DLand - ARRR ... Maggie the Pirate Dog

Lots going on in the head of GenieAlisa if not really a lot going on to the outside world. I suppose the first bit of big news is about Bossman's dog, Maggie.Just before New Year's, Maggie's right eye started swelling ... like A LOT. Medicine made the swelling go down, but it came back a few weeks later. The diagnosis was cancer of the eyeball. I mean, REALLY, who gets that?! But apparently it's not that uncommon in dogs or humans. So last week she went in for surgery and had her right eye and the cancerous growth removed. Unfortunately, they could see some tumor had spread to the brain. Now, Maggie is a golden retriever, so I'm sure she wouldn't miss a little brain or depth perception, but this was traumatic news all the same. Yesterday was Maggie's MRI. Mrs. Bossman, Momma and Daddy Bossman and Maggie all drove up to Vienna to the only MRI machine on the east coast that works for animals. Hehe, they have separate receiving areas for cats and dogs. I guess MRIs are stressful enough on everyone as it is. The good news in all of this is that the tumor in Maggie's brain is not cancerous. Apparently the eye cancer is a special type that affects the optic nerve but doesn't really spread. So now plans just have to be made to either treat the tumor in her brain with radiation or surgery. It's like an ER episode in my office. So while it's been a tough few weeks for her, Maggie seems to be doing well. She came home yesterday from the MRI and we all are awaiting the test results. I'm pretty optimistic about it as is Maggie. Apparently being the pirate dog has not really dampened her spirits any. Ah, well, I was going to start a small rant about how I hate librarians, but I'm out of time for now. Working from home means I'm in my pajamas still, but I still have to get crap done. Guess I need to finish writing up the docs for our Patriot Act Subversion Tool (tm). Ugh. Stay tuned ...