend the entire day in the lab with my Mommy. She was listening to other doggies hearts and giving them kisses, so I stood up on my hind legs and watched her. She told me I was a good little helper, and I got cookies too. :)

A little while later one of the doctors poked me in the neck where my Mom found my lump, and looked at what he got out of it under the microscope. My Mommy got very excited, and started hugging and kissing me. She told me it wasn't cancer this time, and I was going to be okay. No more surgery for me. :D