Ruby

I ususally call her my Ruby Booby. Well anyway our baby girl is sick, very sick for that matter and we are all very sad. Most of you know that we lost our boy pug Charlie not that long ago due to complications with seizures. Ruby has been acting odd for the last couple of weeks and it was decided that today she needed to go in for a check up. Erik and I both were thinking they would come back with a diabetes diagnosis because she has been drinking a ridiculous amount of water and urinating very frequently, getting us up in the middle of the night 2-3 times to go and having accidents in the house which she has never done before. She actually was sleeping with me at the lake this past week and peed on the comforter-that was pretty much the final straw of us knowing something was up. This morning she ate and got sick 3-4 times before Erik brought her in which was new to the equation. They weighed her and she has lost 4 lb since her last visit. Considering that is 1/4 of her body weight the concerns heightened. After a blood test it was concluded that she does have diabetes and there is also a concern she may have pancreatic cancer due to some of her levels being irregular-well not just concern but alarm. So our baby girl will be spending the night at the vet tonight and tomorrow. They are putting a catheter in to check her urine levels, etc. Poor Erik called me from the vet absolutely beside himself. It is not only hard because your worry she is in pain, if they can "fix" her, but also because of the freshness of Charlie. So please just keep us in a small part of your prayers because we really want Ruby to stick around.