[Dailydrool] Drool please now for Xaxa - update

[Virginia Oliveira]

Dear Furends

I just spoke to dadperson. After bargaining with the girl of the specialist clinic, kindly searched and indicated by Little Angel Michele Gaspar (if you live in Calgary, is always good to know a 24hs clinic so there it goes : Western Veterinary Specialists are at 1802 10th Avenue, SW in Calgary.) Dadperson took Xaxa to the emergency. They had him X- rayed and there is a mass in his lungs which not necessarily means a bad disease, so they said.
The vet in there said it can even be a cartilage grow. Helio (da dad) only left Xaxa there because the specialist will be there early and because he comes from Emergency, he goes first and she is booked solid until Wednesday, in that way tomorrow we can have a diagnostic.
Xaxa has had a heavy breath since we rescued him and fell in love with him, 8 years ago when he was 7 years young( foster failure in less than 12 hours in our home). And it has progressed slowly in the last 8 years what let us believe it is nothing aggressive. At least, that's what we want to believe.
We decided if it is  that bad stuff, we will do nothing, just let he lives happily as he has as long as he is not suffering which he seems not to be for now and try to manage the cough during the night.
If it something else we will decide as we go. He has lived so far, happily 14 and 1/2 years and only the great energy of the universe knows when his time comes. He has won the "older basset" at our waddle this year and who knows, he will win one or two more.
It just hurts so much the idea of his absence because life is so much better around him. As Violeta did, he only added happiness and love and laughter to our home.(he was left at the HS and they were going to put him down if I didn't rescue him so of course I HAD to get him, this sweet soul). And even when we and dadperson separated, they both continued to be our kids and I was as present as I could and can.
Tomorrow I will be there when Helio arrives with him from the vet and prepare a very yummy dish of rice and ground beef au garlic. He so deserves for a night at the vet.
Please, could you all drool for him? Human, basset, wannabee, we get it all.
Prayers are appreciated too.
love you guys
Virginia, Xaxa, Violeta and our hero, dadperson



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