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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. ~Robert Frost

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Wiener Alarm!

I need prayers for my wiener, Maggie!

The other day when I was petting her, I felt a little bump on her back (her loooooong back). Of course, being Extreme Lauri, I panicked and came to the instant conclusion that she has a cancerous tumor and she's going to die tomorrow. I'm sure this is NOT the case, but as anyone who has ever talked to me for longer than 5 minutes knows.....I'm obsessed with my dog, Maggie, and would be absolutely devastated if anything happened to her.
Against my better judgement, I went on the Internet to "self-diagnose," but was happy to find a lot of message boards that talked about these harmless little cysts on dogs and that a lot of times vets won't even operate on them unless they are bothering the dog because they aren't dangerous. I still made a vet appointment for Saturday morning to have her checked out - safety first, right???
And even though I'm worrying about it, Maggie couldn't care less about any of this. She's just as happy as a clam with her toys and doesn't have a care in the world. Ahhhh, to be a dog......

2 comments:

Iris Took said...

Keep us posted on the weiner's health.

Anonymous said...

I am sure it is nothing. Mary has lump that we have had to have checked out a few times, and it turns out it is just a fat deposit. It was kind of scary because it is on her chest. They don't need to do anything unless it gets too big and annoying.