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[sue_n_julia]

Poor Sable. She just had three paws and a lip biopsied today. We don't expect to find anything really nasty - we are just checking for whether or not some recurrent issues are immune-related. She's had a recurring problem with scrapping up a paw and chewing it raw (and infected). Earlier this summer, I thought I had headed off an incident, but failed. When we left for Pennsic, we knew her right front paw was becoming a mess, but did not want to have a pet sitter trying to medicate her (she hissed at the sitter giving her wet food!). By the time we got back, both front paws were a mess and her right back paw was getting bad -- by Monday she had chewed the paw raw. So she is on antibiotics and has three paws bandaged (with the funny collar). We are probably going to start a steroid sometime next week.

Needless to say, watching her walk (or fail to) on the hardwood floors downstairs convinced us that she is confined upstairs while she's bandaged. Fortunately, the stairs have a kitty gate on them.

Vandal is getting an echocardiogram -- the vet thought he heard a murmur, so we want to check. Unfortunately, that means he is getting shaved a bit again.

Julia's legs are better -- no more rash and no more edema!

That's all for now!

S