Bo's Surgery

Bogart entered Burleigh Road Animal Hospitat at 8 am, and at 4 pm I picked him up.  In between he had surgery to remove three small Lipoma from his belly/chest.  These benign fatty lumps were not causing him any pain, they were not large enough to cause any problems, yet.  Vets will say to just leave them rather than to anesthetize a patient for surgery.  With Bandit, we did leave the lump and it was the reason he is no longer with us.  It was grossly large but he had gotten too old to have surgery, the skin was stretched too thin, and it was so uncomfortable for him that he bit at it, and well... Bogart is healthy now but as he gets older and these lumps continued to grow, they would hinder how he lies down, or possibly how he walks, so that is why he had surgery today.
Otto was not happy when Bo left this morning.  He does not like being by himself.  He cried, like only Otto can do (you know what I mean!).

Where is Bo??

                           Hurray!!!  Bo is home, now Otto can finally relax.  All is right again!

Here are his three incisions.  He is wearing a t shirt to protect the stitches from rubbing when lies down.

Playgroup time

When the kids were young finding a playgroup was essential.  It also created life long friendships.  Today, we had a little different kind of playgroup.  I was asked to let out Izzy today, but I didn't want Bo and Otto to wait any longer for me to get home from work, and I didn't want to come home let them out and then have to leave right away.  So, I brought them along with me and Izzy had a playdate!
 I pulled into their driveway, and Izzy was already at the window.  (just like the kids used to be waiting for everyone to come over)

Then we went in, and excitement was in the air.  Izzy played the good host and showed Bo around,

                                                                    and then Otto

                                   
                                    " Here is where I spend my days" she told her buddies

                                             
                                                          They went outside for a bit, then
                                                  after playing and running around...so thirsty!

Soon it was time to go home.

No, Don't Go!

Don't worry Izzy, we'll BE BACK!   

I know Bo and Otto had fun as they are sleeping soundly as I type this.