A difficult decision.

 Its been about 4 weeks since Lila's been to the vet. In that time her lump has expanded, ruptured, scabbed over, and partially broke off. In the name of science I bagged up her tumor. The remaining part scabbed over again and the loss helped with her mobility. She seems to be eating, drinking, and pooping normally. Other than her condition and some excessive sleeping, she seems to be a normal hedgie.

She was a good girl at the vet today. He just kept telling me how easy she was to handle. He did the normal exam, but today she resisted him touching the lump. The last appointment she had no problem with him putting some pressure on it or the leg. I offered up the "old lump" to give to the pathologist, if he was curious. Dr. Harvey thought we would at least like to see it for his own benefit.

During the exam he observed growth since the mass fell off and he noticed considerable change in size as well as texture. He also told me that the odor coming from it was due to it being sorta "rotten". We did not run any test today, however he was able to visually check the "old lump" that I kept in a zip-lock. That thing smells horrid, by the way. No tests means we don't know for sure, but he strongly believes it is a carcinoma tumor.

Before we left Dr. Harvey gave me the rundown on our options. First was a extremely costly amputation, that I could never afford in my wildest dreams. the second treatment plan was a pain killer and antibiotic duo. The meds will cost about $100 and he didn't even tell me how long that supply lasts. Then there's the au natural way, which is to wait it out.

I have never had to make a decision like this before. Her well being is my number one concern and I want to make the right decision. 

 

 

 

--the decision has not been made yet.

Smokin' in the Boys Room

Just kidding!! I quit smoking 10 months ago. More importantly I realized the boys have completely been ignored on the blog. It also dawned on me that its gonna be way harder to blog about the boys. This will likely end up being a "look what I bought them" blog.  It might even morph into a blog about my self.

We are waiting to move into our new house in about 3 weeks. The boys and I are currently living with my parents and my younger sister. I think we're all getting excited for me to move out again. The living situation have me frazzled and ready to go. The boys don't care where we go or what we do as long as they keep getting getting their new timothy hay with sweet potato.

We are moving into a great house on the sound, I have my own entrance to the house as well. The room is much bigger than out current one. My fluffernutters take up a huge portion of my room and lila's cage helps a bit too.

Imagine the cage is on the left wall and the twin bed is all the way against the right wall. I have about 5 feet from the cage to my bed and about a foot away from the wall behind the camera. Some people have walk in closets bigger then my room.

Their will be fresh free range eggs every morning from the resident hens. The owner filled in his shore line with sand to create a nice beach. I plan to get a float and and an anchor to float while tanning.

I learned about once a month cooking recently and I began preparing my grocery lists immediately. Normally Im pretty lazy and will spend all my money on frozen pizzas. I thought, why spend all that money on prepackaged when I can make that dollar stretch and still have my frozen meals. This way I can still be lazy but in a healthy way.