So when I started this blog I told myself I would try to write to it almost daily. Well about a week ago one of our dogs, my dog Vito, got sick. I really haven't been on my computer all that much and just kind of hanging out with him hoping he gets better. Well he really hasn't been eating that much and we found out that his liver enzymes were elevated. We've been giving him medicine for a week now and while his appetite has improved a little, we realized he wasn't improving a lot. My wife took him back in for a follow up today and we received some pretty devastating news. His liver enzymes are actually higher than they were a week ago so they suggested we do an ultra-sound to see what was going on. The Dr. found several spots on his liver and spleen. She believes it is cancer. Vito is only 6 years old and is a Cairn Terrier so we were both really shocked that our young dog was having to deal with this.
The Dr. informed us that he isn't in any pain, and if we can get him eating regularly again, he may be with us for a while still, but we have no idea what is going to come of this. We were informed that we should bring him back in in a week for another ultra-sound to see if anything had progressed and the Dr. might be able to let us know a little more where we stand.
So, that's pretty much been my week, a really shitty one right before X-mas.