Interesting date isn't it?  Some people are saying how today will be a "lucky day" and how good things are supposed to happen - momentous things.  For me today is the first day my dog doesn't have a tumor in her chest.  That is definitely a good day by my definition.  On Wednesday, a lump in her chest was determined to be a mast cell tumor which according to my vet needed to come out as soon as possible.  I said, how about tomorrow morning!  Tomorrow morning I took her for our last morning walk carrying that damn tumor in her chest and then dropped her off for an emotional even for both of us.  I got her home last night night after a surgery which the vet said went well.  The tissue mass gets sent to a pathology lab in Denver over the weekend and Monday I should find out if they got all of the cancerous cells out or not.  My thoughts on that matter can be summed by with the mantra, Oh please oh please oh please oh please..., (etc.).  So after a very rough night with a very unhappy doggie, she is now napping and I'm trying to take full breaths.  Cancer sure does suck.