Tired of the updates?

Hopefully this is the last of the B-dog updates for a while and he will remain in stellar health (or get to stellar health and remain there). B had his spinal tap on Wednesday. This caused no small amount of anxiety on my part, and I am guessing my whole extended family as well. In case you can't tell, we are all a bit obsessed with this dog. No pressure. In an effort to thwart the post-sedation death march, we arranged for him to stay the night at the vet's after the spinal tap for supervision. To be honest, I can't even recall what we are looking for exactly at this point. I think to rule out cancer of the spine (sounds both comfy and easily treated) and/or find the causative agent for the possible meningitis. In other words: shots in the dark to figure out why our dog's acting crazy.

The good news is that he came through the procedure with little to no incident. Stephanie the vet tech reported on Wednesday night that he was doing well, a little wobbly, but was willingly accepting bites of Stephanie's bagel. That's our boy! He was picked up yesterday by Aunt Chaney and promptly wisked away to some fancy pet boutique to buy whatever his heart desired. Then he came home and was comatose for the rest of the evening.

This pic was snapped this morning and as you can see, both eyes equal and reactive (thanks ER) and ears are up and at 'em. These are all good signs. This is also his "wanna give me some treats?" face.

This is the only disturbing part of the spinal tap: the exposed neck skin. I felt it before I actually saw it and I was a little scared at first. But I have grown to love his strange neck skin. Judging by his hair growth, it should be gone by next week. He will be Friar Tuck for halloween.

The preliminary results were good, but we still have to wait for someone up the chain to review the info before we get an official ruling. But when the alternatives are brain cancer/tumors or cancer of the spine, we are keeping our fingers crossed for a "quirky old dog that likes to walk in circles" diagnosis!