Newfound energy

Sophie is doing great. The crazy sneezing is gone and she has oodles of energy. She had nosebleeds in the middle of the night for the first couple days after the debulking. All of her napping areas are covered with old sheets to protect them.

We went to a bike race on Friday and everyone stopped by to say hello to her (she’s the unofficial track mascot, imo.) She licked their faces and wagged her tail, just like always.

It’s hard to believe that this happy dog has a nose full of tumor. Tomorrow, we’ll find out exactly what type of cancer is up there.

 

Dogs don’t get bloody noses

Thinking it was foxtail, we made a beeline to the vet. Since the only symptom was full-body sneezing, we were sent back home. Sophie didn’t have any nasal discharge and had not been scratching or pawing her nose, so the vet thought that foxtail was unlikely.

The next day, however, Sophie had an impressively bloody nose. It’s possible that she simply sneezed so hard that she knocked her nose against the floor and made it bleed. However, most of the blood was on the bed….looks like she was sleeping when a full-body sneeze triggered a serious rush of nose blood.

So back to the vet. This time we got a referral to a veterinary surgeon.