Too funny Linda, I pretty much killed a can of Pringles over the last few days, easy food. I am however craving some broccoli cauliflower soup really bad...

Does anyone have any recommendations for #1 getting Olli to stop scratching at his incision site & #2- building any study, easy ramp for outside. Since we live in upstate New York the weather, snow,snow & more snow comes into play.

Been a busy couple of days - sorry no posts.
Olli had a little bit of a setback - I noticed some blood in his urine so took him in and they said it was probably the beginnings of a uti. Gave him some antibiotics and no more blood for the last 3 potty breaks. This should be a good sign, hopefully we caught it soon.
When they were checking him out they found that he had a lot of bruising on his belly. They shaved him down so that we could keep an eye on it and we took pictures when we got home to help us check in case we thought something changed. He has been more quiet than he was and yelps occasionally when he moves or gets up, I'm pretty sure it is from the bruising. Hopefully the bruising is just because he is getting used to how to lay down. They have me keeping an eye out for pinpoints of blood in her ears, eyes & gums. So far so good
He has also been hanging out near the front door that is next to our bedroom. I think it is because my husband came home from work at 4 am the other morning really sick and Olli knows he is sick.
I woke up to my alarm this morning at 1am and could not locate Olli anywhere.. thought I was going to have to put out a flyer for a missing Berner. Thought I was losing it. He is a little too big too hide easily. I finally located him on the floor in my daughters room, she has been sick with a cold so he must have been keeping watch over her also. She said later that he actually followed her when she went to bed bad. For some reason he rarely goes back there.
We have a follow up at 3:45 today so I will try to post after that.

Stifling -good to hear positive info on Tahoe -that is great. I'm hoping that we can say the same...

Danell - good luck. It really hasn't been too bad except the ER visit the other night. The worst thing that stresses us with Olli is that he wants to stay outside in below zero weather and he is (was) 121 lbs so we can't just pick him up. We have a tag team thing going and don't leave the house without a phone and keys..
I put anything that we need close to us in the living room so that we don't have to get up a lot. Just remember also as everyone says, greet Kasey with smiles and hugs. You can examine the incision later. I didn't realize how long it would be so don't be surprised. It is really scary and I and all the great people up here will definitely be thinking of you. Just take it 1 day at a time or sometimes 1 hour. Take care of yourself and as they say with newborns, sleep when the baby sleeps.

Sorry - I thought I posted yesterday after we came home, but I guess not. Olli's appt went well. His PCV blood work was good.
Even better, we received the call from the oncologist a little while ago about his test results. The lymph node did have the cancer but it was clean !!!!
Of course he said there is always a chance that something microscopic was left behind, but I am taking this news as really good.
Today is a good day. Olli will start his chemo on the 11th so I'm hoping that is easy on him. But we are farther ahead then we were a few weeks ago

2/4/14 - Olli is still getting around well when he goes out, still yelps when he gets up and stays in the back of the house I my daughters room a lot.
He is much quieter than normal but I hope it is jugs because he did have a big surgery.
He is scheduled to have his staples removed tomorrow so hopefully that helps.