So lately, I’ve haven’t been feeling so hot. My tummy hurts and I have a temperature...all I want to do is lie around and sleep. I’m not even hungry! I can tell my folks are worried as they fawn all over me to the point my mom is hand feeding me. I can’t deny that I should have faked something years ago to get this special treatment. We took a car ride which I was hoping was to Cascade to see my Grandparents but it turned out we went to see my doctor. She checked me out and I got worried when I saw the look on her face. I barked at her to stop shaking her head because it was freaking me out. Mom and Dad left the room after sadly waving goodbye and they took me to the lab in the back where they took blood and put me under this camera like thing. I was relieved to be back with my parents a short time later when we all hung out in a comfortable office and talked to the doctor. From what I understood, my tummy hurt because I have a large ball (is it something I swallowed?? I can’t remember!!) in my abdomen that is causing a lot of issues. Didn’t realize this but mom said I had been farting all night long and I was surprised because my farts usually wake me up.
The next day I had to go back to see the doctor for a different test. There was a man doctor this time who shaved part of my belly hair and rubbed cold gooey lotion on my tummy. He massaged it with this roller apparatus which actually felt good and helped me pass some more gas. Again, we all met to discuss those results which, it turned out, I had a tumor on my spleen which needed removal. Yikes! I was glad it wasn’t something I swallowed but I knew what it meant as you’ll remember in Chapter 1 where I recounted my tales of eating bad stuff that got me operated on when I was a pup. I just hoped these parents wouldn’t give me up like my old parents did.
I was relieved when Dad said to schedule the surgery and that he would take the day off from work. I was sure Dr. Huston would get this grapefruit sized tumor out of my body so I can feel better. I just don’t feel like my old self anymore. 
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