Jasper (12 yr old Mini Schnauzer) is now at peace

I think you know your boy best Tina and you do what you need to get through an event like that, it is a totally different kettle of fish when it is just a windy, rainy, thundery storm and being in confinement in your laundry for hours on end with a serious storm like that... thank goodness they do not come along too often. It sounds like it gave him some comfort so I think it is fine!!! Thank goodness no tornadoes!

Ohhh I am counting down the days until the Clavamox is finished, so want to see his appetite perk up then. I still think he has just gone off that particular food :rolleyes::confused::rolleyes: I know Flynn can be pretty perseverant when refusing food he does not like!

GOsh I hope everyone in your city is safe and all their pets too, maybe we should all have an evacuation plan on how to get us and our babies to safety if the need arises. I think I would put Flynn in a back pack and partially zip him in their if the worse came to the worse... hmmm I am going to have to put some thought into that! xxx

OH look Tina, you just did post 1000 on Jasper's thread!!! Woot woot, time for another party!!!

I am pretty sure Patricia McDonnell- dog behavior specialist that she is did the exact same thing with one of her pups.

So my thought is, you did exactly right:):):):):):):):):)

Hi Everyone,

Wow, our 1000th post!! :) :D :)

I haven't meant to be scarce around this place but I've had some issues going on this week. Somehow I've developed some really bad tendonitis in my left wrist. I didn't know for sure what was going on and figured I could manage it myself but it continued to worsen all week. I was up pretty much all night Wednesday night, and felt so sick from the pain, I wasn't really able to function very well at work Thursday. I was lucky enough to get in to see an orthopedic doctor Thursday as it had become very swollen and had even gotten red, and I was worried about heading into the weekend with all of this going on.

The X-rays show that I have a calcium deposit on my wrist which apparently triggered it all and so that is going to have to be addressed. :( For right now I'm not supposed to be doing any keying, so I am using the voice text feature on my iPad. It's definitely an adjustment, and needs a few corrections here and there, but overall is not doing too bad.

I'm on a pretty hefty dose of prednisone for the inflammation, and hydrocodone to manage the pain. It's showing a little bit of improvement but not as much as I would've thought by now. But with this much pain I imagine I'm a bit impatient. It is hard to believe that such a small area on your body can cause so much pain and affect how you feel so much. Not to mention the difficulty of trying to function with only one hand and arm, you just don't think about those things. Addy I've been thinking about you with your shoulder injury and all the pain you've been experiencing there. Definitely a reminder to not take my health for granted.

So I am hoping that it improves with this treatment. The Dr did say that sometimes surgery is required to "clean it up". I am not even going to think about that right now, I'm just hoping the steroids can kick it in the butt.

Thankfully Jasper has not had any urgent issues going on this week during all of this drama. He is, however, struggling a bit with eating again. Since about the first of the month I've had to mix in about a tablespoon of the canned food with his dry kibble for each meal in order to get him to eat. He eats it pretty slowly but he will usually finish. I've noticed towards the end of the bowl he kind of starts trying to lick the canned food off the kibble, and leave some of it in the bowl, but for the most part I've been able to get him to finish.

He has also been pretty quiet and subdued again, especially for the past few days. I took a sick day home from work yesterday and he pretty much slept the entire day and has really low energy. So I am keeping an eye on that and hoping that it's not an indicator of something else going on.

I forgot to post this previously, but he has had a few random episodes of vomiting over the past couple of weeks while I've been at work. It happened on 3 separate days, last on 6/4. Thankfully it was only once per episode. My vet has been advised, she thinks he could be having some ongoing nausea from the clavamox. That is what I was kind of thinking too. He got his last clavamox dose this morning, yay! So I am hoping this improves soon, as well as his appetite and eating. Boy, this has been a long haul. I sure hope the infection is gone now.

Well, I just want everyone to know that I'm around and reading and trying to keep up on everyone, but not able to post as much as I would like.

I too am looking forward to the Belmont Stakes today and I'm totally pulling for California Chrome. I love the back story there. It should be exciting. And of course game two of the Stanley Cup Finals tonight! :) ;)

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper xo

Not good with the wrist, hope the pred is not making you crazy, I always thought I was superwoman on it:o:o I sure hope that your wrist gets better soon.

I am crossing everything I can that now Jasper is finally done with the antibiotic, he will perk up and his appetite will improve. Koko has been sticking his nose up at his food the last two weeks but he is more than happy to share my watermelon or oatmeal or come running for potatoes at the bathroom door before bed. Zoe taught him well and I cant break that ritual, he gets so upset every time I try.

Feel better, Tina and give hugs to Jasper and Shelby for me.
Koko says woof too:):):):)

TINA!! I was just flicking through the sports channel and up pops hockey, I think it is your Stanley Cup.. it said it is live... but then I started watching and they got 2 goals in like two mins so when I read the bottom bit it is a game 1 recap... I wonder if we are getting it live. I will keep it on a bit and see... what team are we going for??? I think New York for Barbara and Trixie... don't think I know anyone in LAK... presuming that is LA?? lol I might keep flicking and see if I get the horse race too!!

Ohhh your poor hand, I was hoping would be a bit better by now!

I hope your Stanley Cup goes better than my horse race did:(

I too hope that now Jasper will get his appetite back. Might take a bit though, so give it time, that stuff does a number on the tummy and his has probably shrunk too from not really eating much.

Hope that wrist is healed fairly soon. Don't want to have to stay on pred too long. You take care of yourself!

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

Hi Tina,
Thanks for posting on my thread! I hope Jasper is doing well. Glad he is finished with the Clavamox if it was giving him nausea. Maybe his appetite will be even better now that he's off it.
I am with you on the smelly boiling of chicken! I do it for Trixie ever since the pancreatic episode she had last winter.
I do boneless chicken cutlets in water with low salt/no fat chicken broth. I get one of those foil boxes of broth and keep in the the fridge, instead of the cans..the box is easy to pop back in the fridge. I make a batch every couple days. She gets that chicken and a little Hills/WD canned food and some low fat kibble when she begs from me during meals. Like Trish, I put a little of the diluted broth over Trixie's other food sometimes. So far, so good but Trixie is far from finicky...she will eat just about anything at all. I'm sure the canned food is not great but she scarfs it all up, everyday! I recently found a few new lowfat treats..it's sometimes hard to find them. I try to find 6%fat and under.
Too bad about California Chrome...:( and also The Rangers lost 2 of the Stanley Cup finals in a row!! That was a disappointing night of sports for us here in NY. :(
My daughter went out to Belmont for the race (with over a 100,000 other people!)...she and her friends were hoping to see the history Triple Crown win, but it was not to be!
Reading your post about Shelby keep her eye on Jasper's food made me laugh. It reminds me of when someone looks at your plate and asks--"are you going to finish that??"...Shelby must be well behaved to know you don't want her to steal his food!
Glad that you didn't have any damage from all the scary storms that were in your area. It's good that Jasper was comforted being in your lap during the storms. I think that's better than ignoring him, especially if he was better when you held him, if it helps him feel less scared it's a good idea.
Hoping Jasper's eating keeps getting better! :p

Barbara

I forgot to add that I wish I could see a picture of Shelby, and of Jasper and Shelby together!! We'll have to get that lil Shelby to enjoy modeling!! :D:D:D

Barbara