We’ve been living in Raleigh, North Carolina since 2005, and we haven’t taken a trip to the mountains in over seven years. It’s not that we didn’t care to visit the high country. We were actually excited about the idea of exploring Asheville, Mt. Mitchell, and the Blue Ridge Parkway before we even made the move […]
Several days after we heard the bad news of Sasha’s cancer relapse, I scheduled an appointment to have photos taken with our whole gang. Carlos takes beautiful photos, but he doesn’t make it into them very often. I sometimes attempt taking pictures, and some are OK, but I do not know how to take advantage […]
Today marks one year since the amputation of Sasha’s right arm. Dr. Neuenschwander delivered the bad news of Sasha’s osteosarcoma diagnosis to Liliana and me on March 6, 2012, and eight days later, on March 14, Dr. Clary removed Sasha’s arm, up to and including her scapula. We brought her home on the 15th and […]
The phone rang at 1:48pm on February 26. It was Dr. Neuenschwander from Brentwood Animal Hospital. I had dropped Sasha off earlier in the day for a radiographic examination of her left leg and pelvic region. She had been in some pain that was causing her to avoid putting weight on her left leg. When […]
If you’ve been reading this blog, you know that Sasha and Tommy celebrated their birthdays recently. Sasha turned 13 on October 24th – an awesome milestone! And Tommy turned 6 on June 22nd. What you don’t know – because we have been busy, and lazy – is that the rest of gang also celebrated their […]
Yeap, that’s right, Sasha made it into the 2013 Tripawds Calendar!! Neil Sedaka’s Calendar Girl! She is the May calendar girl (calendar #4). Check it out here. Doesn’t she look great?! You may remember seeing the same photo used for the calendar elsewhere on Lili’s Notes. It was taken just three weeks after Sasha’s right […]
That is the question, or rather, a point of contention between Liliana and me for the past several months. OK fine, if I am to be 100% honest, both Liliana and I baby Sasha. We’ve always treated our dogs very good, lathered them with praise when they do something special, and talk to them as […]
Monday, November 19, Sasha went in for her first bi-monthly post vaccine follow up at NC State Vet School. Carlos and I were anxious to hear the results of Dr. Hauck’s evaluation of Sasha. The last time Sasha was at NC State, radiographs of her chest revealed a nodule that was of some concern […]
From all of us at the Ruano house – the humans too!
