Doing the Happy Dance!!!

The Girls!

They are waiting for Momma to get ready

 to take them out to play in the

SNOW!

We got a bunch on Thursday morning.

Photos will be posted this weekend.

We had fun!

(Rachel set this up. I was getting things together and she went over and sat by Sheena and put her arm around her and said,  "Rachel hug Shee-Shee.

Take pictures, Momma, please."

Oh, yeah!)

So...we are doing a little Happy Dance in our house today! Exactly two weeks from that awful day at the Veterinary Clinic...Sheena's PCV blood test came back at 32%! Awesome!!! To Mommy's relief, and Sheena's as it may mean I'll stop sticking my fingers in her mouth to check, her gums (mucous membranes) are PINK again too! They were so pale (anemia) then yellow (jaundice) and it was getting more and more frightening to check them. We had to watch closely in case she needed a blood transfusion.  It looks like the prednisone and her body are doing what they should be in response to treatment. Yay!

We do not have to go back until Monday. They will be doing the whole spectrum of blood testing to see how all her numbers are compared to two weeks ago. They also need to make sure the prednisone is not hurting her in some way as I guess it is pretty powerful stuff. They still do not know what the underlying cause is, so they may run some of those tests again too. Then we'll take it from there. I know the goal is to wean her off of the prednisone and put her on a different drug that is less harsh on the body.

She is acting much like her old self except MORE demanding. This dog just wants to eat everything she can get her mouth on! She is stealing food from Rachel left and right. Our non-barker is barking at us constantly now..."Woof! Get me water!", "Woof! Feed Me! Feed Me! Feed Me!", "Woof! Take me outside!", "Woof! Be at my beck and call!"...so demanding! We really aren't complaining though. We are so grateful that she is still with us. So grateful. I was even telling her how much I love her, while wiping her paws,  after standing outside in the freezing cold weather at 3am this morning cause she needed to pee! Yep, we love her bunches:). Not "out of the woods" yet but definitely getting closer to the "clearing"!