Graphite GSD

Hi all,
         Firstly I would like to thank everyone for their birthday wishes, it makes me feel very warm and fuzzy knowing that they have come from me blogger pals/readers, and I am sure that I will have a pukka day!
        Monday was a bit of nightmare day as we woke up to find that poor Bluebell had quite a large lump under one of her titties which was quite tender and warm to the touch. At first sight I thought she may of been bitten by an insect as she does love to hunt in the undergrowth down by the river, but I could not see any puncture wound. She was very subdued and sleepy all day which was a little bit worrying, so we made an appt to get to the vets in the afternoon. Curiosity peaked I did a quick search on the net with her symptoms and the only consistent thing that kept coming back was mastitis.....but she has been spayed and this is something that is quite common in bitches that have not been, it really did not make sense to me. Anyway the vet on examination did confirm this, and said it is very rare for a spayed dog to have this and brings into question her operation. Some of you may remember that when we had her done she did have pyrometra, a potential killer for bitches, but lucky enough she was caught in time and apparently they got all her reproductive parts out, or not so it may seem. The vet said that the only thing that may of triggered the mastitis is she still may have some of her reproductive tissue left behind ! I am not sure what to make of all this really, and I suppose my thoughts were running amok after just having let Poo Poo go I kinda of panicked and thought I might be losing her as well! She is on anti biotics and painkillers now for a week and hopefully that will clear it up without too much pain, but if this occurs again then I am not sure what the outcome of it will be.Will keep you updated on that.
      The picture you see above is of a German Shepherd done in Graphite on Fabriano 5 paper size 12 x 10 inches. Quite a difficult dog this, as she has many colours and on hindsight might of been better in CPs, but this one has come too far to be abandoned so onwards and upwards.
     This will be my last update until next week as I am off in a day for a break at me mums...really looking forward to this as it is a family get together which is all good. I shall see you all on the flip side and whatever you are doing this coming weekend have a good one.