Thursday, April 7, 2011
Sweet 16?
As you may remember, Luna was at the vet for surgery to remove some cancer spots on her arm and ear. Well, the ear flap had growths both on the inside and outside. Once the growths were removed, Luna was left with quite a sizable scab. As the scab began to fall off, we noticed that we could begin to see light through her ear. We became suspicious that when the whole scab fell off that she would have a "pierced" ear.
Well, one morning, Luna woke up and did her morning stretch which included a head shake and wouldn’t you know, that ear scab flew across the room! We’re all lucky everyone else was on the other side of the room from the crusty projectile because if struck by that thing it could have put an eye out!
When the dust settled, we noticed that indeed, Luna had a pierced ear. It is only about the size of shoelace hole. It’s not huge but definitely noticeable (especially when you can see daylight coming right through it). Luna is no worse for the wear. She is probably more used to having scars than we are, actually. I guess that is why we are taking it a little harder than she is. We have tried to keep her as "perfect" as she could be which would include not contributing to the many scars all over her body.
The "perfect" though is that she is cancer free. And the reality is that it doesn’t take away any of her spunk, feistiness, beauty, spirit or sweet nature. She is perfect just the way she is.
As we just prefer to tell our friends & family, we are simply liberal minded parents and opted to allow her to get her ear pierced before turning sweet 16! Some people allow their baby girls to get their ears pierced at a younger age these days, right? We are amongst the "in crowd". She won’t be wearing any dangling earrings though. She is still too young for that.
But you are perfect dear b/c you are cancer free! In the picture showing your pierced ear, I would love to smooch you over and over! 
Heather
04/07/2011
Looney Baby, I just want to smooch you all over. You are one resilient girl and I admire your grace. You are beautiful inside and out. I do think you should talk to mom about a nice diamond stud though
Corrine, I can imagine how hard it is to see and that it will take a while to get used to, but you are right to focus on the perfectness of Luna being cancer free and frolicking with her brothers in health and happiness. The OBP home is the best thing that ever happened to the Miss.
Love you Luna!!!!