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

Hi Tina

Another week has ticked by, hope it was a good one for you guys. Has Jasper's appetite picked up off the antibiotic?

How's that wrist feeling??? You still on the Pred?

xxxx and hugs for you and Jasper and Shelby, yes, I would like to see some more pics too :D:D:D

Hi Tina

I see you light on, bad timing on my part as I need to go out for an hour or so.... hopefully see you a bit later :D

Hi Tina! How is Jasper doing now that he is off his antibiotic? Is his appetite coming back?

Yes, how is that wrist doing? I saw you mentioned the voice on the ipad, so guess you are still not up to typing yet.

Take care of yourself
hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

Hey Girls!
Gosh I guess I haven't checked in here all week, I've been so busy. Thanks for asking about my wrist and Jasper. The wrist feels tons better after being on prednisone for a week. Had two follow-up Drs appointments on Thursday, (had to take another sick day :eek:), and he prescribed another eight days of prednisone and increased the dose a little bit. I had been on a pretty hefty dose and tapered it down to 10 mg daily and now I'm taking 20 mg daily for another eight days with no taper. :eek: I hope that's going to be okay but he didn't order me to taper down, and I double checked with the pharmacist and she said it would be fine since I'm only taking it for another week or so. That stuff just make me nervous, but I know it is necessary.

I am still having some pain in the wrist and I think he was concerned about the inflammation flaring up again, so prescribed another week. The bad news is that I need to have surgery. :eek: :( :eek: He's ordered an MRI which hasn't been scheduled yet. It needs to be preauthorized through my insurance, and we are waiting to hear the decision on that. Hopefully they'll approve the MRI, otherwise I guess I won't be having it because it is way expensive.

So I guess after that the surgery will get scheduled. I'm very unhappy and disgusted about it. I have a lot to figure out between work and home. It's tough because I live alone, and I don't have any family in town to help. I'm going to have to figure out something because I think I'll probably need help for a day or two for sure, maybe longer. So things are kind of up in the air right now, and I'm feeling a bit of stress from that. I think I'll feel better once I can kind of pin down the timeframe of when the surgery will be scheduled and get some things in place here.

Thankfully, Jasper has been pretty stable through all of this and no emergencies. His eating has picked up some since being off the antibiotic, however he's still not eating the dry food on its own without a little bit of canned food mixed in. He did for one meal yesterday and I was very encouraged, and then now today he's not too interested. But all I'm mixing in is about 1 tablespoon so I guess I really don't mind doing that if that's what it takes. I'm just happy that he's eating and he does finish as long as I mix a little bit of the canned in. He still seems pretty low-energy and mopey to me, and pretty much sleeps all the time. I'd like for that to improve a little bit, so not sure what's going on there.

I checked in with the vet on Monday to give her an update and let her know how he was doing since being off the antibiotic, and she felt that he was showing good improvement. She wanted to give it a little bit longer for the appetite to pick up since stopping the meds, and to see if his energy improves. She said to see how he does over the next week, which is about over by now. She kind of acted like his low-energy wasn't that big of a deal. :mad: I asked her about a follow-up urine culture and she didn't really feel that it was necessary since a lot of times Jasper's cultures don't grow anything anyway because the urine is so dilute. She said as long as he continues to do okay and doesn't seem to be back sliding, that she was on the fence about repeating the urine culture. She said if I really wanted to we could get one. I told her that we could hold off for now and I would just see how he did over the next week or so. So far so good I guess, I haven't seen any additional urinating issues.

I picked up his Percorten and syringes, so I'm all ready to give his Percorten injection next week. That is if I have two functioning hands! Holy cow that medication is expensive, but I just have to remember that it will last for several months. It's just a big chunk to buy that vial all at once.

So that's what's going on in our neck of the woods. Kind of feel a bit down right now about my issues but I always try to look at the bright side of things, and I just keep telling myself thank God it isn't my right wrist that this happened to and needs the surgery. I'd be up a creek if that was the case.

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper xo

You need a plan in place. You know, we always feel better with a plan. I think these dogs have got us trained pretty well. Live us blowing in the wind not knowing which way is which and we just won't settle down until there is a plan in place. So, that is what you need for your wrist. :)

insurance approval - check
mri scheduled - check
surgery scheduled - check
work notified - check
location of friend to stay with you a couple days or family to come from out of town to stay for a couple days - check

You'll be okay, once that is in place, just check them off as they come in and you'll see how close you are to getting that plan in place and accomplished!!

Hang in there.
Glad Jasper seems to be doing okay. I know it's tricky with his appetite, but hopefully that will improve along with energy levels.

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

Sharlene, you are so right! I know that a plan is what is needed, and I will feel so much better. Unfortunately I just have to wait a little bit to get the ball rolling, then hopefully everything else will fall into place.

I have already let my manager know what is going on for work purposes, and I'm feeling quite stressed about that. Of course there are other people that already have vacations scheduled, so it's a little tense. But I can't help it, there isn't anything I can do about it. I will do the best I can as far as scheduling, but I'm pretty much at the mercy of the surgeon. I work for a nonprofit agency, so of course our staffing is about as bare-bones as it can get. And also I need to see when someone from my family might be able to come to help out a little bit, so I have to take that into account.

This darned voice recognition thing keeps trying to spell your name with a C rather than an S, and I'm getting quite annoyed with that! LOL. :D

I'm back!!! Awwww think you gone now :( But it is late there, Sat night though so you can at least sleep in!!

OMG Tina, that wrist!! What is he going to do, remove the calcium deposit? Ouchies!! Do you need a GA or they do a block? Wow an MRI, obviously plain xray not clear enough. Hope the insurance people come through asap. Hope you Mum can come stay and look after you and Jasper and Shelby. Or someone else in the family, I would love to come... I will bring Flynny!

Don't worry about work, many a time you have gone in Tina when you should have stayed home. No one can doubt your conscientiousness! Sometimes you just got to take care of yourself and you make sure you take the maximum amount of time off so you can heal properly and not go back too soon. How does your sick leave work over there?

Yes, a plan like Sharlene said sounds the deal.

So pleased Jasper is holding his own this week, good boy Jazzy!! :D

I'm still here Trish! My weather radio is going off about every 10 minutes, there is a huge line of severe thunderstorms moving in from the west. So I wanted to get everybody outside for the last time tonight before things started revving up. I'm hoping Jasper will be good for the night now, but who knows. He has been drinking a bit more yesterday and today, so I need to keep an eye on that. So far nothing but thunder and a lots of lightning off to the west. But there is supposed to be 60 mph winds moving in, gosh I hope that misses us.

Gawd, I hope it does too. We had a bit of a storm during the week, I had to right my roses today! Other places had a bit more damage with trees over everywhere. I was a bit worried about my early morning drive for the meeting, but it was fine apart form a few slips on the road on the mountains. Might be in your laundry again?

I know! I really wasn't thinking it would need surgery, I guess I always hope for the best.

The x-ray shows a pretty good size calcium deposit. I think he wants to get the MRI to pinpoint exactly where it is in relation to the bones of my wrist and the tendons that go through there. I'm not a hundred percent sure on that. But that was kind of what it sounded like. Yes, the plan is to remove the calcium deposit. He said it would not be GA so I'm guessing some sort of block. However, I have to fast and prepare as if I was having GA just in case it is needed, I guess. I know, I'm kind of worried about approval from the insurance company for the MRI. I had a couple of friends at work with various issues, of course quite different from mine, but their MRIs were denied. :(

OMG, I would love it if you and Flynny could come! Although my little Shelby girl isn't the most friendly sometimes. I'm sure he would set her straight LOL! :D Boy, when something like this happens, it really makes you think about a lot of things. 99% of the time I am just find all by myself but with this type of thing it is quite inconvenient! Of course my main concern is the dogs and if Jasper would get sick or something and I would need additional help with that.

I'm trying to not worry about work, I know, you're right. I work a lot of extra hours and I'm very reliable and dependable. I hardly ever miss work for anything. But it doesn't seem like that matters when a situation like this comes up for some reason. The first thing that was asked, of course, is how long I was going to need to be out. Doesn't make you feel very good about things. I have plenty of sick time accumulated, and this would be considered scheduled sick leave.

Gosh, that sounds like that was quite the storm for you with trees down everywhere! Do you guys have storms like that often?

Hopefully no laundry room for us tonight, they're not saying that the storms are tornado producing, however they do have some pretty high straight-line winds which can be quite damaging. The weather guys have interrupted the TV programming of course to run nonstop weather updates now since we are actually under a warning now. They're saying it could be up to 70 mile-per-hour winds as the line moves in. The tornado warning sirens will go off if they are that high, and that sets the pups off. Looks like it is very fast-moving this time, which is a good thing.

The radar is showing that it's quickly bearing down on us, so I'm just sitting here waiting for the blast! :rolleyes: :eek:

Are your bosses generally good? They probably just trying to think in advance what will be needed to cover you.

Why do you get a calcium deposit like that? Is that unusual? I don't think I have heard of that happening, but then I am no orthopaedic expert lol... going to see one on Tuesday though for Dad's checkup, I might just ask him about calcium deposits in wrists coming out of the blue like this! :D

Yep, Flynn would handle Shelby. When he was with the little Scottie dog last weekend, she was not real friendly either. He just ignored her :eek: she came around and they had a bit of a romp together :)

Yes, my manager is generally very good, I like her very much. I'm probably just being a little sensitive about everything. However she does have two weeks of vacation scheduled in July, right during the time when I'm probably looking at having this done. So I'm sure that probably influenced her reaction a bit. :o

I asked the doctor about the cause of the calcium deposit, and he said it's just something that happens in your body. Of course my first thought was the calcium supplements that I take on the advice of my regular doctor caused it somehow. He said absolutely not, it wasn't anything that I did or didn't do with my diet or otherwise, that it's just something that happens. He didn't act like it was all that unusual, but I have never heard of it either Trish. I feel like it did happen out of the blue, I have never had problems with either one of my wrists, much less something as severe and painful as this!

Oh, let me know what your dad's doctor says if you get a chance to ask, that would be very interesting.

I keep getting hot flashes off and on, LOL. I'm pretty sure it's the prednisone!

Or menopause :eek: most likely Pred, are you hungry? If so you can come have dinner with me, pork, roast spuds, salad! Not very inspiring :) Can you feel the calcium in there?

Where is the weather radar your looking at so I can come on storm patrol with you!

We do not get many storms, not like that one. I rained solid for 3 days, not just drizzly either. Won't have to water the garden for a while!

LMAO!! Yes, I thought that it could be menopause, but it seems kind of fishy that the hot flashes have been bothering me for about the last week and a half since I started the prednisone! :D :rolleyes::p

I haven't been too hungry thankfully, I know that's a big side effect. Your dinner sounds yummy, wish I could come. I just had a bowl of strawberry ice cream. not something I typically do at 2 AM, LOL. :D

I can't really feel a lump where the calcium deposit is, but that's the part of my wrist where it first got painful and that's the area that still has pain.

The weather app that I have is called my radar, that's what I'm using. but I think you could probably go online and look at either AccuWeather or the Weather Channel maybe? It is blowing through right now, and it seems like it has weakened quite a bit, yay! That is great, because typically when things blow through late night like this they usually are quite severe.

I am looking at accuweather and there is quite a wide band of storms!! :eek::eek:

Yes, it is unfortunately. Looks like it might be a long night. :eek: Although it seems like it has weakened, at least the part that's rolling through now. hopefully what's still coming won't be severe. Both dogs are snoring on the couch. Can't complain about that! :D

Looks like it is going to get bad in half an hour or so, let me know if the wind starts picking up!! Looks like it is only going to be bad for an hour or so... then the green lines are back!!

It is picking up a little bit right now again. I don't like the red area that is still to the west, I wish that was already past. My brother lives in Wichita Kansas, it looks like they're getting hammered right now.

Gosh, I better hit the hay pretty soon and try to get some sleep. I need to get a bunch of stuff done tomorrow. It takes me twice as long to do any cleaning or chores babying this dang wrist. :rolleyes:

Yay, looks like it has changed, back to yellow with a tiny bit of orange then green coming.... red is all gone on my one. That is if I am looking at the right thing! http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/oma...orecast/349291

I will watch for you Tina, I am planning a reasonably early night too... hope it does not wake you up and those two sweeties sleep right through! :)

Yes, that's it!! Look at you, watching my weather! :D That's too funny, because lots of times I'll look at the radar map for New Zealand to see what's happening down there for you guys too. I love the Internet!

Yay, it seems like it's just continuing to weaken which is awesome. It's windy and raining but I can handle that.

Yes, well the rain is only there for the next 52 minutes... LOL how can they tell that!?????! Like down to the last minute :eek: Please set your watch Tina LOL I want to check that out :D

Aww, thanks Trish. :)

Off to bed for me. Have a good rest of your night, and a good Monday, and I'll see you later. Great chatting, and I hope we can catch up again soon. Smooches for Flynn, and hugs for you from me Jasper and Shelby. xo

Hi Tina

Just checking in to see how you, Jasper and Shelby are doing. How is his appetite doing now? Hope the week has been kind to you and your wrist is doing better. Sorry did not get a chance to ask Dad's ortho surgeon about it, was bit of a rushed appointment! Did you get the MRI approved? Hope so, then you can get the surgery booked and back to feeling like you can type!! Talk soon xx

Hi Trish,
We are all hanging in here, thanks for checking in on us! Jasper has been eating better over last week, he is back on his regular dry food, and I have phased out the tiny bit of canned food for now. Yay! We'll see how long that lasts. It seems to be normalizing finally. What I am watching now is his drinking. That seems to have increased significantly again. I measure his water every day and since the 11th he's been drinking about a cup to cup and a half more per day. He's back up to drinking about 6 cups a day now. :eek: No rhyme or reason that I can see for that. He has done this before briefly from time to time, and then it has gone back down again, so I am just monitoring. His drinking amount has never really gotten back down to normal for a dog his size, but it had stabilized on an amount that stayed pretty steady. So I'm a little bit concerned about this increase, especially since it has continued every single day since the 11th. His kidney function is always in the back of my mind. Always something to worry about I guess. His energy still seems pretty low and he sleeps quite a bit, but overall I guess he seems like he's feeling okay, which I am very thankful for.

My MRI was approved, which was a big relief, and I had it done on Thursday. Boy was that an unpleasant experience. I had no idea the position that my arm would have to be in. They had me laying flat on my stomach with my arm straight up over my head up against my ear and then my wrist and hand in a bracket to hold it straight. And then I had to hold completely still for 30 minutes, you know how long they take. Well, my arm went completely numb holding it in that position for that long, and I was worried I wouldn't even be able to complete the test. Thankfully I was able to hold everything still and get it done but it was extremely difficult. Now my shoulder and my neck on that side are pretty painful and are bothering me, hopefully that will resolve pretty quickly. I took my last dose of prednisone last night, so we will see what happens. I am quite concerned that my wrist will flare right back up once I'm off the prednisone, but I'm hoping for the best. The doctor should call with the MRI results early this week. I am feeling quite old and like I'm falling apart!

Yes, I completely understand about rushed orthopedic appointments. I feel like I am very rushed, even on phone calls from my doctors office. :rolleyes:

Maybe he is drinking more because he is eating more biscuits?? One good thing, it will be washing out his bladder and any lurking bugs?? Silver lining and all that :) Hope it is nothing serious, always a good sign with Jasper when he is eating well though!!

Oh you poor thing... that sounds an incredibly uncomfortable position, they must think you are an acrobat Tina! Wonder why they could not stretch it out in front of you?? Who knows, what goes on in those machines is a mystery to me! :) But your poor back/shoulder.. maybe NSAIDs?? Or stretches!! :D Hope the prednisone withdrawl goes OK, it will be better to be off it for the surgery, so healing is maximised! Have you lined up family to come stay when you go in?

Well I don't think his increased drinking is related to the food. The amount of dry food that he is eating has been about the same amount, it's just that I don't have to mix canned food in with it now to get him to eat it. So that really hasn't changed. I know, I thought about that right away too, but there's not really a difference there. Yes, I agree, it is always a good sign when he's eating well! So I will just keep watching the water. I just remember my vet said that increased drinking is a sign to watch for as far as deteriorating kidney function. I am putting that completely out of my mind.

I know, I was thinking I would just be laying on my back with my arm stretched out in the machine! But that isn't how it works. The machine is like a tube and they don't have a way for you to just stick your arm in there apparently. Believe me, I asked. My whole body had to be in there, and I have claustrophobia issues anyway. I just kept my eyes shut and just kept telling myself that I was going to be okay. But once my arm started feeling so bad and going numb, and my neck became so stiff, the claustrophobia issues became secondary!

I am taking Tylenol, no NSAIDs while on prednisone, and actually they told me they don't want me taking anymore between now and the surgery. Yes the plan is to stay off the prednisone for the surgery of course. I'm working on getting things set up with my family. As it turns out my brother will be in town for a high school reunion the middle of July so I am looking at that week. He said he would be willing to help me for a couple of days. Hopefully that will work out and I won't need any more than that. :rolleyes: ;)

I hope they gave you headphones with some nice music to listen to, but I guess in that much discomfort that would not have helped. Not allowed the NSAIDs even now you are off the Pred?? Maybe some Tramadol then?? You can share Flynny's supplies!

Yes, I watch Flynny's water consumption with the kidney issues too. We are repeating UPC tomorrow so hope it is still good. He barely drinks 1 1/2 cups a day.

Hey Tina, I was stopping by to say hi and had a thought too about the increased water drinking for Jasper- the wet food is mostly water, if he no longer has it could he be wanting more water to make up for it or was the amount of wet food verses increased drinking a huge difference?

Sorry to hear about continued issues with your wrist. I hate those dang MRI tests but they do give good diagnostics.:)

We have had the same extreme weather, our yard is so soggy I cant get any work done and the forecast continues to say rain. It feels like we are going to "rain" our way through summer.:(

take care