I was planning to happily report to you, tomorrow, that Murphy's bandages were coming off for good (wishful thinking on my part). Instead, I am taking her in this afternoon at 4 to be checked again. She has been agitated for two days now, just restless, and has been rubbing her bandaged head on anything she can. Twice, she has "bumped" Scott and me with the right side of her head and cried out in pain. And this morning, I have noticed a lot of staining on the bandage, which says "infection" to me, since the bandage is so thick and there is drainage showing on the outside. They instructed me to leave the bandage on until I get her there to prevent her causing any further damage.

The good news is that this past Thursday, I finally saw the results of the tests on the tumor and there is no malignancy! We are so grateful for that news.

Now, we have to hope that the infection is not too bad, and that our girl will be improving. It is so painful for me to see her out of sorts, and she has been the last two days. It will take a lot of convincing for me to ever believe that we should put her through this on her left ear, even if it does have the tumors too (and it does). At least the left ear is not infected at this point.

I'm trying not to overreact to this latest setback until Dr. Robinson can see her and analyze her himself this afternoon, but my heart just breaks for our senior girl. Please continue your good thoughts and prayers for Murphy. And I will update you when I can tonight.

Thanks.
Logan