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Thanks to everyone for their responses. As I said this is my first time posting on this board and you all have made me feel so welcome. I'm taking tomorrow off to spend a three day weekend with him, so no internet for me until Monday. Please keep Bourbon in your prayers.
Of course Pepper! Please give Bourbon the biggest get well hug and kiss from all of us here. You and Bourbon will be in our heart and prayers! Sandra, Cody and Star
We will be thinking about you and Bourbon. Try to have some fun!!
Sue, Killian and Shiloh
We love having you here as much as you love BEING here, Pepper! Have a great weekend wit your little sweet Bourbon boy. Give him kisses for me and Daisy! We'll be praying for him.
Good luck at the vet tomorrow. I hope everything goes well and it's not serious. We'll be thinking of you. Let us know how it turns out. We'll be waiting on pins and needles with you.!! Our thoughts and doggy prayers are with you.
Sue, Killian and Shiloh
Thanks again. I'm on pins and needles already. Tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. I'm going to stay home from work to try to keep as sane as I can. I'll let you know as soon as I can.
Bourbon is on my mind and in my heart. I hope this procedure will offer some relief to his discomfort and an end to the worry that you have had.
Love from Rachel, Hannah, and Tucker
Pepper, I am sending you and Bourbon tons of positive thoughts for a quick & easy surgery. I hope it's nothing is seriously wrong, I am sure it's just a bad sinus infection and Bourbon will be feeling a zillion times better after they relieve all the pressure.
Good luck tomorrow Bourbon and Pepper, we will be thinking all those positive thoughts and some prayers too that all goes well. Please let us know as soon as you can as we will all be worried.
Jackie
Our prayers are with you Bourbon and Pepper. We are thinking of you with love and hoping that you will be feeling better very soon. Let us know how Bourbon is doing when you can Pepper. Love, Sandra
Pepper..
Just a short note to let You & Bourbon
know that you both are in my prayers.
BEST OF LUCK tomorrow from me & Bud.
pepper you and bourbon are in my thoughts tonight. may the vet sleep well and do excellent, careful work tomorrow. blessings on you all. joyce and alex the wonder dog
Good luck tomorrow, Pepper. We will certainly be anxiously waiting to hear from you. Give Bourbon an extra hug and kiss from me! :D
Good luck, Pepper and Bourbon! You're in my thoughts and prayers. I hope everything turns out A-okay!
Well, Bourbon, it's 10:30 now. I hope everything is going okay for you. I'm thinking of and praying for you.
Me too.
Please let us know as soon as you can. We are all concerned!!!!! Good luck to you, Bourbon. Our prayers and wishes are with you.
Sue, Killian and Shiloh
Waiting for some good news from Pepper about our special pal Bourbon!! All paws crossed.
SO SORRY BOURBON AND VERY SPECIAL AND LOVING GUARDIAN. WELCOME TO DOTD. HOPE YOU WILL SOON DO BETTER. OUR SWEET "MOLLY G" SEES AN OPTHAMALOGIST VETERINARIAN FOR GLAUCOMA. ANY EYE PROBLEMS WITH YOUR BELOVED PET DON'T HESITATE TO SEE A SPECIALIST. IT PAID OFF FOR US AND MORE IMPORTANTLY MOLLY. AFTERALL A TRUE HUNTRESS CAN'T CHASE THE SQUIRRELS OUT OF HER TERRITORY WITH JUST HER NOSE. :D
BOURBON, WITH A NAME LIKE THAT YOU'RE BOUND TO HAVE COURAGE! I WISH YOU LUCK, I WELL PRAY FOR YOU, AND DO A VOODOO SPELL. GET WELL, QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!!
They say no news is good news, but I'm getting worried.
Me too, Rachel. Oh, Bourbon. Please be OK.
So am I. I keep checking every few minutes. I'm hoping that Pepper is just too busy with Bourbon to check in here. I sure wish we knew something, though. I hope he is all right.
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I hope no news is good news. I am worried.
We are all thinking of you and willing things to be well. Let us know soon how things are going.
Thank God Bourbon got through surgery. I took him in at 8:00 a.m. and they said to call at 11:00 a.m. if nobody had called me. When I called at 11:00 a.m., they said he was still in surgery and they would call when they were done. So from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., I was a basket case. I called at 1:00 p.m., I guess the nurse had gone to lunch and forgotten to call me, he was coming out of anethesia. When I went to pick him up at 3:00 p.m., he was a little woozy, but OK. They still really don't know what's wrong. They left the bone in; it's still attached on the right side. The left side of the bone has a hole in it and under that hole in his sinuses is some "irregular tissue". No nodule to remove (which I believe in vet's terms is a tumor); he just scraped some tissue and sent it off to the lab. He said it's definitely in his sinuses which is why he has blood coming from his nose sometimes. I'm just so glad he made it. I was really rethinking the surgery between 11 and 1. Did I really do the right thing? But now that he's made it through, I'm glad I did it, even though yesterday was one of my worst days ever, I think. At least we should know what it is - the results are supposed to be in Saturday or Monday. Thanks for all your prayers and well wishes. I felt them with me yesterday.
He made it through surgery and there is no tumor. Those prayers were answered. Now we have to work on his recovery and that the problem (whatever it was) was somehow made better by the surgery. Lots of attention and love for Bourbon, please...like I even have to mention that!
I have had experience with a similar situation, and haven't been able to respond before now. Now that Bourbon has made it out of surgery, with no tumor found, I can breathe easier.
He is in my most heartfelt prayers and I will continue to pray for his recovery, and that the tissue sample that was taken is not that irregular.
Glad the surgery is over! Hope he starts to feel better soon. I'm glad it is not a tumor. I will be praying that the tissue sample is unremarkable also. We will continue to worry about you and sweet Bourbon til we know what is wrong. I hope the surgery relieved the problem and recovery is on it's way. You will be in our prayers!!! Good luck!
Sue, Killian and Shiloh
I am so glad to hear that the surgery is over. How hard the wait must have been for you!!! We have all been there and know how all that "second guessing" runs through your mind at a time like this. . You did do the right thing, as hard a decision as that was! Hopefully Bourbon will be a bit more comfortable now. And we are all with you with love and prayers as you wait for the tissue analysis. Please give Bourbon big get well hugs and kisses for us. What a brave boy! Sleep well sweetie.
Glad the surgery went well for your baby.
Now we will be waiting on pins and needles
to fine out the results on Monday.
Lots of hugs and kisses for Bourbon.
I am so glad the surgery went okay! As Rachel said, it looks like all our prayers worked, and now we will concentrate them on making Bourbon feel all better.
I'm so pleased that Bourbon feels a bit better. Even though I did not post here before, I followed the thread through and kept both of you in my thoughts.
pepper... Hi from me and Buddy!
How is Bourbon feeling today? Better we
hope!!! Does Bourbon have any allergies
that you know of?? (Sorry if you posted the
fact before..but dont't think i saw it
if you did) Also did your Doc rule out
insect bite as a possible cause of the
original infection??
Just wonder as you do 'what the heck made
this happen ???' to Bourbon.
Hope all tests come back 'free & clear'
and your furkid is a happy camper again.
You both will stay in our prayers...
Continued hopes and prayers that the tissue sample shows nothing serious. You are in our thoughts. Hang in there. Hope Bourbon is doing well today!!
How is Bourbon doing? I hope he's feeling better. Please let us know when you can. And give him a big hug and kiss.
Thinking about you and Bourbon today. I hope the news you receive today is good. Let us know as soon as you can because we are as worried as you are! Our prayers are with you.
Sue, Killian and Shiloh
I'm hoping the news from Pepper will be that Bourbon is recovering well from his surgery and not showing any new signs of swelling. That poor baby has just been through so much. I just want him to get better. I knew last week was going to be a hard one with both Bourbon and Buddy having their surgery, but I didn't realize just how hard it was going to be. I guess this is the "down side" of knowing all these wonderful doggies.
No good news. The vet called this morning and said it is osteosarcoma in his sinuses. I'm going to Purdue University, a highly respected vet school in Lafayette, Indiana tomorrow. From what I've read in a short time on the internet, there is not a high success rate on this. I can't believe this is happening such a short time after Buster died. I don't know what to do.
I am so sorry. I don't know what to say except that you and Bourbon are in my prayers.
Oh, pepper, my heart goes out to Bourbon and you! I hope and pray that you will find something to help him. I will be praying for a miracle for you. Please keep us posted. We care very much!!!
Sue