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Hard-knocked Life

Ando's had a little bump on his front wrist for a couple days. He won't let us near it, so it's hard to determine if it's an insect bite or whatnot. Dustin had the day off and took him to our vet. The growth he has is a benign tumor. It's supposed to get bigger, but will eventually go away on its own. The vet pretty much examined him for a full check-up. She said he had so much stuff happen to him before he was 8 weeks old. His constant congestion isn't kennel cough or allergies. It's a type of pneumonia that occurred when he swallowed food down the wrong pipe and it ended up in his lungs. It's not curable, only treatable. There is little scarring in his lungs. His left bad eye is completely blind. There's no fluid in it, and when she peered into it, she said it was completely pitch black. However, the eye muscle is strong and good. Apparently, the eye was injured when he was a pup....someone poked it and pierced it all the way through. Also, before