Saturday, October 24, 2009

What a long week

Where to begin. It was SUCH a long week.....

First with the good news - my glucose test results came back normal. Thank goodness! Since I can't drink I now like to drown my sorrows in cake....still probably bad, but it sure does help when you get bad news!! I thought it would come back ok since I am hypoglycemic to begin with, but you never know....bodies go through crazy changes when you are preggers. Like now, I am pretty sure I am growing exponentially - HA!! You couldn't tell I was pregnant for 20 weeks, but now I am HUGE. I just don't see how I am going to stretch anymore.....craziness.

Now to the bad news. Poor Alex has not had a good week. He had surgery last Friday to remove a Mast Cell Tumor - that was the beginning of the problems. His actual surgery went pretty well, but he gets so worked up and upset being at the vet without us that he ended up hurting his leg. He has very bad joints in his back right leg and that is the leg he sprained/pulled. So when he came home he was just dragging it around - very sad. The vet said to keep him off it and it will heal (as much as it can, being bad to begin with) - but how do you keep a doggy off his leg?!?! Well, by Tuesday things got worse for the pups - I noticed his tinkle was darker than normal and I thought something was wrong. Andy of course thought I was crazy and being paranoid, but I made him take Alex back to the vet for test. Turns out he has a urinary tract infection - probably picked up since his immune system is repressed from perpetual steroid use and surgery (he is on Temeril-P daily for other existing issues). So, now he has to take an antibiotic for 21 days and then be re-checked. Then the worst part - his biopsy results came back and the tumor was cancerous. Poor little Alex has cancer =( Now, they may have gotten it all (she said they did get .5cm of clean margins around the tumor), but they cannot be sure it has not spread or will not come back. There are several different options that we can take, but two of them are quite expensive - especially with a baby on the way. Unfortunately, I think we are going to just have to "wait and see" if any other spots develop and then have them removed. We already take him in every 6 months for lab work and such, and the vet thinks this would be a very acceptable way to go. We will not be putting him though chemotherapy - that would just be too sad for puppy - he would not like it at all. So the consensus in my family now seems to be - give Alex as many cookies as he wants and let him be a happy (and probably fat) little pups for his remaining years - HA!

So that was my week - I won't even go into how stressful work was this week - there is not enough time in the day to describe that. Oh well - I have some yummy chocolate cake from the Grotto to make me feel better =)

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Poor Pup

My poor little pup has to have surgery tomorrow. He went to the vet last night for a lump we found near his bottom/leg....I thought it was a blocked gland or something like that. Nope, it is a mast cell tumor =( The vet decided that it needed to be removed ASAP because of Alex's predisposition for having the most ridiculous things happen to him.....awesome, right?!?! She thinks we caught it early and it is only in stage one - which means it is not cancerous and it has not metastasized to any organs. So, everyone needs to keep their fingers crossed that the biopsy comes back ok! My poor puppy....it makes me so sad to think he is going to be sliced open. It just melts my heart to look at those big brown eyes.

On a side note, Andy finished painting Stella's room. It is very pretty!

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Glucose Test Monday

24 Weeks - I am getting HUGE. I don't know how I am going to make it another 14 or so weeks (yes, I am planning on her coming early - wishful thinking). I can't stand sleeping on my side, apparently I have poor circulation (Andy just told me that), and Stella does Kung Fu in my stomach which is not so comfortable - and keeps me up at 2am - and then kicks my bladder and makes me have to pee. She kicks A LOT - especially at night. And from what I hear, the schedule they keep in your tummy is the schedule they come out with......Stella is not a sleeper!!

We started painting her room today (or I should say, Andy started painting). Should be done tomorrow and then the carpet cleaners are coming Monday - yeah!! Her crib was ordered and should be here next week.....we are getting a rocking chair and dresser from my parents. They are also letting us use the bassinet for her first few weeks so she can be in our room - I hear it is easier that way at first since they are up and eating every few hours. The bedding is almost done as well - it looks so pretty. I can't believe I helped make it! Who would have thought I was crafty enough to make baby bedding =)

SO I have the Glucose test Monday....let me tell you what an unhappy person I am going to be if the test does not come back normal. I don't have a sweet tooth....I have sweet teeth! I have always been a desert person and I always will be. I am actually on the hypoglycemic side of the spectrum normally, so I am hoping my glucose levels will come back in the normal range being pregnant. Oh well, I guess we will find out soon enough. I will go ahead and eat lots of cake in the mean time...just in case ;-)