{"id":1916,"date":"2010-01-15T15:40:37","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T23:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=1916"},"modified":"2010-01-15T15:40:37","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T23:40:37","slug":"bulletin-of-a-death-foretold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/bulletin-of-a-death-foretold\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulletin of a death foretold"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DSCN0950\"Mr. Bit, manifesting his customary enthusiasm toward displays of affection<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Monday, my vet called to say that Mr. Bit<\/strong>‘s biopsy results had returned and I should call her back. It’s one of those moments when your heart sinks through the floor. If the tests came back negative, they’d just leave that on the answering machine. When they want you to return the call, it’s Bad News.<\/p>\n

Mr. Bit, it pains me to report, has cancer. It’s in his jaws and may progress rapidly. He could be with us for a matter of months, perhaps a year. There’s little that can be done other than to make the rest of his days as comfortable as possible. He’s been a faithful — if crusty — companion for 14 years, lovable in spite of himself.<\/p>\n

Happily, despite the recent removal of five teeth and some gum tissue, he’s as frisky as a kitten right now and possessed of a robust appetite. And he’s complaining again, in his long-familiar, cantankerous fashion, so he must be feeling like himself again. If he’s happy, it’s some small consolation in the face of this unwelcome tidings. Poor fella. We get the official, in-person report tomorrow but it’s a doctor visit to which we’re looking forward with heavy hearts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mr. Bit, manifesting his customary enthusiasm toward displays of affection. Monday, my vet called to say that Mr. Bit‘s biopsy results had returned and I should call her back. It’s one of those moments when your heart sinks through the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[98,28,99],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1916"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1946,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916\/revisions\/1946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}