Zoey had some weird growth growing on her left hind leg (yeah I know, gross). I really didn’t think anything of it. She’s getting along in years (she turned 7 this August) so I thought it was just that…a growth. It happens sometimes when dogs gets older. I’ve had a few dogs in my lifetime to know this.

So she had an operation to get it removed. When I went to go pick her up that evening she couldn’t even get up, so I had to leave her there overnight. Poor thing. As soon as she heard my voice she was struggling to get up, but it wasn’t going to happen.

The next day I picked her up and she seemed happy to see me. She was somewhat out of it, but obviously glad to be going home. All I had to do now was keep her from licking her stitches (which was no easy task) and wait for the results from the biopsy.

Well, to make a long story short, she has Cancer. “Spindle Cell Sarcoma” to be exact. It stinks though because I have no idea how long she has, or when she’ll start getting sick. All I can do now is watch her for signs and make her last days happy.

Zoey, American Mastiff. 7 yrs. old. You can see the stitches on her left hind leg.

The ‘news’ came to me like a punch in the gut though. I didn’t expect that at all, and it’s left me feeling like total crap…

Meeka and Zoey relaxing on the front step together

Categories: Odds and Ends • Pets / Animals • Ugh
Tags: American Mastiff, Cancer, meeka, Spindle Cell Sarcoma, White Cat, zoey
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Wow. I haven’t posted in such a long time. Been busy and not feeling like blogging at all. Bad me. So here’s a quick update.

I just dropped Meeka off at the vets. She cracked one of her back teeth and needs to have it pulled. It’s really bothering me because my other cat (of 13 years) got sick right after he had dental surgery and he died. So there are bad memories for me. Odds are she’ll be okay, but I can’t shake that awful feeling from that last time. Blah…

My son is now going to College. Not only does he work hard and has a steady girlfriend (9 months now) he’s juggling school work as well.  I don’t know where the time went. I miss that “little boy”, but yet I look at him now and I’m SO proud of him.

I started a digital portrait painting of Ramsay from Hell’s Kitchen. I have no idea when it’ll be finished, but I can’t wait to show it off.

I’ve been watching my soap for a very long time now and recently started watching another one, which is right after it. Yes..that’s what I need. Another hour sucked out of my life. Wasted on soaps. haha

Finally got new furniture for that room that has nothing in it (*pokes Jamie*). I should be posting pics of that sometime soon.

I simply cannot stand this humid weather. Walking outside is like walking into a sauna. I _hate_it. I’ve been on a few late night walks on my street, but I miss going out into the woods with my dog for our ‘hikes’.

I had a funeral to go to that I really don’t want to get into here, among other things. I like blogging but I also  feel like not everyone  needs to know every_little_thing about my life. Especially the [very] personal stuff. But that’s just me. To each his own…

And I have to slap a link on here. The Daily Dead Puppy. [and I thought I was bad at thinking up titles/names. Cute photos but come on. That's just wrong. What's next? The Daily Dead Babies?]

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Tags: All My Children, Digital Painting, I hate tags, meeka, One Life To Live, Ramsay, The Daily Dead Puppy, weather
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Bruce doing a wheelie again. Thought I’d share…

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Tags: Dirt Bike Wheelie
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My son’s new car. Now I really get to worry.

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Tags: New Car 2008
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Doesn’t it make your day when a total stranger is nice to you?

I was grocery shopping this morning and a woman walks up to me and says “Excuse me, but I HAVE to ask”…pauses…I’m just standing there with my mouth hanging open wondering what it is she could possibly ask me. “…is your hair naturally curly?” I laughed and said “yeah, it is” while bent over the front of the cart a bit.

You wouldn’t believe how many people come up to me, out of no where, and ask me this question. And from the way I reacted I think she could tell. Then she starts walking away while saying “I am SO jealous!” haha It made me feel good though. It always does when someone says something like that. They are all nice-nice and smiling.

Times like that it reminds me of that commercial where one person sees another person doing something nice for someone, and they turn around and do something nice for someone else and another person sees it, and they turn around and do something nice for someone else, and so on and so on. Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

So another woman was walking around very confused looking…she even mumbled “Now where is that cheese”. They moved things around (they like to confuse people, I swear) and it wasn’t where it usually was, and I just happen to see where it was so I told her. She had to back track a little then come back past me and she smiled and laughed. I smiled and laughed and mentioned how they move things around too much. More smiling and chuckling.

I dunno…it’s just nice to be nice. It makes you wonder why some people seem to get off on being mean to other people. I see it a lot on Yahoo Answers and I really don’t get it. How can acting mean (online or not…I don’t care) make you feel good about yourself?

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Tags: nice, strangers
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