Square Notes & Reggi

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I took Friday off to make myself a 4-day weekend. These are square designs awaiting assembly. I also cleaned up my studio a bit, ran some errands, did some laundry and threw in a bare minimum of house cleaning. In other words, I had myself an old fashioned Stefani Day.

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The other reason I took today off was to take Reggi to the vet for a little surgery. She had fatty cyst on her shoulder that the vet drained a couple of weeks ago and a wart between her toes. The vet found another growth that she also tried to biopsy but it was kind of deep and she was afraid it was near a lymph node. So it made sense to have all 3 removed at once and have her teeth cleaned.

I wouldn't let Steve go with me when I took Reggi to the vet to have this stuff checked out a couple of weeks ago because he says there's a $ figure that's not okay to spend on a dog. I know that. But I don't know what the number is yet and I'm a financially responsible member of this partnership. Anyway, I didn't even ask the vet how much it was going to cost. So there.

Then . . . between the last appointment where Dr. Drouin checked her out and her surgery appointment today - another growth popped up rather quickly on the top of her head. It was hard as a marble. Dr. Campbell biopsied it yesterday morning when I took Reggi in and she said it was a cell mass, aka cancer. Dr. Drouin, who was going to do the surgery confirmed it (but they'll send it to the lab, to be sure) but said 95% of the time, surgical removal cures it. She said Reggi might have more pop up - one of her dogs has had 4 or 5. She said it's really nothing to worry about.

I made calls to both Steve and Simon as I drove home from the vet. I swear I was fine until I heard their voices. I had the tiniest of cries, was nicely reassured by both of them and went on with my day. I know Reggi will be just fine and live a long healthy life with us.

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