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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
an adult rated Christmas song
I found this last year and it cracks me up just thinking about it. Language is not suitable for all viewers. Thanks Scotty... yet again it made my day.
Dogs
It is cold here right now. I have city dogs, never slept a day outside dogs, never grown winter hair dogs... who love to go outside. At the moment they want all day to go out, and then their little feet freeze and they have a hard time walking... yet they never ever want to stay in. Wish I had that much enthusiasm.
Rory had a bad day yesterday with two major and two minor seizures on a roughly 45 minute period. So he got extra meds and Doug got to experience shooting valium up a dogs butt. These episodes make him uncoordinated and restless so he really did not sleep all day, when what he really needed to do was sleep. So phone call to the vet to let him know what has happened. Now back to the vets to do blood tests on his phenobarb levels. He has just been increased since the levels were low on his first test after being medicated. So does he need to be increased, does his body absorb it too fast... many questions. The vet is not happy that these big seizures occurred already... basically he should be holding steady. So we have to figure out why not. Some dogs get medicated and stay at a level of basic drugs forever, others require more of the phenobarb, reach a point at which anymore would poison them and then have to start taking a cocktail of meds. i am hoping that this is not the case. Financially it would be more of an issue and as he is a young dog, increased dosages and cocktails of drugs have of course there own side effects.
Rory had a bad day yesterday with two major and two minor seizures on a roughly 45 minute period. So he got extra meds and Doug got to experience shooting valium up a dogs butt. These episodes make him uncoordinated and restless so he really did not sleep all day, when what he really needed to do was sleep. So phone call to the vet to let him know what has happened. Now back to the vets to do blood tests on his phenobarb levels. He has just been increased since the levels were low on his first test after being medicated. So does he need to be increased, does his body absorb it too fast... many questions. The vet is not happy that these big seizures occurred already... basically he should be holding steady. So we have to figure out why not. Some dogs get medicated and stay at a level of basic drugs forever, others require more of the phenobarb, reach a point at which anymore would poison them and then have to start taking a cocktail of meds. i am hoping that this is not the case. Financially it would be more of an issue and as he is a young dog, increased dosages and cocktails of drugs have of course there own side effects.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Winter
We finally got our first major dump of snow. And are now locked into cold weather. But it is sunny and clear... I can live with the cold. My bah humbugs have been put somewhat on the backburner. Blue skies and snow...
I have in the last months been spending lots of time reading. Until summer rolled around it was rather intermitent, which is not usual for me. I started with JA Jance, discovered James Rollins and books by douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. I reread Memoirs of A Geisha, A History Of Salt, and A Swiss Family Robinson. I will admit mostly escapist reading, nothing to strenous or anything. Also started the music playing again, classic rock to jazz, country to classical. My musical tastes run all over the place.
Yet despite all this and my foray into much Christmas baking, which I do enjoy, I have been rather ho-hum about Christmas. I usually decorate early but so far have only managed to put lights on the tree (and that was really Doug). the ornaments are on the floor beside the tree. I actually do like this season a lot... perhaps too much work over the week of Christmas, which is usual, meaning I am tired and not enjoying. Mom is gone for a month, which in a way relieves some of the stress of the holidays... trying to fit in everyone and find a way to make some of our own traditions. Doug's Mom is ill and we of course want to spend as much time there as we can, and fit in my Dad's family to. Too many things to do, when all I would love to do is shut the door and stay at home. But perhaps I stay at home a little too much the rest of the time...
But on the other side of the holidays we are going to Vegas for 4 days. not long but its four days out of here. far away from here. we are going with friends and I am looking forward to spending this time with them. P, I have known in some fashion or another since elementary school and began spending time with as adults when he and Doug worked together. He and is wife are really great people and B and I are getting excited planning things for us to do when away. She also thinks that gettign married (re-married in both our cases) while there would be a hoot... shenanigans may occur... and remember what happens in Vegas, ends up getting posted on facebook.
I have in the last months been spending lots of time reading. Until summer rolled around it was rather intermitent, which is not usual for me. I started with JA Jance, discovered James Rollins and books by douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. I reread Memoirs of A Geisha, A History Of Salt, and A Swiss Family Robinson. I will admit mostly escapist reading, nothing to strenous or anything. Also started the music playing again, classic rock to jazz, country to classical. My musical tastes run all over the place.
Yet despite all this and my foray into much Christmas baking, which I do enjoy, I have been rather ho-hum about Christmas. I usually decorate early but so far have only managed to put lights on the tree (and that was really Doug). the ornaments are on the floor beside the tree. I actually do like this season a lot... perhaps too much work over the week of Christmas, which is usual, meaning I am tired and not enjoying. Mom is gone for a month, which in a way relieves some of the stress of the holidays... trying to fit in everyone and find a way to make some of our own traditions. Doug's Mom is ill and we of course want to spend as much time there as we can, and fit in my Dad's family to. Too many things to do, when all I would love to do is shut the door and stay at home. But perhaps I stay at home a little too much the rest of the time...
But on the other side of the holidays we are going to Vegas for 4 days. not long but its four days out of here. far away from here. we are going with friends and I am looking forward to spending this time with them. P, I have known in some fashion or another since elementary school and began spending time with as adults when he and Doug worked together. He and is wife are really great people and B and I are getting excited planning things for us to do when away. She also thinks that gettign married (re-married in both our cases) while there would be a hoot... shenanigans may occur... and remember what happens in Vegas, ends up getting posted on facebook.
Christmas Once Again
Once again it has been a long time since I have posted anything. Fall has come and is almost gone. 6 more days and it will officially be winter. Fall was filled with work for both D and I, he was getting called in on a fairly good basis for a while. Then a long time between calls... three the week he was too sick to go. Doug's family had a reunion on his Dad's side the Thanksgiving weekend. Celebrating 60 years since the Revel's left Northern Ireland and landed in Mara/Enderby. It was great to spend time with everyone, although we had managed to see a number of them at the lake over the summer.
In the pet department, our youngest dog, was diagnosed with epilepsy after a period of seizures spread over a month and a half. It is common in Springer Spaniels but is scary to watch. So he is now on meds for life. luckily his seizures are intermitent and not really harsh. our cat Pounce disapeared Oct 20, right when Rory started seizuring more (stress is a major trigger just like people). I snuggled him in the morning and that was the last we saw of him. I had lost lots of cats growing up in the country and was not overly upset... until we found out from people in the apartment by us that our neighbor had been seen with a trapped cat that same weekend. He of course denies this... so there is nothing we can do. We are not sure if he just killed him or dumped him or what. SPCA cannot do anything since it is legal to trap, but they are supposed to release, return, or take the animals to the SPCA. ... there is more than that man doing this in our area as all the strays are gone and lots of people are missing there pets. One did turn up and was returned to our area from Enderby... so we are hoping that our cat has found someone to take him in.
In the pet department, our youngest dog, was diagnosed with epilepsy after a period of seizures spread over a month and a half. It is common in Springer Spaniels but is scary to watch. So he is now on meds for life. luckily his seizures are intermitent and not really harsh. our cat Pounce disapeared Oct 20, right when Rory started seizuring more (stress is a major trigger just like people). I snuggled him in the morning and that was the last we saw of him. I had lost lots of cats growing up in the country and was not overly upset... until we found out from people in the apartment by us that our neighbor had been seen with a trapped cat that same weekend. He of course denies this... so there is nothing we can do. We are not sure if he just killed him or dumped him or what. SPCA cannot do anything since it is legal to trap, but they are supposed to release, return, or take the animals to the SPCA. ... there is more than that man doing this in our area as all the strays are gone and lots of people are missing there pets. One did turn up and was returned to our area from Enderby... so we are hoping that our cat has found someone to take him in.
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