The Million Dollar Dog

Meet Kirby!

Kirby is our 6 year old toy dachshund.  She is our "firstborn".  I love this dog with ever fiber in my being. She is my shadow.  She is my lap dog.  She is my 4 legged child.  Lance would tell you the same.  Kirby was a Christmas gift to me our first Christmas that we were married.  Lance drove about an hour and a half to a breeder, picked her out, put a little pink finger nail polish on her belly to mark his selection and the rest is history! He took me back a few weeks later to pick her up when she was about 6 weeks old.  We have been wrapped around her kinked tail ever since! 

Kirby has had a rough life, medicaly speaking.  She had 2 back surgeries for treatment of Intervertebral Disk Disease in 2006.  Her back limbs were paralyzed before both surgeries.  After surgery 1- it took about 6 weeks to recover but after surgery 2, she walked out of the doctors office, wagging her tail!  She received treatment from one of the best surgeons in our area.  We owe our deepest heartfelt thanks to Dr. Oshin.  He's one of a kind! 

Recently she developed a lump on her back so we had it biopseyed last week while she was under anesthesia for her teeth cleaning and "pedicure".  The lump came back as negative for any sort of cancer.  Apparently, sometimes when  a shot is administered, a lump can form around the injection site.  Kirby is now lump free and recovering from her minor surgery. 

(This is Kirby on the way home from the vet last Wednesday- she slept all the way home- lets just say the anesthesia had not quite worn off!)

It's been 1 week and 2 days since her surgery and she's back to her frisky self. 

I'm not sure how Kirby's going to handle a new baby and having to share the attention with someone else.  I think she senses that somethings going on. She is slowly moving towards Lance and snuggling with him on the couch instead of constantly being at my side.  I'm fairly certain that she'll always be my baby so hopefully instead of having to split my love with her and a new baby my love will just double for both my babies!