Sister Dog Bertha

Thank you to all who said some prayers last Friday as Bertha, our beloved four-legged daughter, went into surgery to have a tumor removed from her tail area. The one tumor ended up being 2 tumors and a severe "fanny lift" in the end. Bertha was such a good sport, she only cried for a little while on Friday night, one can only imagine why, and I think it was worse on her Mama then it was her. She is doing well healing at home and will go visit the Vet on Monday to have the stitches removed. The pathology report came back yesterday and it was not so good, again this was harder on her Mama then on her. The determination was Anal Sac Gland Adenocarcinoma...which are malignant aggressive tumors that are common in dogs. Bryan and I have decided to watch for more tumors to grow and take action at that time if something comes up. We will not have tests done to find out if the cancer has spread and we have decided to opt out of treatment (radiation or chemotherapy).

I never thought I would love an animal so much, but how could you not love this face...