Sorry I didn't post sooner. Josie did just fine and made it home safely today. She was still pretty groggy when she got home and walked around like a drunk for a while, which was, I have to admit, quite amusing. I gave her dinner and got her settled on her second (yes, she now has TWO) heating pad in the guest room. Aside from when I woke her up at 2000 to give her pain medication, she's been asleep ever since.

The doctor called late in the morning to discuss her condition with me. I suspected she had a lot of lesions on her forearm and he confirmed it. Because of her age, he really didn't want to knock her out, which I agreed with. Her size restricted how much local anesthetic he could give her, which meant he couldn't remove all of the lesions at this time. We decided he should just remove the largest ones and call it good. He didn't call back later to tell me she was consumed with cancer and they had to remove her arm or worse so I was relieved. She's now the proud owner of a whole bunch of stitches. There are a couple on the back of her head and a whole bunch on her arm. They also sent her home with several doses of pain medication, which I have to give her every 8-12 hours for a couple days. I have a feeling she'll be sleeping quite a bit this weekend.

We're also starting her on yet another round of antibiotics. She has another bladder infection, which means something bad is going on with her kidneys. There's a good chance she's got kidney stones, maybe even a tumor. However, the only real treatment for either of those would be surgery, which we really don't want to do. He offered to do an ultrasound, but said there really wasn't any point if we weren't sure about surgery. We'll do this round of antibiotics and assess her again in a week or so. More than likely, we'll end up pulsing her with antibiotics every 4-6 months for the rest of her life. We know she has kidney failure so none of this is a surprise and it seems like the most humane thing to do at this point.

In a nutshell, she made it through surgery just fine, but still has more lesions that will need to be removed in the future. She's on pain medicine for a couple days and antibiotics for a week. She's resting comfortably now and we'll be smothering her with love all weekend. Thank you all for your well wishes.