The Old Folks Home

[chickisoup]

I guess the guilty by association myth is busted. Nobody has been banned by interacting with me. So u paranoid old timers can rest easy. There is no threat of the thread being shut down. Im being good. Although i have been bored out of my mind,,, i am filtering my posts.. .

 

[chickisoup]

Being good is seldom exciting, but does have it's own rewards

 

[Dragonfly216]

Well I just love Miss Lulu!

Great photos from your phone, Vehve! Those are really pretty eggs. My phone has a really good camera on it too! It's a cheap Samsung Galaxy 3, works great!

 

[bamadude]

They can force me to hide my attention defecit disor hey u wanna see my fish tank or play the wii

 

[apteryx]

Disclaimer: I used to work for a mobile phone manufacturer. Yeah, these camera phone pics are amazing nowadays. I love my Lumia 920. I can't believe you get pics like this with a phone.

You really do like that tree - there it goes again......

 

[Teila]

Yeah, I know, an egg .. ho hum!

While I can understand some thinking this; I am one happy, excited Mum.

This tiny little offering, taken next to a photo of her bantam mum's egg is the first egg for my little bantam girl who I guess I can no longer call my baby girl

Not only is it her first egg and probably the smallest ever laid here, it is also the first egg laid by a girl who was hatched and raised here, so kind of extra special.

 

[vehve]

Last night was nice. We had a little impromptu gettogether with the neighboring families, grilled some ribs and sausages, and had some smoked salmon and salad. Then I sat with one of the neighbors and a box of wine and philosophized until 1 in the morning.

Apteryx, but it's a nice tree!

Bama, sounds like a plan.

 

[Bunnylady]

Vehve, I really like that tree, too. The first time I saw it, I thought, "that looks like some Christmas cards I sent out a few years ago."

Sounds like your evening was a great deal pleasanter than my morning. I've been hearing thunder since long before I was awake enough to care what time it was. It's 8:30 a.m, and it's getting darker??! Most of the rumbling is offshore, but the radar picture looks like I get to look forward to a day that varies between getting dampened to getting half drowned. Just what I need, more rain . . . .I feel a bit like Rodney Dangerfield - "Take my rain - please!"

*splat*

 

[chickisoup]

Very hard day yesterday. Spent most it at the emergency vets. Very long story short. Had an appointment for next week with my regular vet, couldn't get me in sooner. I had found a lump on the side of her head and she was running a low fever. In the morning she put her paws on my chair and looked up at me. I looked into her eyes (definitely know they were fine the day before) and choked a scream, yelled at my DH we are heading for the vet's NOW while he was trying to figure out what just happened I was diving for my going to town pants. One of her eyes was totally clouded over and the other looked "fuzzy". I knew something was very, very wrong.

Several hours and $600 later we had no clear answers what it was but a few of what it wasn't. Could be Blastomycosis or an aggressive Lymphoma. Third possibility is acute Leukemia. Fourth possibility ??????? Vet admits she's stumped, but not for lack of searching for an answer. The Hematology results were bazaar. After the bloodwork and looking at biopsy from the lump under the microscope were inconclusive, Blasto is looking less likely but another biopsy, along with a urine sample, went off to the state vet lab anyway. If nothing else, it will narrow the search.

She was given several different drugs and we were sent home with more while we wait for more results. The old "shotgun" approach until we know what we are fighting. Within hours of coming home both eyes were completely white. My poor little baby girl. I am fighting to be strong for her but my heart is breaking as I hold her. She's just 5 years old.
Please pray. I know, she's just a dog, but no she's not,,,, not to me.

Update. She is happy this morning and doesn't seem to be in any pain. Still has the fever and appears to only be seeing shadows now. I just pray my vet has been doing her research and has some answers for us tomorrow.

my little snow dog

 

[chickisoup]

Vehve, I really like that tree, too. The first time I saw it, I thought, "that looks like some Christmas cards I sent out a few years ago."

Sounds like your evening was a great deal pleasanter than my morning. I've been hearing thunder since long before I was awake enough to care what time it was. It's 8:30 a.m, and it's getting darker??! Most of the rumbling is offshore, but the radar picture looks like I get to look forward to a day that varies between getting dampened to getting half drowned. Just what I need, more rain . . . .I feel a bit like Rodney Dangerfield - "Take my rain - please!"

*splat*

So sorry

you guys are really getting soaked this year aren't you??? Too bad you can't ship it to the west coast!