Bailey and Friends

Dear Susan,

So glad our Miss Bailey is home and healing. You have been through this before so like Sister Addy said 6 weeks is not that long and I think 1 week is gone so that makes 5 more weeks. :D:D

I am hoping and praying you don't need more surgery, but if it will take away the pain forever it might not be so bad. Of course, I can say that because I am not the one who has to go through it. You and Bailey can be layed up together. Does Bob make a good nurse???:eek::D;)

I hope Sunday is a peaceful and happy day for you all!!!

((((HUGS))))

Hi Marie Irene!

Yes-we are now at 5 weeks.:D:D....and I've got to say Bailey has done remarkably well and it gets a little easier each day.:):cool:

Bob makes a wonderful nurse. He's very good about doing whatever has to be done....but with Bailey, he is a little short on patience.
Bailey ate some today and has been drinking water...lots. I expect the meds dry her up some. She and I have spent a lot of time stretched out on the bed watching tv. It's really the easiest way to keep her contained. I put the cone on her head today-as she was really after the incisions....but it totally changes her personality just like the no-bark collar does. She becomes very subdued and just looks so confused. So after maybe 1/2 hour, I took it off and she was so glad to be out of it that she curled up close to me and we napped. I'm keeping a leash on her so that if I fall asleep, if she tries to move, it works like an alarm
clock.

She so wants to go for a walk and to run in the house. I will be so glad when we can let that happen again. She really has been a trooper.

HAPPY MONDAY!!!!

-Susan

Girls!!!!!!!?? Girls!!???? Quick come up out of the non-basement!! :eek::eek: We have had over two inches of rain and are under a flood warning. I would hate to see you both floating up the street.....and yes, I do mean up, when it comes to flooding here. We soooooo needed the rain and for the most part, it has been at a very nice pace so the plants are getting a very good drink....and the grasses are already looking greener.:)

If you can get into the garage, I have a raft near the door. You'll have to huff and puff to inflate it, but it's a really nice heavy one.....so if you get drawn toward the ocean, you can have fun rafting!!!:D

Love,
MOM

I saw the storm heading your way!!!! Everything okay? Can you believe the snow that fell further inland?

They said the winds were to be felt all the way to Chicago!!!!!!!


Hope all of you are warm and dry and not evacuated.


Kisses to Bailey.

love,
addy

Hey Mom,

are you and Bailey okay? It has been awfully quiet around the house. I hope that does not mean you are sick. Marie and I are stuck in the non basement wondering what is going on upstairs. I think Bob locked the door. I tried climbing throught the window and my butt didn't fit:eek::eek::eek:

I really think it was the full body shampoo you got on clearance at Costco just as you suspected. Seems like I fit through the dang window last month when Sister Marie Irene and I snuck out to party with the surfer dudes.

Oops, I wasn't supposed to let that slip:rolleyes::rolleyes::o

No, see actually, we locked ourselves out one night and had to climb IN throught the window, not OUT:D:D:D:D


love ya,
me

love you,
addy

Hey Addy-we're still here and pluggin' along.

I bet Bob DID lock the door....that's just like him.:rolleyes:
He doesn't have much patience "sitting" Bailey so I get most of the hours. Today I took advantage of "being on duty" by sleeping in over and over and over again. I didn't officially get up until 3pm. Man, that was nice.:D:) All the while, Bailey is attached to me by a leash just to be sure she doesn't get any ideas about going down into the nonbasement.:)

Once I got up I went outside and finished feeding my plants and doing some anti-insect spraying. The 2-3" of rain we got just did wonders. Last week I went out and things were teeny tiny and limp.:( Today I went out and had fully grown, gorgeous hostas. :) My roses all came back.:):) Every bush and tree was smiling at me!:D:D
I went for a 2nd opinion of the feet yesterday. It's my doc's associate. I met her before while I was recovering. I like her a lot. Basically, she concurs with the "main" doc but adds that a third operation on such a tiny toe has unpredictable results. Oh goody. She did ask if they had tried orthotics and I told her no....but I still was using some I got from my doc in VA. I took them out of my shoes and gave them to her and one was split in half.:o She has made new castings which I should get in about 3 weeks. I was wearing "halfs" and she says with my problems I need to be wearing full foot orthotics. Well-I just happen to have one pair. I put them in my shoes when I went outside and none of my toes were talking to me. So-there is a glimmer of hope. The 2nd toe, right will still need surgery, but it could be on my time table.

Bailey gets her staples out on Wednesday. We took her to the vet yesterday because she's been licking her paw. I figured that would be a good opportunity to have him check her out from the surgery. He says he thinks she is doing great. He thinks maybe the chewing is from boredom....especially since she is such high energy and is having to be restrained. He suggested putting pnut butter in her Kong and freezing it. He says it will keep her busy for 3 hours.....so one is in the freezer and we'll see how long it lasts.

How is Zoe? Mom? House sale? You? Koko? Your hostas? Your weather?

Have a great weekend. I'll pass a key down through the heat vent. I'll ask Bob to check on you, he'll come down, you'll run out, and lock him in!!!:D:D Then Marie Irene, you and I will all go surfing!!!


Love,

Sus & Bailey

The weather is fine if I were an Arctic duck , quack:D:D:D:(

Rummage sale was rain, rain and some more rain. I was wet the whole day and still have a garage full of stuff, but the condo is just about empty.:):):):)

The hostas are growing big and beautiful. It is to rain all week and then get warm for the weekend so after Zoe's eye vet appointment, I sure hope I can dig up some hostas for around the pool.

Sorry to hear about your foot. I hope the boots work, at least there is a glimmer of hope with it. Maybe it is like my neck, if I wear my neck brace for a week it feel so much better when I take it off.

Happy Sunday. I hope our little Miss is doing well and not too hard to keep quiet.

love,
addy

I really have been stuck in the non basement just keeping quiet!!;) To much stress with work and getting ready for our annual trip to Mammoth--a little late, but we can still say we haven't missed a year in the past 30 or so years. The daughter has never missed and didn't want to break the tradition.

Addy why did you have to let it slip we sneak out to meet the surfer dudes??? :eek: Now Mom will board up the windows in the non basement--I really didn't realize we had any...:D

I like you way of keeping Bailey quiet--I sure could use some nap time. Before you know it Bailey will be all well. You are doing a great job with her.

Ella is on her way home from her first long road trip--doing pretty darn good for such an active dog. She was a lot more active on the way, but today she is sleeping more. YAY!!! Since I am sitting in the back sit with her--this is a 5.5-7 hours drive depending on traffic.

It is a good thing to have the second opinion on your foot. Good to know it can be on your time schedule. It sure will be nice not to have any foot problems--someday will be here soon!!!:)

We really didn't get much from any of the storms--darn you got it all!!:eek: I do love it after it rains and the garden looks so green and lush--now if the darn weeds didn't like it too!!

Happy Sunday!!!

Hi Sus,

Sorry I have been kind of "mum":o:o Now that it is nice out, I walk Koko and then come back and walk Zoe. By the time I sit down to read through the new posts it is almost time for work.

Lunch time I have been helping look for colleges and researching mom's IBD type symptoms. Always something at my house:rolleyes:

TODAY, out of nowhere it is 79 degrees. My allergies are in overdrive so when I got home tonight I actually put the air conditioning on:eek::eek::rolleyes::rolleyes:

My head is finally starting to clear up. I am hoping it also helps my Zoe.

I have been on pins and needles with these dose changes. Last week I would swear she was finally where she needed to be and this week, it just disappeared and she is exactly how she was before we upped her to 40mgs.:eek::eek::eek:

I am glad Bailey got her staples out. Did you have fun shopping in the big city?

Sorry I have been awol. did you read Carrol's post about her son? So tragic and so sad.

love ya girlfriend,
addy

Hi Addy-
I don't see my earlier post here, but it must be somewhere because you seem to be answering it.

Thank you for letting me know of Carrol's post. It knocks the wind out of me.

I have never been able to log onto facebook. If the reference is not too long could you PM it to me?

Thanks.
Love,
Sus

I cant log on to facebook either. I'll see if my friend at work can send it to me and then send it to you.

love ya,
addy

Okay-I'll ask Bob to do the same. He cannot log on via the iPad, but he can via his home computer.

Love,
Sus

Wake up, wake up you sleepy head, its time, its time, get out of bed!!!

Morning Sus!!!!!!!!!!

Wake up, time to go SHOPPING:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Happy weekend!!!!!!!!

love,
addy

I love you, you sweet thing!:D:):cool:
No shopping today.....potting plants in planters................have a great weekend yourself and I'll post a Bailey update a little later.:)

Love,
Sus

So Sorry for being AWOL again, but it was a hectic week for work and classes with Miss Ella.

I hear Miss Bailey got her stitches out---YAY!!!

I wish I was planting--we have been meaning to plant flowers since before Christmas---soooooo busy with life.

How are you feeling?? I hope soooo much better especially your foot.

I have to read about Carrol--did she post here or only on Facebook--which I don't do. :(

Hi Marie!

I don't know who DOES post on Facebook.....other than Bob & Ryan.:confused:

With regard to my health, I am going on Wednesday to the Rothman Institute in NJ. They are nationally known and reported to be very good.:) They have a huge staff. They will either verify my doc's actions, or will have something they can do for me. It's becoming a real problem because we have planned (and paid for)_ a trip to Las Vegas in August. If any surgery is going to be done and for me to have time to heal....it has to happen pretty fast. I am so sick and tired of going on vacation and our having to be limited by either my knees or my feet. This has been the case for over 20 years now. :mad::mad::mad::mad::(:(:(

Bailey is doing extremely well. :D One part of one incision has "spread" apart a little bit, but we went to the vet yesterday and he said it's just that they did a better job suturing on the right knee than the left , it is not open. I took her to visit a neighbor/friend that she loves yesterday, so at least she got to see some faces other than Bob and mine! I still have to keep her on a leash and limit her activity. We watch a lot of tv. :(

Have a GREAT weekend!

:D:D:DGood Monday Morning to you Addy!!!!:):):)

I hope you took some time for yourself over the weekend.

How are Koko and Zoe doing today?

I have been up since 2AM when I tried to negotiate the bedroom in the dark, kicked a foot chest at the edge of a corner and then found myself flying across the room. I came down hard on one knee and on my chest. I am kinda wondering if maybe I have a cracked rib. I had gotten up to put my pad into the microwave to warm the beads inside. My neck was really bothering me,,,,,,,,,,,or so I thought. I went back to bed after the fall, but after 1/2 hour it was obvious that was pretty painful and that I would not be falling to sleep there.

Now I am trying to get some desk work done.
Have a Grrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeatttttttttttt Monday!
Love,
Sus

Morning Sus,

I cracked my rib falling one winter outside at work. It hurt ALOT for six weeks, even when I would breathe. I sure hope you did not do that. Sometimes ice works for me.

I am glad you are seeing a specialist and am hoping you dont have to have another surgery.

Las Vegas sounds like fun, I have never been there. It is good for you to get away.

Glad to hear Miss Bailey is not a handful with the limited activity. They can get bored so quickly.

Zoe goes for her stim this morning. After the bad news Saturday about her cornea still being inflammed, I am kind of down today, expecting more bad news.

Wish I could take hubby and the pups and fly to the south of France for a week. The french do not have quarantine laws. My favorite dream to dream.:D:D:D Maybe one day---------

I have to go into work after the vet today. It has rained for days here, our front yard is flooded.

I picked out a "golf sweater for Koko" and we cant get the pretty blue dress, it has snaps so I picked out a teeshirt material dress to cover her bare skin and then two pretty dresses with knit tops and cotton skirts. They have buttons, not snaps. I'll post the links.

have a great day!!!!!!!!!!! wish us luck today, we need it.

love ya,
addy

Hi Addy!

How did it go today? How did Koko do at the vets?

I just ordered a sweater. In their collection it is navy stripes, white stripes with a white anchor. I asked for the anchor not to be put on and I asked for the white stripes to be yellow. They charged me $23 for a listed price of $28. UNBELIEVABLE!!:D:D:D They'll be getting all my clothing orders. She even asked how long I wanted the sleeves. WOW!!!:D:D:D

Ribs still hurt. Docs office was not open when I called. I left a message. Bob wants to know if I can drive myself to NJ. I said let's wait and see what's going on in the AM.

I need to go fill out pre-visit med forms. Man....they want to know EVERYTHING!!! I should have kept notes, all these years. :(

Love,
Sus

Hey Sus,


Bailey will look beautiful. I saw that sweater too!!!!! It is so neat they can customize anything just about.

I put my order in this am before work. I sure hope I did it right. Koko got the golf sweater and I got Zoe a tee shirt dress in mint green and another dress with a knit top and cotton skirt attached. I get a bandana with that one for Koko:):). I have to go find the links.

What fun, shopping on line and it is even moe fun waiting for that special package to arrive all the way from Turkey!!!!!:D

I sure hope your ribs get better. Did you try ice? I remember every time I bent down to put harnesses on the pups I gasped.

Have a great day,
love ya,
addy

Hi Addy-

I thought the ribs were better.....but this is too much pain. I'm on the road tomorrow, but I think I'll call my doc to get Rx for x Ray.

I hope your week is going well.

Love,
Sus

Good idea for the x ray. It may be they are not cracked but badly bruised. Can you take Advil types of meds for pain?

They told me advil every 6-8 hours for pain and apply ice; boy when the ice and advil wore off, it hurt a lot.

Takes about six weeks to heal. My mom cracked hers last summer, she took tylenol.

Feel better Sus

sending BEAR HUGS:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

love,
addy

SIX WEEKS????!!!!!!
Well-I felt much better today, so I nixed the xray request. Yes-Aleve works well for me. I just don't think about taking it. Silly me. :o:o

Went to NJ today to meet a 3rd opinion orthopedic surgeon. It's a 2 1/2 hour drive, but I like him. He has RXd a pain medication patch for the left big toe....and said do not let anyone open that up. It doesn't need it.

For the right toe (#2) we're going with orthotics, so I have to return next Tuesday so their orthotic specialist can do his thing. Then, of course, there will need to be another trip to pick them up.

Meanwhile doc #2s office has already ordered orthotics. There is no way to cancel those, so I'll just go and get them whenever they are ready. I'm going to make like I did not get a 3rd opinion.:p It's a long way to go to NJ, but I get to take a ferry ride!:D

Long, long day. I'm doing way too much driving!! I miss sleeping in.:D

Love,
Sus

Ferry rides are fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D

I sure hope the boots do the trick. Do they come in pretty colors for Summer? I miss wearing pretty shoes. My feet are the typical mess from wearing shoes that do not fit and too many high heels. Now I wear flat Clark shoes. I miss pretty little high heeled shoes RED ONES:D:D:D:D:D

How is Bailey? I hope she is doing well.

Have a wonderful day
love
addy

Orthotics are inserts for inside the shoes. I think they come in white, sometimes gray, but you don't get to choose.....it depends on the manufacturer.

Any chance your favorite color is RED??

Ribs are back to hurting today.:(...so I guess I'll call the doc in the AM and see about an xray. I don't know that they can do anything for split ribs anyway.:confused:

Bailey is wonderful. :):) She is soooooooooooooooooooooo wanting to run. She's going to need to start off with walking. She has lost a lot of the strength in her back legs. We were just sitting out front on the porch, enjoying the breezes. I got a close look at her right leg and now that the hair has grown some, you can't tell where the incision is. I am SOOOOO glad her hair is filling in. :) She looked like she had a bad poodle cut! :eek::eek::eek:

One more day gal.....and then the weekend!~

Love,
Sus

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Any chance your favorite color is RED??

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yes, red and yellow with touches of blue:D:D:D:D:D:D

okay, I understand, inserts not boots:o:o:o which is really good because how are you wearing boots in the summer or to VEGAS?;)

nothing they can do for ribs, just time it takes to heal and ice and nsaids or tylenol.

a pain in the rib is a pain in @#$!:D:D:eek::eek:

love ya,
addy

Had an xray today-won't know anything before Monday. How helpful is THAT?????!!!!:mad::mad:

If this (or these) rib(s) aren't broken I will be amazed. Today has been the worst day yet. I am now keeping a heating pad on them, on low heat. That seems to help.

I made a HUGE mistake and spread mulch at the entrance gardens. That's what has gone wrong. I won't make that mistake again.............ever!:eek::o:p:(

Have a WONderful Satidday!

Love,
Sus (OUCH)

Dear Susan Ouch:D:D:D;););)

It will get better, just takes time.

Happy Saturday!!!! Do you have plans for Mom Day? I am having everyone here tomorrow so hubby and I are celebrating today as my mom day. Its raining and I had hoped to plant my window boxes. It is our Mom Day tradition.

No more spreading mulch with cracked ribs:eek::eek::eek::eek:
you remind me of me;););););)

anyway, I hope you have a wonderful weekend, enjoy it and I hope the sun is shining down on you.

love,
addy

Happy Saturday!!!!

I should be finishing up getting my reports in to my manager, but....I wanted to stop in!!!:p

Please take care of yourself and let yourself healing!!!! THAT IS AN ORDER FROM HEADQUARTERS!!!!!:D

I am so glad Miss Bailey is getting her fur/hair back so her battle scars will not show. How many more weeks till run time??? :D

Have a Happy Mother's Day!!! Do we get to get out of the non-basement to celebrate????:D;)

Hello Addy and Marie Irene!!

Happy, happy Mother's day to you both!!!

PLEASE come out of the nonbasement!!!!! I'll call the surfer dudes, Wally and his girlfriend (didn't he have a girlfriend?) and we'll eat cake and ice cream and pecan pie ALL DAY LONG!!!:D:D:p:)

Addy-Indeed the sun shined today. You could not have asked for a better day. :):) Tomorrow is supposed to be 1/2 and 1/2.

Ryan is here and the three of us went out to dinner. Absolutely horrible service.....it was an hour before we got out meal......and then she did not have them right. But I had prime rib and it was very good. It was 8oz according to the menu and it was at least that. That gave me about 4 oz to bring home to my patient. (NOT to be given all at once!)

I hope you are both waited on hand and foot (what the heck does that saying mean?):confused: I hope any children you have, even the ones you might have but not know about (Oh! Wait!!! That only happens to the male of the species.) ;) How could we EVER forget giving birth!!

HUGS and HUGS....and love,
Sus/susan

Dear Mom aka Sus,

I just want to tell you that whenever I log on and come here or to Marie Irene's thread, both of you always bring out a huge smile for me. You both mean a lot to me.

Happy Moms Day Sus and Marie and thank you for being my friends.:D:):):):)

love always,
addy

Yes, being on both your threads brightens up the day for me!!!

How would I make it through all this stress without you too!!! Especially since we got to get out of the non basement to have cake, ice cream and pecan pie!!!!:D:p:) And you let the surfer dudes come over and everything....I thought Wally had a girlfriend, but with all the traveling he does how can he keep one????? :D

I hope Carrol is doing okay. I figured out it was her older son who died, but since I cannot get on Facebook I do not know any details. I also figured out this son was one of the kids on Shining Station with Thomas the train or something like that. I never watched the show and neither did my daughter. I wish I could help her in any way I can. I miss her so much!!! :(

Your Mother's Day sounds like fun except for the service at the restaurant. We went to an Italian Restaurant in Newport Beach--it was quaint, but noisey--there were 10 of us and you could only barely hear the person next to you, but not across from you. The food was okay, but nothing to write home about.

Happy Monday!!!!:D:p:)

Well, a co worker went on facebook for me but we saw no update or news. She thought if you were not a "friend" you only see a bit of public info so I could not find out anything.

Love you both, late for work,
addy

Wow. I can't believe I could have been enjoying this feeling for three days already. I have to come here more often! :D Thanks Addy. I'm your friend forever......(is that scarey?):eek:

Love,
Mom aka Sus

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Originally Posted by addy

Dear Mom aka Sus,

I just want to tell you that whenever I log on and come here or to Marie Irene's thread, both of you always bring out a huge smile for me. You both mean a lot to me.

Happy Moms Day Sus and Marie and thank you for being my friends.:D:):):):)

love always,
addy

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Hi - I figure it's time for a Bailey/recovery update. She continues to do very well. The only concern I have is that it seems to me her legs, from above the knee to well below the knee, were smooth before. Now it's kind of bumpy. I'll ask the doc on the 30th when we go to get discharged (and to RUN again!) :D

She is now bringing me toys wanting to play. The ball. Drops it by my feet and looks at me mournfully. :(

I don't know if I mentioned it, but I was supposed to go with Bob to PA for a family wedding this weekend. I never did really want to go-it meant having to board Bailey for two nights with her still being in recovery from her knee surgery. Well, my fall/badly bruised ribs have gotten me out of going. That means Bailey and I will have 2 days to be together. By ourselves. Without Bob. We might even sneak in a little walk. Shhhhhhhhhhh. Don't say anything. :)

I slept and slept today. I had to go to NJ again yesterday and really scared myself by almost falling asleep at the wheel. A lot.

Next weekend I get to see a friend I've not seen for 25 years. We were very close at the time and have kept in touch since, but don't live near one another any more, so getting together just hasn't happened. She's going to stop by with her husband on a return trip home from visiting her Dad. I'm delighted as all get out, but I can only seem to dread what she may think.....as I am heavier.

It was weird because as we got to know one another, we had quite a number of relationships with people and similarity in our lives - it was amazing. She has had a long battle with cancer, but seems to be doing well.

Ryan is moving out of his condo, will try to rent it on his own, and into an apartment near where he grew up. The area has changed a lot and now it is a hot spot for the younger crowd. He feels really out of it out where he lives.....and he always has to drive so far just to see his friends. He can't try to sell the condo because he is WAY under water with his mortgage. He bought it at the peak of the crazy real estate boom.

Ribs are much better. Still using the heating pad some.

It's Thursday almost. You're almost there you little worker bees! Weekend is not far, now!

Love,
S & S

https://www.etsy.com/conversations/i...age_type=thumbI don't know if the picture is too small to really tell, but this is the sweater I ordered for Bailey and it is finished already! At the neck, there are three buttons. Thank you so much-Addy I think it was-for the Etsy link and the Chantal link. Once here, I'll take a picture of Bailey in it. How exciting! :D:D:D

Bailey's Mom

I just realized this AM that the sweater will make Bailey look like a bumble bee! I had hoped for a soft yellow.

Hey Sus,

I could not open the link, it took me to the Etsy sign in page. I got an email today saying my stuff was enroute:D:D:D:D

I thought Bailey's sweater was blue and yellow. She wont look like a bumble bee.

Can you send me a different link?

love you,
addy

https://mail-attachment.googleuserco...Ws-tU&sadssc=1

https://mail-attachment.googleuserco...EjcN2EHAdLXrZY

my two:D

http://www.etsy.com/shop/fifime