SKIPPED HANGING OUT TODAY

I was supposed to go to a street fair today with friends but I got a bit nostalgic and sad and decided to stay home and be with Happi instead. Her surgery is Thursday and I have to work most of the day Monday and Tuesday so I want to spend time with her.

She went for a walk and ate two big meals. She laid out in the hazy sunshine. I guess that is a good day for a dog.

Until tomorrow...

LOOKING BETTER

My friend and his newly adopted son stopped by for a visit today. Lucky had a good time playing with the kid. We had some lunch.

Happi seems perkier. She was looking for food at feeding time which is an improvement.

I can't believe this medicine sucrafate has almost stopped her teeth chattering. I have been sleeping! Happi has been sleeping.

Until tomorrow...

MONITORING HAPPI

Today I worked from home and spent some if the day monitoring Happi.

Last night was rough. She got up and walked around the house and decided to sleep upstairs by herself. She peed on the floor in the middle of the night.

This morning she ate some food and took her medicine. She did not perk up at the suggestion of a walk.  She slept a lot during the day. At dinner time she acted very hungry so I fed her more rice, cottage cheese and baby food.  I let her rest a bit then I asked her if she wanted a walk. She perked up a bit more then.  We went on a short walk with Happi moving very slowly and Lucky getting VERY frustrated. During the walk the vet called to check in. He increased her sulculfrate to 3 times a day to calm her tummy. Funny, I used to take that drug to calm my tummy.

When we got home our neighbor came to visit for a bit and we watched a new TV show together "The Cool Kids".  It's about 4 older folks living in a retirement home. It has some famous actors in it Vicki Lawrence, David Alan Grier, Jamie Farr, Martin Mull, Leslie Jordon, and others. We thought it was funny.

Hoping Happi keeps getting better and better.

Until tomorrow...

SAD MEDICAL NEWS ABOUT HAPPI

Today Happi and I woke up early and took a taxi to the vet's office. She spent the whole day there. Happi had an ultrasound of her abdomen. She was a champ in the taxi on the way to the vet office. I used a towel on the seat of the taxi. She seemed to like that.

I went to my CPR/first aid recertification class in the afternoon. I passed with flying colors.

At 5 pm I got a call with the results. There was a lot of information and I was standing in a doctor's office lobby.  The doctor said that Happi has a mass in her spleen. He won't know if the mass is benign or cancerous until he removes the spleen. The spleen is like an appendicitis, you don't need it. There was more information but sort of stopped listening after "mass in her abdomen".

Unfortunately, he doesn't think ultimately that is what is causing Happi's problems. So when he is inside he is going to biopsy her stomach and intestines. Next Thursday is surgery day.

I picked Happi up at 6pm. She was still coming out of sedation. She was so miserable. She could hardly walk. We waited for M to come pick us up and drive us home. Happi cried the whole way home.

She is now sleeping off the sedation. 

Any and all positive thoughts are appreciated.

Until tomorrow...

I HATE NOT HAVING A CAR

My day started very early.  At 1:30 am I was woken by Happi getting sick.  After getting sick, she started pacing around the room.  She went upstairs, came downstairs.  She could not lay in one place for more than one minute.  She was licking her lips.  She was whining and growly.  I let it go on for 30 minutes and then I decided that I needed to take her to the ER.

Yes, I drove the car very slowly and carefully.  The were few people on the road that that hour and I was careful that no one followed me the whole way.

The vet saw her and decided to give her a shot of Pepcid and Cerenia.  I waited in the waiting room watching my downloaded Netflix show Sugar Rush.  I always keep a downloaded show just in case I get caught in a waiting room which in my life, is way to frequent.

I got her back home and she slept like a baby.  So well in fact that I had to wake her at 7:40 am.  This was a treat for me since she usually wakes me at 5:45 am every morning.

I got very nervous quickly when she wouldn't pee, poop, eat or drink.  I called the vet to see what to do.  Happi slept all day.  The vet called at 2 pm to say bring her in now.  I called a taxi and we went in.  She was antsy in the cab but we made it there.  I dropped her off.

Two hours later they called to say they were done with her and she was resting.  I went to get her and they told me what they did.  Happi had two shots: Cerenia and Pepcid.  They ran labs and did an x-ray of her abdomen.  They also gave her fluids.  I called a taxi to take us home.

We got in the cab and got about 1/2 way home when she started to freak out.  I had to get out of the cab.  Now what to do?  I had to carry her home the last 7 uphill blocks.

When I got home the vet called to tell me the plan.  The labs will come back tomorrow.  The x-ray showed she had a lot of food in her stomach.  That blocked her spleen.  Her spleen was inflamed but he could not see why due to the full stomach.  So tomorrow I have to bring her in for the whole day for him to monitor and take an ultrasound once the food moves out of her stomach.

Not great news but I refuse to get too upset yet. Now you can see why I hate not having a car.

Until tomorrow...

STUDY DAY THREE

Today is the last day of study time.  I only have three sections left.  I only have about 15 minutes left of study time and then a quick review.  I am so nervous I won't remember anything.  I am the worst test taker.  I freeze up and forget everything. 

Wish me luck!  30 and 2 (that is a CPR thing)

Until tomorrow...

STUDY DAY TWO

Today is study day two for my recertification of my Adult and Pediatric CPR and First Aid training. When you get recertified you can do hours of at home study and two hours of in-class testing.

There are 33 sections and today finished 15. I have 3 sections left.

I took my car to the adjusters today. By looking at the car you would not think there was much wrong. The bumper only has a few tiny scratches and knicks.  I made sure the adjuster checked the whole car out.  It turns out there is a lot of damage. The bumper is messed up. The shocks in the bumper are ruined. The foam in my bumper is no longer foamy. And that is what he can see without taking the car apart. Once he takes it apart there maybe more damage.

All I have to say is I TOLD YOU HE HIT ME HARD! The emergency responders kept looking at the car and saying you couldn't be that hurt there isn't any damage.  Just possibly thousands of dollars of damage.  In fact possibly more than the car is worth between the two accidents.

Anyway I am not supposed to drive it because if I was to be hit again there is no protection in the rear end.  I have an appointment on Oct 8 to get it fixed.

Until tomorrow...

STUDY DAY ONE

Today is study day one for my recertification of my Adult and Pediatric CPR and First Aid training. When you get recertified you can do hours of at home study and two hours of in-class testing.

There are 33 sections and today finished 15.

I have 18 sections left. The whole at home portion takes about 2 hours. I could not do it all at once. It is mind numbing listening to the computer voice repeating the same info over and over again.

Poor Happi has diarrhea. Real bad. I found a chart of poop and she has the worst poop on the chart. Unfortunately I don't have anything to feed her in the house.  

Tomorrow I can go to the store when I take my car. I will call the vet too.   It is so hard on her going up and down the stairs do many times when she doesn't feel well.

I am still feeling where the seat belt was across my chest. Advil seems to help.

Until tomorrow...

FRUIT AND VEGGIE

I got my fruit and veggie box. It was filled with some great stuff.

*Beets
*Corn on the cob
*Watermelon
*Honeydew melon
*Zucchini
*Barlett Pears
*Asian Pear
*Red Bell Pepper

Delicious!

I am feeling much better. I went for a walk and my chest is a bit painful. I think I am bruised under the skin. 

Until tomorrow...

DAY THREE POST ACCIDENT

Today I got back in the car to take Happi to get checked out. She needed to get checked out since she was in an accident too. They said she was fine. Traumatized and wouldn't get in the car but fine.

Then to add insult to injury I had them do the x-rays that we were originally going there for. She was so stressed out that they had to sedate her. Poor baby is so knocked out now. The initial results of the x-rays are they see nothing out of the ordinary. I was trying to see if an x-ray could see why she was chattering her teeth.  So there is no broken or dislocated jaw. We will see what the radiologist says tomorrow.

Other than going food shopping, that is the last of driving the car until Monday when I take it to the adjusters to get it checked out.

Until tomorrow...