HEAVY HEART'S

   First I want to apologize for missing my Pink Saturday Post, I just plain forgot about it... We received some sad news about our sweet Isabella yesterday...  A few days ago we noticed that she was not her usual playful self, and then we noticed she was having problems jumping up on our bed and sofa, which she never had a problem with before... Then her left side started shaking all the time like she was very cold,, but she was not.... it did not get better, so yesterday we took her to the Animal Hospital by our home, we filled out lots of paper work, then they showed us to a room... A very sweet nurse came in to write down what was going on with her. Then she took Isabella to the Dr. so she could exam her.. So we waited for a long time thinking the worst,,, and Praying for the best.... Finally the kind Dr. came in and did not have good news for us... She started with very long words, they would not even pronounce letting alone understand what it all meant... So she started to break it all down for us to understand, Isabella has G.M. E. Granulomatous Meningoencephalitis. or a Tumor both are of the brain.... she had a Neurologist look at her, and he said that they are 95% sure that is what is wrong with her.... They did blood work and took Urine from her also, they all came out ok... which is good.

To put it plainly it is a abnormal function/activity of the immune system, inflammation is centered around the blood  vessels  in the brain.  Now tears are forming in my eyes,, after hearing all of this... It is something that is common in her type of breed, and around her age 2 1/2 yrs... They gave us Prednisone for her and Pepcid too keep her from having bleeding problems in her stomach... yea more good news....

    

So now we are just waiting for about two wks too see it this med. works.. we will know by then,, and if not it is something worse like the tumor... sob.........  I just can't believe what we have been told,,,, this is my baby they were talking about..... I can't think of not having her with us..... so we are Praying that it works for her,,, if it dose she will be on it for the rest of her life,,, which is fine with me...... that I can handle...  So we are on a mission to find a good Vet. out here for her,, ,we are new to North Carolina,,, so we are looking on the internet for a good one to take her too for treatment... and follow ups.  Sorry for this being so long,,, but it is something that can not be said in a short post...... So if you all could,,,,,,,,,, please Pray for my Isabella,,,,, she is not doing well now,, we have to coax her to eat and drink,, to keep up her strength to fight.....

 

I am taking some time off from blogging this week,,, I just can't think much at this time.... But I will be making some visits to you all,,, maybe by Wed. I will be back.... Isabella is not just a Dog,, she is our Baby Girl and a member of our Family.... I get so mad when I hear well she is just a Dog.... well she is not too us......... I want to thank you all for taking the time to stop by for a visit and your sweet comments.... And thank you all for your Prayers..... God Bless;

Hugs;  Alaura & Isabella;