Hello all. Scooter's autopsy was done, at least a simple one. We don't ask for one but we give our vet permission to do one if she wants, for educational purposes. His spleen of course was huge. That we knew. There were two masses on it and one had ruptured so his abdomen had some blood in it. There was another mass near his stomach. No wonder he was in pain. He has been our only one (we have had 11 cross the bridge up to this point) that did not have multiple serious ailments and the only one, except Toby (who died at 2 yr. of age) that still had a beautiful coat. Poor little sweet dear. He is certainly much happier now. The day that Scooter left us, Misty hurt her paw/shoulder. Who knows what she did and sometimes we think it is her paw and sometimes we think it is her shoulder. It is not swollen, discolored, out of place, or anything and it doesn't appear to hurt her when we touch it. She carries on like normal except that she has a severe limp and definately favours that side. We have kept her in her cage for over a day and that helped somewhat. Today she seemed much better. She must have just sprained something. We are getting worried about our sweet Benji now. He is also old and appears to be getting more tired every day. He is getting a little thinner than he should be too. He still plays and his eating and bathroom habits are normal. With all of our losses lately, and him being such an adorable sweetheart, it is hard to think that maybe he might be next. Please send good thoughts and prayers his way, and for Misty too. Thank you. Tryntje Miller. [Posted in FML issue 2738]