So ... Thursday nite, Winston ended up in the emergency room. He pee'd an enormous amount in the house (very unlike him) then gone and collapsed in the dark under a tree. We got him up and he was suddenly extremely lethargic, couldn't stand and just wanted to go to sleep. He would stand then his back end would start to go down and he'd just go down. It was so scary. His lower eyelids were all saggy and his body was clammy. I honestly thought he was dying right before my eyes. I rushed him to the emergency vet and they were really worried about him, as was I. He was so weak which was weird b/c he was fine, energetic all day according to my parents. After $1,800 worth of tests and an overnight stay - his red blood cell count was extremely low - he was / is very anemic. Why, we don't know. Since he's been home, he's seemed tired, but much better than he was Thursday night. I am taking him back to my regular vet to get more blood work done today and will have them check for Lupus, an auto-immune disease he might have... I am hoping we can find a solution to all of this... They did find a small nodule on his spleen, but b/c it was so small, they were not very concerned about that, but his anemia.

On the way back from the vet, Pete and I saw a dog that had been hit by a car. We dropped Winnie off and went back to check on the dog...it had moved, but had died by the time we got back. I prayed for his soul telling him how sorry I was for being left to die without any dignity... He was just left on the side of the road to die. People can be so numb, so lame...without heart. How could someone do this to such a beautiful creature, that we were blessed to have these experiences here with... ?

I ask that you keep my boy in your prayers. He is my world and although I know he is older (9 yrs) He still has a lot of love and life to share with this world. I love him so and cannot imagine him not around and in my life. He is so special to me.