I know its been forever since I have written! Bella continues to do well after her TPLO surgery in Sept 2012, she has not injured the other leg yet! So she has beat the odds! However it is with a heavy heart that I tell you she has Lymphoma, centroblastic hygrade lymphoma to be exact!!! Treatment is extremely expensive and we cannot afford it nor can I put her through it! I noticed she had a mass over memorial day weekend this year, took her to the vet the following Tuesday and they weren't sure exactly what it was so they decided she needed them taken out! I took her in for surgery on June 6, 2014 and went to work. Worried about her all day, and went to pick her up at 4, that's when Dr. Alderson told me the two masses were definitely tumors and she had sent them in for biopsies like I wanted! So we waited through the weekend and ended up waiting til Thursday the 12th, the doc had tried all week to get a hold of me but I had forgot to change my phone number at the vets office (note to self don't forget to do that again)!
I had a really rough day on Wednesday because I couldn't shake the feeling that the results weren't good and called my sister, who came to Idaho and surprised me to help me feel better! So we decided to all go to dinner, while at the restaurant I got the call, I immediately began to cry and could barely talk with the vet, I didn't care if anyone saw me cry my baby girl had cancer!!!!
So here we are a month and a half past diagnosis and Bella is still fighting, although its taking its toll on her! Everyone has been so nice in asking how she is doing and I am so grateful for the support (again) but its hard! The more I think about it the sadder it makes me! She is Bret & I's first kid, she has been there through so much! I keep thinking back to all the good memories I have of her and how good she has been with Harley and Corbin and that makes me think of how hard this is going to be on all of us! Harley especially where she isn't prepared like we are! I am dreading the day I take her to the vet to say goodbye! I wish I could freeze time and cuddle her forever!
I know that everything happens for a reason, I just wish she could have caught a break!
