Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Dr. Leick Lovers…Well, we went to see him today.  Chaps was all spit shinned and ready for his appointment!

Grandma had his x-rays, blood test results and his pathology report.

Dr. Leick read and looked at all of the material.  We discussed in more detail what this all could mean.  Dr. Leick did not seem to be as certain as the other doctors that the cancer had spread but he thought it was still a good idea to consult with the specialist regarding the outcome of the pathology report. Here is where we need to gather information and ask questions. Basically weigh Chaps options.  If we proceed with the ultrasound we will know if there is an area that is compromised with cancer.  Then we can think about the next step, if is there is one.

One step at a time.

So, we concentrated on trying to help the Mayor calm his storm phobia and relieve some of his pain from aging.

Dr. Leick proceeded with the acupuncture treatment.  If you click on the picture you can see some of the needles.  Chaps did so good.  He just sat there, just like the picture shows and stayed so still.  The woman holding Chaps must have kissed his head about 50 times.  She is so wonderful.  The needles stayed in for about 15 minutes and we discussed Chaps situation and his age.  Chaps will be 12 October the 17th.

Dr. Leick reiterated that we just need to take one step at a time and not get too caught up in the step after the next step.  Take a deep breath and just be a calming influence for Chaps and ourselves. We have our next appointment with Dr. Leick in 2 weeks.

Thursday Chaps gets his stitches out and then I will make a consultation appointment with the specialist.  I did the same thing for Emma and then we went from there.

Deep breath…and a treat…..

More taking it one step at a time later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma ATB

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Lily Lovers…I have been working on arranging the files on my website.  It is an ongoing process.  I back up bassethoundtown.com and my entire hard drive about every other day.  I have a separate system that I hook up to.  The files I have are massive.

But look what I found.  It is a picture of Lily that I applied some photoshop artistry to. I think it was back in 2005.

This is the same image on my home page but with a different technique.

I love both of them.  You can click on the image to see all of the detail.

I cannot believe all of the stuff I did but never used on the website.  It has been fun to look at all of it.

One more for your viewing pleasure…

This is a price tag I made for some fancy collars I designed years ago.

The possibilities are endless…

More loving my old files later…Cat, Chaps and Emma ATB

Oh…I forgot to tell you…PUFF stands for PERFECT ULTIMATE FABULOUS FELLOWS!

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Chaps Healing Lovers…Today is day 9 of incision healing.  The Mayor has really turned the corner and he has been off of his pain medicine for a few days.  I noticed a bit of blood in his tinkle and that was it.  No more pain pills.  No more blood in the tinkle.

His stitches look great.

Grandma and I had him outside today to help us water the gardens.  He had so much fun in the lilac and lilies..

It took us about 2 hours to water the front and the back.

Then a freak summer shower showed up!  We all know it happens that way.

The Mayor was not amused.

More loving showers and no thunder later!  Cat, Chaps and Emma ATB

PS – those lilies are from the place I used to live and are on the cover of THE LILY BOOK, I love that…

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and BLT Lovers…Well, today Chaps and I hosted a special person for lunch!  GRANDMA!

We decided to fix BLTs with all the fixin’s.  It was so yummy.  Our local grocery store buys a fair amount of local produce and they had huge tomatoes from someones garden.

I use English Muffins broiled with Havarti cheese to start with then you add what ever you want on them.  Add a few sides of jalapeno slaw, mustard potato salad, green onions and Doritos and life is good.

Don’t forget a frozen margarita for good measure.

As you can see, the Mayor only wanted bacon for his luncheon.

Himz is healing good and we are hovering as per usual.

Thanks for enjoying our lunch with us!

More weekend updates later…Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma ATB

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Chaps Lovers…Well…the news is not good.  Chaps vet called today and said that the lab results of the bloody wart like thing was called a sebaceous gland carcinoma and is cancerous.  He went on to say that this is an extremely rare cancer but 2 separate pathologist reviewed the mass and reported that this was indeed the rare kind.  The report said that it most likely has metastasized.

According to the Internet, this type of tumor is almost unheard of.

I am just not in the right frame of mind to even research it right now.  Right now I am just refusing to believe the results.

I just can’t take anymore.

I am mailing the lab work to Dr. Leick tomorrow so he can look at it.  We have an appointment with Dr. Doan on Monday to take the stitches out and then Dr. Leick on Tuesday.  We are going to start on Chaps storm phobia treatments.

We will keep all of the residents posted.

More crying later…love, Cat, Chaps and Emma ATB

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