We got a call this morning from the vet.  The biopsies came back stating Lava does NOT have an auto immune disorder.  This is good news.  However, she does have a dermatological disease that I can neither pronounce let alone repeat.  So our next step is to take Lava into see a dermatologist (sounds so fru-fru Beverly Hills…taking our dog to the dermatologist).  More details to come after she is seen by him.