Birthday!

I did it! I made it to my tenth birthday!

Seriously, since my last birthday, I almost went to Rainbow Bridge many times:

1-when I was first diagnosed with diabetes and the doctor couldn't do anything because I wouldn't eat so mom decided to take me to the emergency room so they could get me to the Bridge...

2-when I was hospitalized because at the emergency room they said it was worth a try - but I didn't improve all that much - but then I surprised everyone by bouncing back...

3-about a week after I got home from the hospital - but mom & Dr. Linnenbrink got me going again...

4-in the Spring when I was in the ICU in the Orchard Park hospital with sepsis - Dr. Brummer even came in on a Saturday to check me because I wasn't responding to the treatment and screaming whenever someone touched me - but even though it wasn't as fast as expected, I finally came around...

5-i don't know if this counts but my ultrasound showed a liver mass - luckily on the followup ultrasound the mass mysteriously disappeared - so I don't have liver cancer as far as we know!

So I wonder how many lives a dog gets? And we're not counting any risks associated with my cataract surgery here...