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Hello all you wonderful people. I just got back from spending two wonderful hours with my baby girl in a quiet visiting room all by ourselves. To me, she is a different dog than the one I encountered the other day. I'm not saying she is bouncing off walls, but our time together was wonderful. She lay calmly in my arms, with no coughing, rasping, gasping, wheezing, struggling for air. She was out of O2 all day. Yes, of course I was not prodding her, or trying to do tests, etc. etc. like the docs were doing, but still she has been stable outside of O2 all day. I held her gently in my arms, gently stroked her beautiful silver hair, gave hers tiny little gentle kisses on top of her head, and told her I was so proud of her for fighting so hard to get well. I told her she was the best girl in the world, and that I loved her more than anything in the world. That I would never leave her and that Muffin and I are waiting anxiously for her to come home. We fell asleep together, the staff did not bother us, and let us sleep. I gave her a cool drink of water. She kissed me, I kissed her back. I massaged her gently, I did reiki with her a lot. We had a wonderful time together. She was making her little clucking (purring) sounds she makes when she is happy and content. Now I only pray there is no set backs, that she is able to stay out of oxygen, and eventually they will be able to do some diagnostics on her. I pray for continued strength, and continued support for all you wonderful angels

I am daring to hope against hope that this is pneumonia, and that it will be able to be curable.

Crystal, thank you for your love and concern. Actually, there are indeed internists, cardiologists, oncologists and pulmonary specialists, as well as surgeons, etc. etc. here at this facility. As a matter of fact, it was a surgeon at this facility that diagnosed Cassie's AAI. No one else, at any other facility discovered this. I do have faith in this hospital, they have saved my baby's lives many many times. Moving Cassie over 500 miles to a Vet school in northern California is not an option for many reasons, but I understand why you would suggest this. At this point in time, I really do think, from the bottom of my heart, that she is in the right place, the best place for her. It is her little body, not the staff or the facility that is preventing diagnostics at this point. And hopefully (I hope and Pray!!!) she will continue to improve. There are very talented people here, and the owners of the facility, my favorite Vets, hire the most talented and caring people, and that is why they are so very very expensive (which many people complain about all the time).

Anyway, thank you all for all your love, concern and prayers. I think your prayers are helping. I really really do!!!!! Please please do not give up on us. Maybe, I hope and pray, we have just turned a corner.

Many blessings to all
Love, Shelie, Cassie and Muffin