Molly, 13 yr, shih tzu - lhasa aspo - Molly has passed

Off course your tired, you,ve been through the mill lately. Why is that life is bobbing along quite nicely then BAM it hits you all at once:(

Maybe the weather has something to do with the postal service, or Molly may have got hold of the phone and cancelled the order, as she doesn,t want to be confined :eek:

Glad that the meds are making Molly feel better, she will speak to you when its all over and your not stopping her being well Molly.

Just to rub it in my cd must have worked last night as I slept a full 9 hours hip hip hooray :p

Poor Molly and poor you! :eek::( Will be keeping sweet Molly in my thoughts and prayers, sending huge hugs, Lori

You and Molly in my prays. Did the cold laser therapy for Apollo also.
Hugs Sonja and Angel apollo

I'm glad that Molly seems to be feeling better, but you need rest too my dear. xxxxx

Sharlene,

Molly's grumbles sound cute. She's arguing with you over the confinement no doubt. Wagging her tail is a good sign though.

I think that we're all ready for winter to end. Daisy usually likes the snow enough to climb the snow mountains. Not so lately, its been too cold.

Please get some rest, Molly has had enough of sick humans I think :)
I've heard nothing but success stories with the cold laser so I'm praying that it helps Molly.

Good for your vet calling out the idiots! The last thing that you need is a mistake.

Sounds like she is feeling better, hope that back is OK. So hard keeping the little mischief makers quiet when they start feeling good. Remember when Flynny started feeling good about 10 days after his surgery and he decided to jump off a bed and pulled something and was a misery for the next 24hrs but then perked back up, so hopefully our Molly is on the improve too! They do not seem to understand the concept of recovery so hope she likes the pen and does not give you too much grief! :D You sound like a good sleep would not go amiss so hope you are getting lots of rest tonight! xx

Sharlene:
It would seem Molly is like Tipper and expresses her displeasure at being held back from doing things! I hope the new crate comes today. Maybe it was from down south and the weather delayed it. When you need something it never shows up on time. Blessings
Patti

Hi Sharlene - how is Miss Molly doing and you and hubs?? Hopefully all has settled down in your household and everyone is on the improve now xxx

Sharlene:
I am hoping the crate is there by today. I sometimes wish I would have used pee pads to train too, but I never wanted the smell or mess in the house so I guess we have a price to pay in the winter for not doing it. How is Molly doing? Blessings
Patti

The pen arrived. Molly is Not impressed. It has two doors on it, and we put her inside with her toy box and sheep skin rug and left the doors open, so she could go in and out. Then we both went back to work, but she Could see both of us from different directions. She moaned and groaned and barked and carried on something fierce, but wouldn't go out the doors. Then it got quiet. After about 45 minutes we went over, one to each door and molly was laying down, flat, tail flat behind her, head flat in front of her between her paws, we both reached in and petted her and she refused to acknowledge either of us. Wouldn't look at us, wouldn't acknowledge we were touching her, nothing. Molly was pissed off. LOL :) :)

She stayed that way until the kids came home, and opened the front door. At which point, she ran out of the pen and to the gate. Pen failure. She won't go back in. We've blocked off the entry to the living room, and the entry to the kitchen, opened the french doors and we've blocked off the window seats and anything she can jump on. That for now is working.

Molly is just like Flynn and Tipper, she doesn't think there is any problem at all with her and wants to run like crazy and jump. She hates going outside because I have to pick her up and carry her down the step. So, she wags her tail to go out (at the gate) but then when I open the gate to the door, she doesn't want to go up. Eventually she will but she puts up a bit of a huff when it comes time to pick her up.

Molly had two disc areas, one in the center and one in the back, lower towards the tail (thank god neither close to her neck) and the one closest to the her tail, no longer seems to bother her. The middle of her back is bothering her, but the medicine and laser seem to be helping. The vet said she is amazed at how molly acts like nothing is wrong at all. We'll see what today brings as she is now on a 3 day break from medicine. We'll evaluate again monday morning at the vets and then on Tuesday she'll probably start back on a 4 day series of medicine again. She has 3 more laser treatments, 2 next week and 1 the week afterwards.

Hopefully she'll be back to herself, but I've ordered a ramp and some stairs to get her to the window seat, and we'll see if she needs those or not. I might be using the pen tonight as I have that dinner and don't want her being too rambunctious.

So, menu for tonight is, chicken chipolte chowder, beef enchiladas, chicken enchilada casserole, chili rellinos, spanish rice, coleslaw, black bean and corn salad and to finish up, churros with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. That should keep everyone happy. Then when everyone is so stuffed they can't move, we'll watch a movie on the couch.

hugs all,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin