Update on the Trusty BoulevarDog

The Trusty BoulevarDog was visited at Boulevard Pet Hospital on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday she did not look well at all; her legs were weak and her entire abdomen was wrapped in a bandage. Two of her legs had been shaved to receive IVs. A third leg was bandaged because, while she was anesthetized, Dr. Schuchman removed a cyst from it. Still, she seemed glad to receive visitors (Mon Petit Chou was along, providing much-needed emotional support); she drank some water and ate a bite of food.

Today was, quite happily, another story. She was visited shortly before noon and was out of the abdominal bandage. She was walking with much more vigor; her eyes were brighter and her tail was wagging. A very brief, very slow walk on Castro Valley Boulevard was taken; she tired rapidly but made the trek. She also received visitors from out of state, as Frère de Boulevardier and his family were in town. She made it clear that she did not want to spend another night in the kennel of Boulevard Pet Hospital, but she was overruled.

However, the Trusty BoulevarDog will return to Maison Boulevardier tomorrow -- minus a lot of blood, the leg cyst, one spleen and the baseball-sized tumor that had grown on it. Whether the tumor was benign or malignant is not yet known -- a biopsy is in the works -- but we do know that the growth is out and for now the chien cher is on the mend.

Your Boulevardier is happy and relieved, and exceptionally grateful for the kind wishes of his readers.