Yesterday and today have been about Mr. Mike! Yesterday evening I put dog ear wash liquid in his right ear, massaged the ear canal and went to sop up the extra with a kleenx as usual. What was not usual was that the kleenx was covered with blood! He moved away and when he shook his head blood flew every where! I grabbed some more tissues and held them to his ear and they came away soaked too. Jack had hamburgers on the grill but immediately turned that off and called the after-hours vet. They got us right in. The vet looked in Mike's ear and was able to determine there is a growth deep in his ear and it was "oozing" blood. Not being our regular vet he gave us some medicine that would numb the ear so Mike wouldn't keep shaking his head and something to stop the bleeding but wanted us to take Mike to our regular vet in the morning. The stuff all worked and Mike slept most of the night - better than Jack or I did!

Jack took him to our vet immediately this morning and Mike had surgury to remove the growth within an hour! It was deep in the ear canal and large. The vet has sent the tissue off to be biopsed. He's not saying anything more on the subject until the results come in. The current problem is they haven't been able to get the ear to stop bleeding. Jack and I went to pick Mike up at 3 pm and the vet wouldn't even let us see him. He has him heavily sedated so he won't shake his head and is hoping the bleeding will stop. He felt it would excite Mike to see us and wants him to stay still. If this doesn't work then the vet may have to go back in and cauterize the incision. The vet mentioned some other intricate sounding procedure that may have to be done on the ear but said we'd cross that bridge when we get to it. I really miss Mike and am praying this is all going to be resolved shortly! Mike has been my buddy for many years now...I don't want to think about not having him around!

In addition to the medical excitement yesterday, we got a call from our realtor asking if we'd like to close on the houses before the end of the month! That would mean moving before the ceremony! In a way that would be great. In another way it will be challenging to get moved and get everything ready for the celebration!

So last night I packed 6 boxes, tonight I made a "test run" of the cake receipe I plan to use for the wedding - to take to the meeting tomorrow night and get feedback. It's a little unusual and I want to be sure it is well received by a variety of people.

I'll just alternate my evening activities and hope to be prepared for whatever developes! Cheryl said she would get back to us tomorrow on the likelyhood of everything closing before the first of June!

So now I'm going off to say my prayers and then to bed. Tomorrow will be here soon enough with what news it brings of all this things!