Squirt - my Queen has crossed The Bridge

AAARRRGGGGHHHHHH!!! Giant Wetas defend themselves?! :eek::eek::eek: Honestly, I hope the "little" boogers thrive on their new island...and STAY on their new island! :p

Squirt is feeling better this morning....until I put her in the truck to go to the groomers to finish her nail trim! :D She was a nervous wreck the whole ride, shaking like mad and repeatedly telling me I was violating her Bucket List. But it's like a10 minute ride to the groomers VS 30+ to the vet so it was over soon and she was on her way back home much calmer. When we got home, she actually pranced, well what is "prancing" for her these days anyway! ;) And she's able to walk with a bit more ease now.

I'm not sure the doc understood exactly what he was telling me when he said not to engage the muscles in this shoulder - unless I TIE it down, they are going to engage! But I am trying to remember not to use it unless I have to....and I forget but the knife pains remind me! ;):D The injection was not uncomfortable at all; he deadened my shoulder with a topical and spray. The needle was HUGE so I was glad for the deadening! Around 8pm last nite the anesthesia in the shot wore off and the injection site was a bit sore. The steroid should kick in sometime late today or tomorrow...and I can't wait to see if it works. I want to be rid of this pain, no question, but don't relish the idea of it being the cuff that is damaged. My doc knows how I am about things and is treating me very conservatively....and will continue to for as long as possible, he promised.

Time to get the tea ready since our storms are to start soon. I bought a NOAA radio yesterday, came home and put batteries in it, then plugged it in and dialed in my station for this area. As I was lying in bed last nite, I started hearing this hissing sound and thought something was wrong with one of the sinks in the bathroom....but it was the batteries in that radio! They were melting and putting off a liquid! I took the batteries out and unplugged the radio then cleaned it up. I don't know if there is something wrong with the radio or the batteries...or if you're not supposed to use both battery and electric sources at the same time, but something was bad wrong! So I'm gonna try to find out if it was my mistake or if I need to exchange this radio.

Leslie:
I have a weather radio and the batteries are not to work at the same time as the electric. They are only for power outages so you can still hear your radio. Maybe the radio is bad and it was using the two power sources together. Did you check the date on the battery pack to see how old they were. Stuff leaking out makes me think defective batteries too? Glad you got Squirts nails done. What is it with these Cush dogs and their toenails?? Tipper growls if you even look at hers! Blessings
Patti

Why do we want Giant Weta's again? I mean, I read, 190 million years old, don't want them to die out, etc etc, but why? Do they eat other bugs and are a natural deterrent to spiders or something? Why, why why do we want giant wetas???

Okay rant over. LOL

Hope the shoulder steroid works a charm Leslie. That is so cute that Squirt pranced after creating the whole fuss of going to get her nails done. LOL Women! hahahaha

That really doesn't sound right Leslie, something um..leaking in the radio?! Take that sucker back!

huggers
Sharlene and molly muffin

Leslie:
I hope Squirt is ok as I saw the weather and it said you had some real bad storms coming thru your area. We are to get the thunder tomorrow. I hope you are all doing alright. Blessings
Patti

Squirt is doing pretty well. :) She has been experiencing some pretty heavy panting at night but otherwise seems ok. We ran out of the Selegiline about a week ago and her refill hasn't come in yet so she is just on the Novifit now and seems to be the same as when on both. But I'm not sure how long it takes for the effects of the Selegiline to leave her system. The hardest thing for me to watch is her obvious pain. She will not accept any pain meds other than the Meta-Tinic (Metacam) which is hard on her liver. I pulse the Meta-Tinic - a few days on and a few days off - trying to spare the liver as much as possible and still provide a modicum of relief. But she "nips" my feet during meal times and still enjoys her food and outtings and lovings.

We had a bit of excitement around here the last few days. Night before last, I got out of the tub and heard a weird noise in the house. I tracked to the guest bathroom at the other end of the house - a hose had broken under the pedestal sink and water was shooting up the wall about 2 feet! The bathroom floor had about 2 inches of water on it that was pouring down the air vent; the carpet in the hallway and bedroom next to the bathroom was soaked about a foot or two out from the walls. This house has ONE shut off valve that shuts all the water off so we didn't have any water Sat night or most of Sun. Thankfully, I still had water in containers from a bit ago when we were supposed to lose water for a while due to a ruptured water main. I was up most of the nite Sat sopping up water with towels, putting them in the dryer, and sopping up more. A life long friend came over Sun and repaired it for me. What a blessing to be able to get up this morning and FLUSH THE COMMODE! :D The first thing I did when Jerry said it was fixed was run to my bathroom and FLUSH! :p I spent a lot of time Sat cooking and planned to wash all those dishes when I got out of the tub that nite. HA! You should see my kitchen now! It is piled high with things to wash. No hot water last nite so I will be washing dishes and doing laundry all day today. :D Guess I better get busy, huh?

The adventures never stop Leslie! LOL
Glad to hear that Squirt is still well Squirt and doing well. A nip at the feet definitely is "doing well" LOL

love and hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

Leslie:
I think we could all write a book about all the mishaps we have all had since starting this journey, and pay for our outrageous vet bills!! We are to be getting rain and thunder any time now. Tipper had her Melatonin and collar on and she was huffing and puffing when the heavy rain started, so I do not see this collar calming her when the thunder starts. Just don't know I am going to do about this, it is very stressful for us both. Hoping Squirt is well and can't hear any thunder if you are having this too. Blessings
Patti

OMG thank god for Jerry!! :eek::eek: panic stations with water flying about, man something you did not need! Hope you have some fine weather to dry all that laundry!!

Laughed when I read Squirt nips at your feet, sounds like she is trying to "herd" you to the fridge!! Smart girl!! Hope the rest of your week has been going a bit smoother for you and the gang! x

If ya'll could see her feet "nipping" you really would think it funny! She never closes her mouth but just pushes her open mouth against my feet. It looks like she's fixin' to take my leg off at the ankle when she's coming in but then she just presses my feet and pulls back, that mouth wide open, vicious teeth bared around a grin. :p:p:p

Leslie:
That Squirty girl is quite the character. That is so cute. Hope you are not getting this crappy weather down there. Thank God the other day we got no thunder. This dap collar is not working, all that is left is tranquilizers, I have tried everything available. It went down to 22 here last nite and the snow is still on the ground. Hope you are feeling better. Blessings
Patti