Buddy, The Mighty Lizard Hunter - Suspected Pituitary Macro Tumor

Kathy:
I have a parrot named Elvis. He calls all the animals by name. They can hear better than a dog and smell like one also. If someone strange comes into the house and Elvis has not even seen them, he knows they are in here. Poor Buddy can't catch a break, now he can't even pee in peace!! Can the bird see into your yard where Buddy is? They are smart little devils let me tell you. Elvis starts talking real loud every time the phone rings, and you cannot hear the other person. Everyone asks if I am babysitting grandchildren! He never shuts up, he is always babbling about something. He sings songs, he knows the alphabet, he can mimic sounds , he can add some numbers, he laughs in my voice, he dances, he is a real ham. His very favorite is Don Ho's Tiny Bubbles. He sings it every day. His Tarzan yell would rival Carol Burnett's. He has even given himself the nickname El.
Well I don't know too much about Tipper's breathing last nite as she spent it in the closet, it was thundering and lightening, and 65 mile and hour winds. Needless to say it was not a good nite for her. I saw the cool mats online Kathy but I was not sure if they even worked. Does anyone else have any experience with them? It would be a good idea, but don't want to waste the money if it is just another gimmick. Tipper's blood pressure and weight were both up a little, but still not bad. So we will be getting out the Lentils again, and using them as some of her dog food substitute. Have to get all of Tipper's walks in early as it looks like more rain any time now. Blessings
Patti

Leslie,
I will consider posting Buddy's tumor reports on the other thread, so they can be of help to others. However, as of now I'm not ready to read all of those stories. I know the direction that this is going and it's hard enough. Concentrating on those other stories would make my heart hurt more than it already does. I get much too emotionally involved with each fur baby's plight and that would just be way too hard right now.
Kathy

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Kathy:
For what it's worth I would feel the same way too. The situation is too difficult as it is, and I would not want to read all that right now either. I do agree when you are able somewhere down the road, it would be helpful to others. Tipper send hugs and kisses to Buddy. We pray every nite for Buddy. Blessings
Patti

Mobility update…..
Up until about a year ago, Buddy was able to jump onto the cedar chest to sit in the window. When he could no longer jump up safely, I put up a ramp for him to get up there. The ramp worked very well until about six months ago. That's when he was starting to have difficulty getting up and down the ramp safely. He could still get up, but he couldn't always get down by himself. I thought the problem was just aging, but soon found out that he had rear leg muscle wasting due to Cushings and neurological deficits due to a suspected Macro-tumor. The ramp was taken down permanently about three months ago. Buddy has since been doing his guard duty in the front doorway, through the security doors when the weather permits. The weather has been in the 90s the last couple of days, So he hasn't been able to look out except for early in the morning or later in the evening. This afternoon, Buddy lead me to the ramp which was being stored in our screened in family room. I realized that he wanted me to put the ramp up. I tried to distract him from it to no avail. He kept going back to the ramp. So I carried it in and set it up, knowing that he was not physically strong enough to use it. I was quickly proved wrong. As soon as the ramp was secure, I moved out of the way and he ran up it and plopped down on the cushioned cedar chest. He looked at me like to say, "see, what's the big deal?" He has been using the ramp, up and down, by himself all afternoon. OMG:eek::D I don't know how he is able to do it, but he is. It is mind blowing!:eek:

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Oh Kathy that is the most wonderful of news! Thank you for putting it into context for us too, that just makes it even better.
Super big hugs, this is a good day for you and Buddy
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Oh wow that is so cool. Love it. You need to video those moments! :) So happy for you. Note I head out tomorrow so keep it up while I'm away. xoxo Kim

Thanks Kim for reminding me.;) Have a wonderful trip. Don't forget my suggestion on handling the kids, when they start acting too much like kids. Back away slowly and pretend like they belong to somebody else.;):D
Big hugs,
Kathy

Wonderful :D

All the things we all used to take for granted are now precious moments :)