Hearing it again

Today we got a mixed bag of good and bad news. We learned that Scott's head scan found nothing. Good News! He is still getting them but at least we know that it's not in his head - pun intended.

Now, for the bad news. Our dog, Scully, hasn't been acting right for a few weeks. We thought it was her age. Then she developed a dry cough. We really didn't pay attention to it. Then she stopped eating. That's when we took notice. We thought maybe she didn't like her food anymore. We bought some wet food. She ate it all up. We were like wheww.. then, she threw it all up and more.

Scott took her to the vet this morning. The did a blood test which showed she had severe anemia (sound familiar). More tests have revealed she has cancer. Its in her liver and spleen. Inoperable. She has maybe 1-4 weeks left. We are devastated. Scully has been with us since we have lived in this house basically. She's our first baby. As annoying and as much work as she is, she is still our family. She has the sweetest personality. Never has shown any aggression, even when taking a bone from her mouth. She loves the kids. She loves us. She's our Scullinator, Scullini, Skuky nooks, Scully. Every morning she runs to the gate in the kitchen to greet anyone who comes down. She does it for all 4 of us. It is her way to say good morning. Her tail wags and she has that smile. She still gets up to greet us but she's slower now and if its before 6a, forget it. She stays on her chair and looks up and "nods".

What is weighing heavily on our minds is we have a trip coming up next week to California. We were going to leave her in the kennel. The vet says there is a real possibility that she will die very soon. I don't want her passing in the kennel. She needs to be with the people that love her - her family. The Dr said that he supports any decision we make, and it has to be the right decision for our family. Scott and I cried tonite. We cried not only because it's our Scully, but because yet again we hear that dreaded word - Cancer and this time we aren't hopeful and know that a decision needs to be made.

This has been a tough 10 months or so.