Lena, Teacup Poodle w/ adrenal tumor - Lena is now an angel

Thanks, Sharlene and Leslie...

She is home and very sleepy, moans a little when she moves, but she's peed; walked around a little; and I just gave her a little bit of food. She looks so stunned! No one has ever hurt her :(.

I feel terrible. She was happier to see my son than me...probably because I was the one who left her there.

But my vet (the cute one) said she was an angel all day. She didn't cry or bark and just sat in the cage and watched everything that was going on....

I on the other hand, couldn't eat or concentrate on anything and sat on the couch with my son until I finally closed my eyes and slept. When I'm worried or upset, I need to slip into unconsciousness where there is no reality...it's my coping mechanism.

My husband has that same coping mechanism Joan. I think it's how he survived two girls going through their teens. :) :)

Awww what a sweetie. She'll be right as rain in no time and I'm sure she will forgive you.

I swear I don't know what I would do without all of you!!!

:) hugs :)

Oh Joan, you poor thing, stop torturing yourself!(easy for me to say because I'd be the same as you!:eek:) You did the right thing getting her spayed. My coworker is dealing with mammary tumors in her unspayed 10 year old female, its awful. They decided to have surgery and there was something on her spleen so I think that was removed too but I'm not sure. The vets said all of this would have been most likely avoided if she had been spayed. Hang in there!:)

Thanks, Leslie and Sharlene...I know it was the right thing to do...we spent 10 years dealing with our/his chihuahua's going into heat, false pregnancies, mood swings, and nasty temper (which hasn't changed).

She was spayed the same day Lena had her dental work done in November....I was so worried about Lee, but she seemed fine. I sat on the couch with Doree for two days while she recovered.

No way was I going through all of that again!

My Marvin, he's a rescue so I don't know his exact age...well anyways, the shelter neutered him when they took him in and we are thinking he is between 9 - 11 years old...and he is doing fine. I wanted to post this earlier to you but got distracted, which as the older I am get the less it takes to distract me :eek::eek:

Sending hugs to you both.

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Originally Posted by Harley PoMMom

My Marvin, he's a rescue so I don't know his exact age...well anyways, the shelter neutered him when they took him in and we are thinking he is between 9 - 11 years old...and he is doing fine. I wanted to post this earlier to you but got distracted, which as the older I am get the less it takes to distract me :eek::eek:

Sending hugs to you both.

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Thanks, I can get distracted just by looking up from what I'm doing...all of our animals (cats and dogs) were fixed. Doree was the only one we didn't do and I regretted it at least 3 times every year for 10 years....and he still didn't learn his lesson!

How is Sibbie doing today?

If you ever want me to start a thread for you with these post for Sibbie to have hr own thread just let me know. :) Any of the staff can do it for you. Not necessary but just if you want.

She's fine, Sharlene. I took her out to do some errands with me yesterday and we got ice cream and sat by the water watching the boats and shared the ice cream...so I think I have been forgiven :)

I used to do that with Lena...usually with Burger King or McDonald's. Then we'd walk along the sea wall and watch the boats. Lena grew up in Kings Point. We lived on an estate right on the water, Manhasset Bay. She loved the beach, the dock and the smell of the ocean (so did I). And I think she would remember when we took our little side trips here in Glen Cove. That was one of the things I had on our bucket list after we found out about the Cushing's....to go back home so she could see it one more time. We never did get to do it, I thought we would have more time. I'm trying to do all these things with Sibbie, though.

Funny thing is the owner of the estate has been asking me to bring my grandsons over to enjoy the pool and we finally went last Sunday. Just me and Josh and Alex. I would've brought Sibbie, but was afraid it would be too hot for her. I'll bring her next time. It was nice. They had a good time in the pool and I told them stories of when their mother and uncle were their ages and swam in the same pool, walked along the same beach and went out on the boat in that same ocean.

I used to take Lena in the pool with us there. She would go anywhere that I did...and she loved walking out on the dock. Sometimes we would just sit there and she would bask in the sun and her ears would blow around in the ocean breeze. It felt good to remember all of that last week. I still miss her so much...it's 23 weeks today. Fridays are so sad for me now, its one more week that she's been gone.

I don't think I want to start a thread for Sibbie yet...this is still Lena's space...thanks, Sharlene.