What The Pug??

Sheesh! I have to go again??!?

I had my portal scan done on Thursday but I have to have it repeated on Friday but it's not TOTALLY my fault!!!

To do the portal scan, they put some radioactive material in me where the sun doesn't shine. Then they follow it with a special camera to see if it diverts and doesn't go through my liver. If so, shunt confirmed and I have surgery. That's the way it's supposed to go...

This is how it went. They thought I was going to be a good girl and hold nice and still on my own so they didn't give me the sedative like they were supposed to. Then, when they put the stuff in my yoo-hoo, I started wiggling and squirming like there was no tomorrow. They tried to get a picture but it was all blurry. This scan is a one shot deal so there was no way of trying to repeat it. So I had to hang out there and wait until that stuff was all out of my system before I could go home. I'm having another done on Friday.

The bad news? I have to be starved again!!! It was pure agony!!!!! Food is very very important to Pugs, very important and we take it very seriously. My mom and dad couldn't feed me after 8 pm on Wednesday. I got so hungry that I tried sneaking some kitty crunchy crumbs while mom was in the shower but she caught me and picked those up too. Then I realized that I would be getting Sally Maria's left over specials after she took her morning pills. Not so. Mom skipped Sally's specials (much to both Sally's and my dismay) because she knew I'd try to sneak some. Mom finally talked me into sleeping on her lap so I'd forget about my empty tummy (as if!) and we hung out that way until it was time to go for a ride.

Friday, mom and dad are going to make sure that they give me the nighty night stuff so I don't wiggle and ruin another test. I did during my first ultrasound so we were surprised they gave me the benefit of the doubt with the first portal scan. Oh well, I guess we've all learned that "holding still" isn't a part of the make up of a Pug!

I hope I get something yummy after this next scan. I think I will have earned it by then.... As long as I hold still! :)