Got this cool email from my mom:

no good news.  Lucy has lymphoma.  the next step is to get an ultrasound to see if there’s cancer anywhere else.  that’s $320, not to mention the $670 I paid yesterday for all the other tests and xrays.  but still I need to know how bad it is so I can decide what to do.  more than likely she will get a chemo treatment of sorts, which is cortisone and prednisone w/ lucoren (pills).  more aggressive treatment would involve injections which the vet said were very expensive, or take her to the oncologist in Concord which I won’t do.  I’d rather work w/ the internist here and see if something can be done to shrink any tumors and keep her happy for as long as possible.  the vet said depending on what they find and how bad it is, many dogs w/ lymphoma can stay fairly healthy and have a good life for another year, so that’s what I’m hoping for.

but I’m so very sad . . .

And I’m so busy working for money that strangers just keep taking anyway, I don’t even have time to go see her…