Dr. Harnett,

Our thank you is long overdue but until the medication was over with, I hesitated to feel overconfident about Buffy.

We wanted you to know he is doing well. Of course, we owe it all to you. You told me you gave him extra blood and I keep thinking that sure had to help him. It sure gave me hope.

I am also very grateful to your assistant, who was kind enough to let me hold Buffy while he was having the blood transfusion. She was such a remarkable person to realize the importance of Buff seeing someone he loved while he was in such a state.

Also, his allergies used to be so bad he had to be on shots. Remarkably, although he still has problems, giving him a quarter of prednisone each day is holding him off the shots. If ever you could volunteer any information in that area to help him, please feel free to do so.

We are hoping he can hold off this winter. In the summer, because he is allergic to most grasses and other growing things, we expect his allergies to be more severe.

Anyway, I have enclosed some photos of him and our dove, who is about 12 years old. He loves Buffy.  Also photos of our other dogs who he watches over. They are all females.

We are forever grateful to you and Dr. Whitney.