July

July has been a crazy month, Ups and Downs. Things started off so well. My mom got the pretty much all clear after her surgery to remove the lump in her breast. She is in the middle of her radiation treatment and that is taking it's toll, but she is going well. B2's boyfriend came and went. We have decided we like him, he fits in with our brand of insanity.
But right now, things aren't so great. I've mentioned our dogs before and this deals with one of them. Gobo, my silly little momma's boy, my defacto baby. He had lost some weight (nearly 3 pounds, which is a lot for a 7 pound dog) and this past weekend he started acting sick. Yesterday I took him to the vet after it became clear this was more then just severe constipation and we spent 3 hours there while they ran some tests. Unfortunately, his test came back with an answer no one wanted. His kidneys have begun to shut down. He's 4 years old and was born with several visible birth defects and now it appears that there were some internal malfunctions as well as kidney failure this severe and sudden isn't normal for a dog his age.
He is currently home with us and we are doing what we can, but, given his test results, there is really nothing we can do except wait. We do what we can to help keep him hydrated and get him to eat what we can, but his body is slowly shutting down and he can't always keep food down. Right now he's not in any pain, just nauseous, so we are hoping he can hold on for at least another week and a half until my husband gets back from the slope, then we will decide where to go from there. He could have a few weeks, maybe even a few months. We've been through kidney failure with one of the dogs before, but this time.. he's my baby and this is killing me.