Along with my appreciation for my pack and my parents, I've started to be happy that I don't have some of the many problems that our visiting pets have.  Today, the problems with the pets were so complicated that I had trouble keeping everything straight.  Bea said after the first few cases, that she was lost.  I assured her that we were still at the clinic in Florida -- but it didn't seem to help her.  Sometimes I think Bea has no sense of humor at all.
Remember Luigi?  He was the police dog with the butt bump that put on a show for Vocal Vonnie.  His dad took him to a specialist to have a second look at the lump.  Turns out that his tests showed that the lump wasn't cancer, but in the process the specialist found a lump on his spleen, and he'll probably have to have it removed -- his spleen that is.  I don't know what a spleen it, but for Luigi's sake, I hope it's not too important.

Fanny the beagle, was in today as well.  My dad confirmed that Fanny had the Cushions disease a little while ago, but Fanny's mom didn't want to try any medicine.  Today Fanny wasn't feeling well; she was bringing up the kibbles and acting really sleepy.  The disease with the Cushions usually makes dogs extra hungry and thirsty, but not usually sick, so my dad knew something else was going on.  Black and white pictures showed that Fanny's spleen was big too.  By this point, Bea was certain that her spleen getting bigger.  We still don't know what a spleen is, but Bea's sure that hers got bigger because of Fanny.



Chloe the Min.Pin. was another pet my dad thought had the Cushion disease.  Even after she had two negative tests Chloe kept drinking all the water in sight.  Turns out, she has the sugar disease instead.  She has to stay insulated to keep her sugar normal.  As far as we can tell, her spleen is ok for now.

Dr. Brett came in at lunch to speak to all the helpers about one of the medicines.  I could tell from the pictures that he was talking about a medicine for itchy skin, because all the Westies were red and missing fur.  Dr. Brett had Sweet Sally laughing when he talked about a sign of food allergies called "Red ring around the rosy" which he stated while pointed to a dog's back end.
That made me think about Luigi all over again.  I hope a spleen is not part of Luigi's back end, I really think he'd miss that part.
At the end of the day, I was so hungry.  Mother was surprisingly happy to make me dinner, I think she enjoyed knowing that she could at least fix one problem today.