We've been without power here for a few days, so I haven't had time to visit Tripawds much this week.  But I wanted to update everyone on Queen Nova, who will be celebrating her 44 MONTH ampuversary this week.  Things remain to be WONDERFUL after Nova's scary weekend (Memorial Day weekend) when our vet told us she likely had a brain tumor.  However, she has not shown any of the symptoms she had that weekend since then, and has been nothing but happy, healthy and hungry.  

We haven't been back to the vet.  Frankly, I am frustrated with the diagnosis they gave me, and a little angry because I believed them and honestly thought that we were near the end with Nova.  Obviously we weren't.  I guess I will never really know for sure if there is anything going on in there in that big ol' head of hers.  I am thankful that the crisis we went through forced me to think through some of the details on how to prepare to say goodbye to her, whenever that time may come.  And it sure doesn't seem to be any time soon.  But I know that Danes typically live 6-10 years and Nova has lived over 8.5... over 3.5 of those years beating cancer... so each day with her is a precious gift.

We had a power outage this past week, and I was sick with worry over the girls being left at home all day in the heat.  Nova does not do well with heat, and Memorial Day weekend was unbearably hot too, so it brought some bad memories to the surface.  Thankfully, we have a generator, but still were not able to run the air conditioning.  My husband and sons made sure the girls were comfortable to help reassure me... my husband even went out and got this monstrous industrial-sized fan to keep them cool.  My sons hand fed the girls ice cubes during the day, watered them down with the hose to help them cool off, and texted me updates at work so I could see that they were fine.

It seems like Nova has gained some weight back, although I can not take her to the vet until next week to get her on the scale.  My husband is camping in Minnesota all this week, and he has taken the Queen's "Mobile Throne"... (our minivan), which is the only vehicle that Nova can be transported in.  I am keeping my fingers crossed for no dog emergencies this week, because there is no way that I can get Nova into my little Honda.  I am trying my best to relax and not worry, but, well, you know how it is.... you never stop worrying!

Anyway, I wanted to share this picture I took today of the Queen.  It was the first time this week that she's been able to spend an extended time outside (since the heat was so horrendous this week).  Doesn't she look beautiful and so happy?  She looks skinnier than she actually is though.