Hey Carmen! We sure have missed you and the kids!

Happy Birthday to Frankie! Sorry to hear he's having some problems, I hope the vets find what it is soon

Frankie's skin thing sounds a lot like Micki. Micki gets really bad in the colder months and his whole belly ends up red and inflamed with the round circles. He always gets a cortisone (I think?) shot and it will clear up for a week or two but then come right back. We actually switched to Nutro NC a couple of months ago and he hasn't had any problems with it since, but I'm not sure if its related to the food switch since its getting warmer out too...