Please say a prayer...

As many of you know we have been dealing with our poor doggy having cancer, and have been fighting the battle with Kennies mom Patti since March of 2006. I currently must say I feel I have been burned by cancer in our lives as it seems to cause many heartache, not only to our family but to many friends and people we know.

Mom went into the hospital last night because she was feeling dehydrated, she is actually anemic and now getting blood transfusions. Kennie went to visit her tonight and brought the latest picture of our Baby Beaner, and she was very excited to see it. He said she is in good spirits, so I'm hoping everything improves within the next few days. We havent talked to the doctor yet, but someone is going to put a call into him tomorrow. I would really like to go sit by Mom's side like I did the last time she was in the hospital, but I dont want to subject myself to the germs, and I just dont know if I can do it physically and emotionally at this point.

As far as Susie, she has been a lot better after our bad week last week. Her front leg where the cancer is in her shoulder started to swell a few weeks ago. We took her to the vet last Sunday and switched off the good meds to steroids, but there is a few day waiting period in between the two. We spent most of the week sleeping on the floor with her in the living room because she was in pain and just moaning in her sleep, by Wednesday I was really thinking we wouldnt be able to make it to the weekend with her that way, but Thursday when I got home she was showing signs of improvement and less pain. Each day she has gotten a little better and the swelling we noticed in other places has subsided. Her leg is still swollen, but we decided to try another week of the steroids to see what happens. So we are at least getting better night of sleep, it was pretty rough going for awhile, and she seems to be her happy self in less pain. We still dont know what we are going to do for treatment for the long haul, but as long as she can get around without being in pain right now, thats the main focus. My dad has been stopping in on his way from work and letting them out and checking on them for me, and that has been a godsent!

Getting her paw and leg iced down w/freezy pops! They work great!

So please in your prayers tonight include Mom and Susie. I have seen them go through so much and give such a fight they might need a little help from the man up above, so they can be healthy to meet the new baby!