Loving my Oldies Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Hi Katjek. So heartening and lovely to read messages from DOLers. :thanks: He seems okay, pretty well same as usual. Happy out of his head to see me (just returned from walking Tamar and Bunter) and content so long as I am in his sight LOL. I have been scrolling through my photos since I acquired a new computer (iMac) and came across this one. It is from a few years ago; he has always been Mummy's Boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbedWire Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Gorgeous photo DDD, I can understand why you love him so much. Good luck with all of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Isn't it lovely? I've been scrolling through all my photographs, emails and documents having a cull and trying to learn the new systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stressmagnet Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Glad to hear some better news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kajtek Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) Hi DDD :D - Don't post often but you and the lovelies are often in my thoughts. Hope the gorgeous boy coped ok in this heat wave. Edited January 25, 2015 by Kajtek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Forget about the gorgeous boy - what about his owner? :laugh: Has it been hot? I've been inside all day in the air-conditioning watching the tennis. January and February are my do nothing months. And my electricity bills are horrendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainers Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Chicken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stressmagnet Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Forget about the gorgeous boy - what about his owner? :laugh: Has it been hot? I've been inside all day in the air-conditioning watching the tennis. January and February are my do nothing months. And my electricity bills are horrendous. Ben and Jerry's ice cream and a good book. To hell with the costs - this is survival mode. X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirra Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I rarely post, but I always check in this thread. I feel your pain DDD. Your commitment to your furries is inspiring. I too hibernate during the heat of summer. I know what you mean about power bills for the hot months, but was interested to discover that my bills are MUCH higher in winter. My air con usage is the same but it must cost more to heat than to cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Forget about the gorgeous boy - what about his owner? :laugh: Has it been hot? I've been inside all day in the air-conditioning watching the tennis. January and February are my do nothing months. And my electricity bills are horrendous. Ben and Jerry's ice cream and a good book. To hell with the costs - this is survival mode. X I rarely post, but I always check in this thread. I feel your pain DDD. Your commitment to your furries is inspiring. I too hibernate during the heat of summer. I know what you mean about power bills for the hot months, but was interested to discover that my bills are MUCH higher in winter. My air con usage is the same but it must cost more to heat than to cool. Ladies, ladies!! Ice cream is a dirty dirty word in this household. I was buying tubs of it hoping Danny would eat a little bit and guess who'd sit at the table scoffing the lot. I had managed to get down to 69.5kg and I am back up to 73kg. :cry: Thanks Shirra. My flurries are my family - what can you do :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 My stomach has been in knots for the last couple of days leading up to Danny's eye operation. Although my appointment wasn't until 10am, I left home at 8.30am - pouring with rain, back to school travellers, Pacific Highway, etc etc. Danny slept the whole way on the back seat, bless him. So I arrived just before 10am expecting to met the specialist who would be performing the operation, only to be told, "Oh she doesn't come in until much later." So why was I told to be there at 10am to meet her? The specialist whom I saw on Friday, specifically said, be here at 10am and XXXX will come out to see you and you can tell her all about Danny's hernia, reflux, etc etc. I was seen by a couple of the nurses who would be assisting with Danny and while we were going through all his background, meds, etc etc, I noticed mistakes on his admission sheet. The worst one considering his age and frailness was that they had him down as one !! Admittedly you would only need to look at him to realise that was a mistake, but even so. Not a great start. However, I've now heard from the specialist who performed the operation and he has come through well, but, due to his history, she didn't put him under a full anaesthetic. She is hopeful (??) that the procedure she has carried out will be sufficient. I will be picking him up at 5pm this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Sending good thoughts for you and Danny - good that he has come through the operation well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yonjuro Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Not a great start but sounds like a strong finish, Wishing you both all the best :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Danny is as bright as a button except for having to wear a cone to stop him rubbing his eye. He is on three different sorts of ointments/drops: two four times a day and one twice a day. Never was a little dog more medicated :eek: More drama!! I was sitting at the table planning when to leave to collect Danny allowing for the rain and traffic when I saw Bunter scratching at his tummy, I turned him over and saw that he had burst his cyst again and gunk was leaking everywhere. So wrapped him in a towel and dropped him off at my vet and then drove down to collect Danny. After I'd collected Danny, I expected an inch by inch crawl back up the Pacific Highway to my vet for Bunter. Not so. :confused: Where had all the traffic gone? I just drove at a steady pace the whole way stopping only at traffic lights. Extraordinary. That morning in the pouring rain it had been solid bumper to bumper all the way down. Anyway, Bunter's vet confirmed what I was thinking and that is that they need to remove the cyst otherwise he will keep breaking it open. So he is staying there o/night and will have his operation tomorrow. So I am taking several valium and going to bed. Joking actually, I don't have any valium - just figuratively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boronia Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 What a relief Danny is doing ok! And good luck Bunter. The easy drive home is a turning point, things will go much better from now on I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stressmagnet Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Oh poor Danny, poor Bunter, poor you. I hope this marks the end of the drsms and the beginning of the better days. And you should have asked me - us cancer patients get ALL THE GOOD DRUGS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Thank you, ladies. I sure hope it is a turning point Beautiful sunshine day except I didn't get to see it until nearly 10am (Sydney time, not DOL time :laugh: ) although I when I woke up at 7am I leapt out of bed so I could give Dann his first lots of eyes drops X four. So time to get cracking. Have to wash the deck as Bunter and Tamar won't downstairs when it is raining:( Something is going on in Dan Dan's head - although I think it might be age related - because he has decided that the neighbourhood needs a good ticking off and he is going around the place (side pathways first, then front door and now the back yard) barking his head off. Maybe he is calling on someone to rescue him from this terrible woman who, as well as squeezing things into his eyes several times as day, and syringing horrible tasting stuff down his throat even more times a day, she has now compounded her iniquities by putting a plastic thing around his head stopping him from rolling and rubbing his face. :laugh: Another day, another throw up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VizslaMomma Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 oh oh oh. Ongoing hugs from Horrible Herbet & myself to your wee family. Paws crossed for improvements to be started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Horrible Herbert indeed :laugh: :laugh: I think we need a pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Paws crossed for improvements to be started. There have been improvements, VM. Danny has quite a bit of his bone broth shake every day and for the past few evenings, he has eaten a little bit of the same meal that I give to the others. He hasn't done that since we started this journey in October of last year. Through the day, he might also have a small bowl of lactose free milk (I did get a video of him and Bunter sharing this morning, but don't know how to post it ) and a few pieces of dried chicken breast treat. Quite often now, while I am tidying up the kitchen before going to bed, I will give him a small meal of Natural Balance kibble. All in all I am very pleased with his progress. Once his eye has healed and he doesn't have to wear his "cone", I reckon there will be another forward step. Can't wait for the Provisor, hopefully tomorrow or maybe Tuesday. he will be so much more comfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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