Fingers Crossed…

January 7, 2009 /

Easter bonnet
(You can click here to get a larger version and see more of what I’m talking about.)

Gen’s going under the knife today, so keep your fingers crossed that she’ll come out fine, OK? If you look closely at this picture, you can see that she has a growth on her bottom eyelid. We call it her lump of coal, or sometimes, eye boo boo. It’s been there for awhile, but it has gotten progressively larger, to the point where her doctor suggested that we remove it. She said it’s unlikely that it’s harming her eye, but she’s worried that Gen will scratch at it more as it gets larger, and she could damage her eye whilst doing so. Besides, it has grown quite a bit in the last few months, and is much bigger than in this picture, which was taken last spring (hence the Easter bonnet).

As long as she’s under, we’re getting her teeth cleaned as well. Yay for clean teeth! That means breath that doesn’t stink for a little while. Rejoice with us.

I’ll let you know when she’s out and OK, probably later this afternoon. You know, so you can uncross your fingers.

UPDATE: Feel free to uncross…the vet’s office just called, and Gen came through great, and is waking up as we speak.  YAY!

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