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Well, well, well....the docs office just called with the latest test results. I have MONO! I'm on the tale end of it but that is what has been wrong with me all this time! I started feeling bad in late Spring 3013 so it has been almost a year. :eek: He said there is nothing to do but treat the symptoms and if they get worse, to give him a call. My word....that never entered my mind!
hmm, the kissing disease eh. :eek: <---that Should come with wiggly eyebrows.
Well, that makes sense as to why you are so tired and run down feeling. That is exactly what it does. I've had friends with it.
surprise, surprise, surprise (love gomer pyle)
take care,
hugs,
Sharlene and molly muffin
MONO? OMG :eek:
And, a Happy Belated Birthday to Squirtie! God Bless her!
;)
Jeff & the Girls
Leslie:
I am sorry to hear that you have mono. A friend of mine had that and every once and a while it comes back. She is easily tired out and not feeling well most of the time. I hope this is not the case with you as you have babies to care for. Hoping your weather is better than ours. Blessings
Patti
Squirt stinks. She must have a bath. But I'm not quite sure how to pull this off. I don't her want to get stressed and hurt herself. I lay here last nite and tried to figure out a way to get her cleaned up and think I'm gonna fill my bathtub, which is quite large, with warm water and let her swim in it for a minute. Then, I may put the laundry basket in the tub of water, upside down, so there is a platform for her to stand on. With the basket surrounded by water, she may stand still so I can lather and rinse.
She is slower this week than she has been, seeming to tire more easily. She's also been laying in front of the heater in the mornings when I turn it on in the bathroom which is not at all like her - she's hot-natured like her mom, was even before the Cushing's showed up. :D I noticed yesterday that she was doing a whole lot of squatting outside with very little output...just a drop or two most of the time. I didn't know if it is her mind telling her she needs to pee when she doesn't or if something else was happening now. I left her inside yesterday afternoon and evening so I could get a better idea and she peed BIG on the carpet. :rolleyes: It was a nice yellow color so I feel better about that.
We are on a month's sabbatical from the Novifit and I am watching her closely for strengthening of the CCD signs. She's a bit more restless at night but not overly so. And thankfully no signs of those awful terrors.
We are pet-sitting for 3 pups for a week starting this evening, too. I've had two of them before but one is new. That will make NINE dogs in my house! I may end up snagging some of Squirt's Valium before this is over with! :p
Wow...nine dogs, you will have quite a crowd. Hope the bath goes well and maybe it will end up being pleasant for Squirt once she gets in the warm water. I heat the towels in the dryer when I bathe Trixie...4 star service just like a fine hotel! :D She doesn't like the bath but will tolerate it. I think she actually enjoys the feeling of the warm towel at the end though...she kind of purrs when I'm drying her with it.
Glad Squirt had a nice puddle and yellow too, even though on the rug...funny what can make Cushings parents happy! Happy to hear she has not been having terrors at night anymore.
Barbara
Well, just because an idea seems viable in the cold dark hours don't necessarily mean it will translate well into fact in the bright light. :p
She's bathed, the bathroom and I are as wet as she is and the laundry basket was a joke as was the tote (it actually floated! duh). Like it or not, next time she needs a bath she goes somewhere to have it done! She and I both will be down in a few hours from the fight. :rolleyes:
Always interesting when it comes to bath time. Molly Hates the process of bathing, seems to like being dried though (I'll have to try the dryer warming with the towels) and then runs around like a crazy thing when it's all over with.
Make sure we get potty break in before bath starts and then she has a nap later when it's all over with.
Lordy 9!!! You brave soul. I'd be stepping on dogs at that rate. hahaha
Good luck, stay strong!
love
Sharlene and molly muffin
So stopping by to tell you the surgeon said that I am experiencing a tight shoulder capsule which he felt was normal from my fracture and that I need to keep working hard to losen things up ( translate more PT )
So I looked it up and apparently the shoulder capsul can be come tight (borderline frozen shoulder) and it will affect the muscles, tendons and nerves surrounding the shoulder joint.
So if some of the exercises you are doing hurt that may be why. I cannot reach behind my back without severe pain, certaiin joint rotations hurt like heck because of the tight capsul. Some of the stretches hurt in the beginning so now I do them very slowly and it is better.
I hope you recover from Squirt's bath. I was going to mail you a bottle of waterless shampoo I never used.:D:D:D:D:D
Yeah! That's what it feels like for me too! At first I could reach almost to my shoulder blades and now can't reach my waist! I have slowed down on the exercises and doing only the ones that don't hurt right now. If it's not better next week, I'll be back at the docs. :rolleyes:
Leslie:
I am glad then bath is over and you both survived. Funny how you think up something, but it just does not pan out how you thought. It is a struggle keeping up with all the trickery etc that has to be used on these babies for a wide variety of reasons. Tipper always loved a bath. Now that her skin is so thin, and she is grouchy about where you touch her it is hard to do as she dislikes it now. Thank God I have a pretty high laundry tub in the laundry room which I'm really warm, and a sprayer hooked up to squirt her off. I put rubber matting on the bottom where she stands, they sell it for shelf liner. It really grips and she sticks to it without slipping. I am trying to wait until it is warmer out one day as she will not tolerate the dryer and I am afraid of her being damp and getting sick some how. Nine dogs? You are one dog wrangler!! Hope Squirty smells good now and you both get rest now. Blessings
Patti
Yikes 9 of them!! Wow you amazing dealing with that many, one Flynn is enough for me to handle LOL.... I am imagining those dog walkers with leashes twisting and dogs going in all directions!! Hope the babies enjoy the weekend with their visitors and everyone gets along!! Gosh that bath sounds quite the experience, some just do not like water eh!! My boy being one of them :) Glad it is done and hopefully she will stay sweet smelling for ages now!! x
Are you not sleeping Leslie, your not usually up at this time of the night... or have the clocks changed and messed up my timings :eek::confused:
Nooooo, it's thundering here a TINY bit and Sophie got me up at 3am barking at it! :rolleyes: She feels it is her job to attack the doors and windows with every rumble! :p But for goodness sake do not open the door! :eek::p:p:p
Oh no, hope she did not wake the other 8 up!! Yikes, poor girl... is she scared of it or just telling it to rack off??
It scares her and her reaction to this fear is to attack it! :p Sophie isn't altogether rational. :p:p:p
Well at least she faces her fears full on, brave girl! I like that approach more than cowering away! Feisty!! The others sleeping through this?
As of now, everyone but Squirt is up and has been outside to potty in the rain....well except for Pearl, one of the babies I am sitting. She got up, pottied in the floor then went out and rolled in the mud! :rolleyes::p She was recently adopted from a shelter and we don't know much about her other than she LOVES being outside. She's cute as a bug, too. Prince and Lexi have been here before but not Pearl.
Squirt is still trying to sleep. It was obvious yesterday that she was hurting from the bath so I managed to get a small piece of Tramadol down her before bedtime. She needed help via the sling again yesterday when outside. :( Made me feel like a huge heel for giving her a bath but she smelled like urine. She still leaks and even tho I clean her with a wet cloth each time, she had reached the point she needed a deeper cleaning. For a rickety old broad she sure can put a fight when she's of a mind to!
Wow, Leslie! 9 dogs??!! You are a VERY brave (or crazy) woman! :D When I was reading your bath scheme, it SEEMED like a good idea to me as well. So, what do I know? Sorry it didn't work out as well as you hoped...at least she is now clean! I hope you are starting to feel better, but, you are going to be exhausted by all this pet sitting!
Don't forget to take care of YOURSELF!
Leslie:
Hope Grace is doing well. When does she get the staples out? Do you think she ate some? I think it is wonderful that she got rid of those tumors. When are the results going to be back? How is Squirt doing after the bath? It is snowing as I type this. Blessings
Patti
Grace is doing alright tho she has had diarrhea again this week - I bragged that she hadn't had any in a bit so she showed me! :D No she didn't eat any staples - Doc left the place where the ruptured tumor was removed open so it can drain so no staples missing. They will come out early this week.
I have been kicking myself in the rear for giving Squirt that bath. She could barely walk yesterday and last night. She's required the sling since the bath to go outside and potty - she sinking down in it again. :( So I've got to find another way to get the urine off her skin when she needs a more thorough cleaning than a wash cloth or someone to drive us to a groomer - tho that scares the crap outta me. I fear they wouldn't understand how fragile she is in spite of her ability to fight what she does not want.
This tooth is abscessing again so we will be lazy today for sure. I got to go eat lunch with some friends yesterday for the first time in a year I think and really, really, really needed that even tho I didn't get that steak I've been craving! I stuck with soft foods I could eat better but the food was the least of it. I told my friends it was so nice - not once did either one of them bark, whine, or growl at me demanding one thing or the other NOR did I have to clean the floor behind them! :p
Since John is a groomer I am wondering if he would have any tips on how to give Squirt a thorough cleaning without doing the complete bath?Quote:
Originally Posted by Squirt's Mom
Sending love and hugs, Lori
Baby wipes maybe? Then a warm cloth to rinse off any residue.
Leslie:
I am wondering if you could use any of the dry shampoos they make for dogs? They do make wipes to clean them also. I know what a hard time you must be having trying to keep her clean. How are the other eight doing? Blessings
Patti
One of the babies I am sitting -
Prince, The Entertainer
http://s752.photobucket.com/user/gir...6f90a.mp4.html
Oh my goodness what a little chatterbox and cute with it
Leslie:
I almost peed my pants watching this video. I was on the bed and looked at it with my tablet. I had no idea it would be so vocal, Tipper heard the barking from the tablet, jumped up out of a nap, and proceeded to trash the cover on my tablet. It was so funny I wish I would have videos Tipper's reaction as it was priceless, I am still laughing. Blessings
Patti
Well, I guess that he wanted on the bed NOW.
That was too funny!
That was tooo funny!!
Sharlene and molly muffin
that video is hysterical!! You should send it in to The Ellen DeGeneres Show!
Barbara
Unfortunately I have to watch with the sound muted because Henry is asleep.... just using my imagination from the other comments here.
I use pet wipes to clean the road salt of Henry's legs and find them quite effective, although they're not that much different to a wash cloth. Is there any chance she would tolerate water from a small watering can (the indoor plant sort of thing) - I used one once or twice on Hamish when he got stuff on his fur and it was far less traumatic (for both of us!) than a bath.
OMG! too funny!Quote:
Originally Posted by Squirt's Mom
re: cleaning, wipes are good. there are also some sprays you can use...spray bath, waterless shampoo and similar names. A few squirts (on Squirt) then wipe lightly with a soft towel. An old trick is a dusting of corn starch, then brush it out.
Leslie,
Toward the end, Buddy had serious neurological issues as well as rear leg weakness. He could no longer balance to lift his leg to pee, but he still tried. He often ended up peeing on himself, which distressed him greatly. This coming from a dog who never had an accident in the house. He always managed to get outside in time. Anyway, I used unscented baby wipes with a small amount of waterless unscented dog shampoo to keep him clean. It worked well and did not bother his allergies. If you wipe them down right afterwards, the urine washes off quite easily. xxxxx
Squirty gets wiped with a sopping wet cloth any time I know she has wet herself. The problems come in when she leaks during the night while we are asleep. Then she lays in it because she doesn't know it happened and it soaks through all three coats of her hair to the skin. Her hair is getting thinner and thinner so the urine gets to her skin faster. By the time we are up for the day, it has dried. I have used the hose on her outside when it was warm and I have a large plastic cup I use to pour water over her inside but after a while, she needs a soaping, or something, to get it all off. I'm gonna look for some dry shampoos and see if they will help. What you have to understand is the Queen does NOT like grooming in any shape form or fashion! :rolleyes::D Wiping her with a cloth is a battle; a full bath is all out war! :p
That Prince is hilarious! He keeps me in stitches when he's here talking to me. He will actually say "Mama". The first time he was here I was in bed and the dogs were in their crates in the LR. It was dark and late when I heard, "Mama. Mama!" FREAKED me out! :eek::p His buddy, that he lives with, is Lexi and she is very timid....she gets depressed when her mom leaves her here and it usually takes a day or so for her to come out and join everyone. Pearl is the other guest; she is young and FULL of mischief! :D But Pearl has been playing with Trink, which ain't easy to do!
My family is on one of the cruise ships that got trapped in Galveston first due to fog then due to another oil spill in the Gulf but they finally got to board the boat yesterday and it did move across the Gulf. Still don't know if they actually get to leave the Gulf or not yet, tho. I told them they were nuts to get on one of those ships anyway and told them to be sure to pack extra buckets. :eek::D:D:p But never dreamed something like this would happen and hope they get to at least see part of what they had planned.
I can sympathise as I had a cairn who hated bath time....
Is there any chance at all she would tolerate a belly band - I don't have any experience with them but I was just reading another post where someone mentioned they helped wick any moisture away from the skin.
Song sent me info on PeeKeepers that looks promising!
http://peekeeper.com/home
Oh that does look promising. Good find Song!
Sharlene and molly muffin
Squirt started back on the Novifit for another 60 days today and I'm glad. She was showing more and more CCD signs - standing staring at the walls, getting stuck in corners, more restless at night. It's a bit ahead of time to restart but I hope this helps her like it as so far.
I have also started giving her some Metacam, as much as I hate to. Doc makes a compounded form that is mixed with a liquid beef flavored vitamin and mineral base that he calls Meta-Tinic. The vitamin/mineral base is Lixotinic. She cannot be still for long and it is so obvious she is in pain any time she moves - I couldn't bear to watch it any longer. I have to choose my battles and her pain level is what I am fighting, trying my best to not think of what this will do to her liver. Time with her feels paramount but her comfort is the thing, the only thing, that really matters today.
AND it is time for another nail trim, bless her heart. So sometime today or tomorrow we will have that fight! :p
I just came across this site, and thought it certainly can't hurt. I have found certain types of music have calmed my dogs in the past. I ordered 1 calming cd, and the one for thunderstorms. I noticed they have one specifically for senior dogs. Perhaps it may help Squirt, or others?
http://throughadogsear.com/music-to-enjoy/
;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKU6PyRDZ14
(never used it...just searched for it...)