circle round the sun, keep me company
hello, hello! this Friday I shall be getting on a plane and flying to Madison, WI to attend Wiscon. it will be my third Wiscon and I am very excited; eager to see friends I've spent time with at previous cons and hopeful of meeting more awesome folks. I've been a bit indrawn over the past month, and so it will be delightful to embrace the lots of people & fun times of the con. who among you will be at Wiscon this year? let me know!
in the meantime I'm having fun wading through the programming schedule. it's kind of snuck up on me; four mornings from now I will be boarding the plane at Bradley, Friday I'll get into Madison airport at 2:30pm. yay! I'm going to start packing today. this year, I swear I won't pack a zillion books for the flight and down time. *lectures self* it's not like I won't pick up more in the dealers room, anyways. ^_^
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never a dull moment in my life with dogs. Hannah has had a small cyst that developed on the surface of her tail near the base. when I first saw it I had no idea what it was; it looked like a scrape about to scab over. it did scab over, and when she later went in for blood levels the doc took a look and the scab came off, the skin looked healed. but then a few weeks later the site got puffy and red, then opened up again. took it in, the doc diagnosed it and gave us antibiotics. we're still applying the salve, and it looks much better, but if it comes back again they'll have to go in and nip it out. *sigh*
and then this morning I found Chess's back right leg all swollen up along the hock towards the knee. it's very odd, I couldn't find evidence of a bit anywhere, so I took her in to the vets. when the tech went to take her temp we found a protruding purple growth under her tail (about the size of a small cherry), so they've taken cell samples and sent them off to the lab. we'll hear back tomorrow. Chessie is otherwise completely fine - eating well, plenty perky, walking fine, but we're to keep an eye on her and keep her resting. I hope this isn't anything scary. I pray it isn't. one day at a time.
in the meantime I'm having fun wading through the programming schedule. it's kind of snuck up on me; four mornings from now I will be boarding the plane at Bradley, Friday I'll get into Madison airport at 2:30pm. yay! I'm going to start packing today. this year, I swear I won't pack a zillion books for the flight and down time. *lectures self* it's not like I won't pick up more in the dealers room, anyways. ^_^
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never a dull moment in my life with dogs. Hannah has had a small cyst that developed on the surface of her tail near the base. when I first saw it I had no idea what it was; it looked like a scrape about to scab over. it did scab over, and when she later went in for blood levels the doc took a look and the scab came off, the skin looked healed. but then a few weeks later the site got puffy and red, then opened up again. took it in, the doc diagnosed it and gave us antibiotics. we're still applying the salve, and it looks much better, but if it comes back again they'll have to go in and nip it out. *sigh*
and then this morning I found Chess's back right leg all swollen up along the hock towards the knee. it's very odd, I couldn't find evidence of a bit anywhere, so I took her in to the vets. when the tech went to take her temp we found a protruding purple growth under her tail (about the size of a small cherry), so they've taken cell samples and sent them off to the lab. we'll hear back tomorrow. Chessie is otherwise completely fine - eating well, plenty perky, walking fine, but we're to keep an eye on her and keep her resting. I hope this isn't anything scary. I pray it isn't. one day at a time.