How is our "Squirtsy" today??
Carrol
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How is our "Squirtsy" today??
Carrol
Hi Carroll,
Thanks for asking after my Sweet Bebe! :)
She continues to do really well! Our walks are more frequent so we vary our paths often and she always finds things to enjoy along the way. She picked up on a mole underground the other day, true to her Cairn side! :p, and tracked it for quite some way before she jumped on a spot and started furiously digging. Moe saw the action and came to help; with his big paws, he got to it before she did...which was FINE with me! :eek: I didn't really want to have to take the mole away from her :o but she was having so much fun and it has been such a long time since she "hunted", I had to let her go. She pushes the boundaries of our walks often both in time and distance.
Squirt continues to play our games and with the toys, too. :D:D
We had some heavy rain and fairly strong winds this morning and the noise from the raindrops and gum balls hitting on the camper made her nervous...Trink, too. It was loud. Noises don't usually bother her but I could understand her unease. She wanted on the bed so that is where I put her and she crawled under her blanket for a bit, then was fine once the noise level dropped off.
Right now, she is snoozing on the couch on one side and Trink is on the other, so all is well with us.
Hugs,
Leslie and Squirt
Hi Leslie!
What great news and we all need some great news right now after the last week:(.
Tell us about Moe...we haven't heard about him.
It must be something in the air because Chloe has also been more active. She was never a "playing pup" but does do a mini Bichon buzz periodically now. I thought we might have a problem because she was wanting off the bed during the night, running to the laundry room and barking at a bag of kibble left over from the time before we switched diets (had to because of itching and scratching and for Sparky who has diabetes). I thought "Oh no, here we go with the overeating again" but that was not the problem. It was I who was the problem. In switching the diet, I forgot to take into consideration that Chloe treated the kibble like toys. She takes one out of the bowl; puts it on the floor; paws the ground in front of it; runs, jumps and barks at it and then eats it! Dumb mama, she just wanted to play!:rolleyes:
The weather here in the desert is cool but sunny and pleasant.
It was a busy weekend because my 24 yr old son (my human baby) who is a Navy helicopter pilot, was finishing up a month's leave and he headed back to Guam today. He will have a supervisory job on land for a while and then off to Iraq to do medevac and search and rescue. just one more thing to keep me up at night!:rolleyes:
I sure wish I was on that couch with Squirt and Trink after this past weekend but it is cleaning and laundry for me. Why is it that grown children still leave messes? When I asked Joshua this and reminded him that in officer training they had inspection for neatness, he told me he is messy at home so he doesn't burn himself out!!
If Squirt and Trink are on the couch, where is that big Moe guy.....?
Again, so happy to hear everything is going well. That little squirt Squirt :D (sorry, I just had to do that:o) has a special place in my heart.
Love,
Carrol
Hi ya'll,
Man, Squirt is having a ball in this weather! :p We have been out probably 6-7 times today and most of them were so she could play. :p She has insisted on taking her walks, tho she has done very little "walking". She'll get a bit ahead then turn and run back to me making circles around me, trying to get me to chase her or let her chase me...and of course she usually gets her wish. :p Every time she growls, I laugh, when I laugh she grins and takes off again! We just came back in to warm up and dry off but I can almost promise you she will be sitting at the door before long, begging to go back out there. :D
As long as things don't freeze and make ice, I will let her play. Once the ice starts to build, tho, she will have to be leashed for her own protection. She is feeling so good and so full of herself on the Lyso, I'm afraid she will go too far and hurt her legs.
She is taking fish oils and Vit E for the arthritis along with the GlycoFlex III. I can see a difference in the stiffness she was showing earlier, too. She gets 2130mg of oil (800mg EPA and 400 DHA) and 400 i.u. of the Vit E daily. She gets less than the full amount of the Vit E because it is impossible to get all the oil out of those tiny gel caps. Since both girls are on Vit E, I plan to find a liquid so it will be easier to dose and give. I have used a product called Konch in the past and liked it but it went rancid before I could use it all so I want a smaller bottle of oil this time.
Squirt has always been a Miss Piggy and I said at the beginning of her cush journey that her appetite would not make a good basis for judging signs. Well, in her case, that was wrong. When her signs came up, there was a frenzy and desperation about the piggyness that wasn't present before...or now. It was apparent she felt she was starving and would die if she didn't eat. :( She frantically searched for food outside and inside; when she found it, she inhaled it, seldom bothering to chew. Her head would bounce up and down almost wildly as she threw her meals down her throat. I even saw her bite the sides of the bowl a time or two. :( Now I understand what a Cushing's appetite looks like and am so happy she is no longer driven like that...tho she remains a Miss Piggy. :p;)
Hugs,
Leslie and Squirt, the Snow Queen
PS. Carrol, Moe is my brother's big male - he is supposedly a Bermese Mtn Dog but I think he looks more like a Swiss Mtn Dog. Most folks think he is a giant Beagle when they see him, tho, because his markings are very similar to that breed.
Wow Leslie, your description makes me think of my Zoe to some degree. Glad you discussed that.:) I understand the difference now.Quote:
Now I understand what a Cushing's appetite looks like and am so happy she is no longer driven like that...tho she remains a Miss Piggy.
It is so wonderful Squirt is feeling so much better so quickly. You are doing an amazing job with her.
Hope the weather improves for you.
Hugs,
Addy
I am so glad to hear that Squirt is continuing to do so well on the Lyso. She's really enjoying herself. :D
Awe... Life is good!
Leslie,
I wish I could be there with you to see Squirt and the whole troop on the walks. It makes me smile to read your story. I am sooooo glad the Lyso is working and to be able to see such a difference. I never really saw the energy change in Maddie--the eating big difference she didn't have to inhale the food or steal it.:)
Enjoy your walks.:D:D I always had a cup of coffee on our walks--all the people I saw on the walks were a little jealous because I didn't have to have Maddie on a leash (what control I had on her---sure, she controlled me--haha). It was funny to start to see others having a cup on their walks--what a trend setter I was.:D
Have a great weekend!!!
Tight hugs to you and the girls...:):):)
Xo Jeanette and the Princess :p
Hi my friend,
Love your description of Squirt's games and running around :D, and I'm so glad for you both that the lyso is working wonders for her, and giving you back your happy, playful little girl. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Jane, Franklin and Angel Bailey xxx
Hi Leslie,
Great news about Squirt! So glad our girl is back. It feels so good to see them playing and having fun.
Way to go, mom:D,Love,
Carrol
Hi ya'll,
Squirt continues to do well with her maintenance of Lyso along with the lignans and melatonin. Her energy remains high, she rests well at night, and the hair on her right leg is finally coming in from the surgery last summer. A few weeks ago, I was brushing her while she lay on the bed and got to wondering if the Lyso had helped the hair on her "other" thigh....so I turned her over only to find the leg I was previously brushing WAS the "other" thigh! :) The hair over the shaved area has grown in so much, I didn't realize that was the leg that was operated on. She never did get the soft undercoat she usually does in the winter but she doesn't need it now for sure so I won't worry about that til this winter.
Speaking of worry....I'll share a little story with ya'll. :o
Mon. nite, I was rubbing Squirt's belly as we lay in bed and felt several lumps in her abdomen - about 5 total. That was about 10pm - by 11:30 I had diagnosed cancer - by 8am it had metastasized. This fine diagnostic work was accomplished while in the midst of multiple tears and hanging over the cliff of a full-blown panic attack. I called Dr. B Tues. morning and took her in to see him at 11:30. He gave her a thorough going over and found 3 lipomas - on her chest. He assured me they were nothing to worry about unless they started growing and interfered with her gait. Well, that's fine, I thought, then asked him about the lumps in her abdomen. He leaned over and whispered, "Those are her boobies." I thought he said, "poopies" and dropped my head on Squirt's chest and said, "You mean I have been up all night crying because you needed to use the bathroom?!" Dr. B said, "Not poopies, BOOBIES, you big boob!" LOL Squirt has lost nearly 2 lbs. since starting the Lyso and I can feel things I used to couldn't and I was feeling her mammary glands! :o:rolleyes::o:p I have been a fool many times in my life but was never so glad to be one as I was Tues.! :)
So, in spite of her over-anxious mom, Squirt is doing just fine!
Hugs,
Leslie and The Queen
LMAO!!! glad I'm not the only one prone to PANIC!
Nooooo, Janis, not by a long shot! :p
too funny.....
BTW...lipomas (sometimes referred to as "fatty tumors") seem to be common w/terriers....my girls also got them when they hit their advanced years. they are nothing to worry about, unless they are in a spot that hinders mobility (like armpit, for instance).
glad to hear Squirt is doing well.
Jeff & Angel Mandy
Leslie, you can relate an occurrence like no other:D:D
I am so glad Squirt is doing well. Keep up the good work.
Love,
Addy
Leslie,
You are too funny!!! I also love your story telling!!:D
So glad Squirt is do so well. When Maddie's fur came back it had a different coloring and texture. At least it is fur....:p:p
Take care!!
Leslie, so glad you had good news to report on Squirt. Just want you to know how much I appreciate all the time you and other's put into this site.
xoxo
Cindy, Alex and Bear
Hi Leslie,
I'm so glad that Squirt is doing so well on the Lysodren.
Leslie -
I hadn't checked in in awhile. I'm glad to read Squirt is doing well on Lyso. Thanks too for the bit of humor I had to chuckle. Your do have some of the best stories.
Hugs!
Tammy, Crash, & Darby
Leslie,
I am so happy Squirt is doing so well... You give me and Honey Hope.. I've learned so much from you and I just want you to know I really appreciate all the information you have given me.
Take Care
Rhondalyn and Honey
Hi Leslie,
So glad things seem to be going good for Squirt.
I love your comment about the Chocovino on Mary Beth's thread. You are so witty. :):)
Hi Leslie,
I am glad your Squirt is doing so well on the Lysodren. I really enjoy reading your stories. Laughing out loud feels good. And, thank you for the birthday wishes so many months ago.
Debbie
Hi ya'll,
Squirt continues to do well with her treatment which continues to do my old heart so much good! A day doesn't pass that she doesn't make me laugh out loud at her antics and sheer enjoyment of life. She has been panting a bit more lately but in the heat we are having, I'm panting a bit more, too! I don't think that is Cushing's related but just simply the heat and humidity. When she wants to stay inside all day long, I know it's too hot for her and she hasn't wanted to stay out very long at all lately. She has always been like her mom about the heat - we were supposed to be Eskimos but got sidetracked somewhere along the line and ended up in the south instead! :p
I don't know if you read Brick's thread or not, but he hurt his foot and the same day he started limping so did Squirt. When I checked her legs and feet, I found 3 burs in her front paws. She has hobbit feet and the burs had gotten meshed up in the hair and pushed down between the big center pad and the smaller ones for the toes. No wonder she was limping! :eek: So we spent about an hour cutting out the burs then trimming her hairy feet to help prevent that from happening again. When we get in the bed, I have been thoroughly checking her feet since finding the burs and she is about tired of that business!
We had a bit of excitement this week with the storms that came thru - lightning struck a tree right behind the camper, ran thru the ground and under the camper. Squirt was inside by herself when it struck and started limping after wards. I was very worried that she had been in touch with metal of some sort when the lightning struck and she had been zapped causing her to limp. Then I found the burs and was so glad I hadn't run to Dr. B in tears again thinking she had been fried. :p The boobie incident is still fresh in my mind! :o:D
She almost got thrown out of the camper the nite the lightning struck due to another panic episode on her mom's part. :o I am absolutely terrified of electricity and was worried that maybe something in the camper wiring could be smoldering just waiting til I fell asleep to burst into flames so I didn't sleep much that nite, to say the least, between the worry and the heat. I was able to get partial power after replacing some demolished fuses but didn't have any over head lights so I borrowed a nite-lite from my niece. It looks like a mini-lava lamp. I put it in the bathroom. Well, we were laying in bed, I was staring around sniffing for smoke when I saw a flicker run up the bathroom door. FIRE!!!!! :eek: I snatched Squirt off the bed and was tossing her out the door when it dawned on me that nite-lite had heated up and was lavaing, making flickers on the door. :o Thank goodness I hadn't called the fire department yet! :D:o Squirt was just pissed at being rudely awakened, slung in the air, bounced back and put right back in bed. LOL Trink and Brick slept thru the excitement and Squirt told them the next morning they were lucky I didn't try to throw them out the door during the nite. If I would do that to her, just imagine what I would do to them. It's a Queen thing, ya know...gotta keep your subjects in line! ;)
Hugs,
Leslie and Squirt, the hobbit-footed Queen
What an adventure, Leslie;) Glad things worked out all right. I had something similar with Zoe two years ago. We had taken the car into the city to walk on sidewalks. How she got burrs on sidewalks, I don't know. She was limping and I could not get the burrs out so put her in the car to drive home to get a scissors. She started pulling them out with her mouth and coughing on them while I was driving. Like you, I am bawling "she is going to die eating those burrs" and I was driving 60 miles an hour in a 35 mile zone, running all the lights to get her home, crying all the way.
Are you sure you are not my long lost sister?
Poor Squirt, poor Brick. Hope everything is fine now.;););)
We all have had some bad storms this year. Hope it is the end of them.
Happy Fourth!!!!
Love,
Addy, Zoe and Koko
You guys are funny...
I was just reading this after the long 4th for me. I had to work in the middle of the beach in San Diego from Friday to Monday...anyways...as I was scrolling down the "melatonin" from your title kept flashing...and I thought.
WE SHOULD ALL BE ON IT!!!
Hi, Leslie -
Haven't heard from you in awhile and I was thinking about you and wondering how Squirt and her boobies are doing? :D Good thing you didn't take her to the vet's after the lightening episode....you may have had to find a new vet!
I hope you are continuing to enjoy the Chocovine! I still think that is amazing stuff....like dessert in a bottle!:rolleyes:
omgomgomgomg!!!!! :eek: My feeble mind has struck once again!
Squirt gets her doses on Wed and Sun but for some insane reason I gave her another dose today!!! :eek:
She went out to pee and was eating grass so I know her tummy is upset but that is all have seen so far. omgomgomgomgomg!!!!!
She wanted to lay under the camper as is her usual but I made her come in so I can keep an eye on her. omgomgomgomg!!!!!
I do have pred and am going to get a dose ready just in case. omgomgomgomg!!!!!
Squirt weighs about 15lbs so 15/2.2=6.82. 6.82x.25=1.705
Is this right? omgomgomgomg!!!!!
How do I get 1.70mg cut from a 20mg tablet?????? omgomgomgomg!!!!!
Ok....I cut it into 8ths then cut the tip off of the 2.5 portion so it is hopefully close to 2mg.....omgomgomgomgomg!!!!
She laying under my legs and is panting rather heavily but is alert. aw geez......
Leslie, I am just about on my way to the airport but saw that you are in distress so wanted to let you know that everything will be fine. You and I suffer from loss of gray matter and I've given my dogs an extra dose on more than one occasion. As I recall, Squirts cortisol is high normal so you have a lot of cushion. If she was in the low end of normal, I might, I repeat, I might be concerned. Try to relax and enjoy your day with your babies. Squirt will be okay. Remember that Lysodren has a cumulative effect and if it was going to effect Squirt at all, it won't be today so quit staring at her. :p
In the unlikely event Squirt should show any adverse effects, the first thing you are likely to notice is a change in her eating so if her appetite is off tonight or tomorrow, give her a rescue dose of prednisone. My flight is only hour (10:15 to 11:15 pacific time) and you have my number if you need me.
Hugs,
Glynda
P.S. You don't have to be overly precise on cutting the pred pill. If she gets a little more, it won't hurt her.
Bless you bless you bless you....my mind just shuts down at times like this and I can't remember a thing I have learned in all these years! :o:o I am vibrating like crazy right now!
Tho I can promise you I will be staring at her continuously.....:o:rolleyes:
Love you so....please travel safe and have a BLAST!
Okay, Calm down, Glynda told me if I ended giving a little bit more pred to Zoe since her rescue dose was a weird amount too that it would most likely be okay so don't worry about the dose being exact when you cut up the pill.
I am home today except for a quick trip to rehab. Every time you start hyperventalating, just post something and tried to concentrate on your breathing.
It will be oaky, I know it will be okay. You just wont give her anything Sunday. It will be okay, Leslie.
I will go recheck the rescue dose. I saved the equation on my thread.
Love,
Addy
We are posting at the same time. Your gray matter caclulated the rescue dose perfectly:):):):)
Are you breathing?????????????
Love,
addy
Thanks, sweet Addy....I think gasping would be a better description :o:D but I'm not shaking as much as I was. Squirt is gonna be so sick of me by tomorrow! I keep touching her and leaning over to watch her breathing, touching her nose and belly, LISTENING to her belly....geez.....
If ya'll need me, I'll be in the loony bin for a bit!
As Glynda has said, I too believe Squirt will be fine. If you think that this dose is upsetting her tummy, what about giving her some slippery elm?
Sending soothing, calming, and loving hugs...Lori
gosh, that "slipped" my mind, too, Lori! :o Thank you! I'll get some made up right now!
Leslie - try to relax - easier said then done!!! :D we all know that!!! :) I gave Penny her pill one day in the AM and my husband gave it to her a few hrs after -- You told me just to have the pred on hand watch her and it should be fine but I could give her a pred just to be safe - which we did anyway and she was fine - she slept alot that day but she was good - we all do that - we forget everything!!!!! My excuse is Menopause and Chemo brain for me!!!!!! LOL Keep us posted!!
Leslie oh Leslie,
Everything okay? Are you having some Slippery Elm time?
Cha, cha, cha:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D Just checking in on ya;)
love,
addy
LOL....yes, I am breathing, not gasping, now and only my head is bobbing around on it's stem instead of the whole body bouncing around! :p
Squirt is doing ok....no indication of problems....but she did run Brick out of his box so she could go in there to avoid my constant attentions. :D She did this right after giving her some SEB...like, "ok, you crazy broad, that is quite enough already!" :o:rolleyes: Queens only want attention when they want attention! :p
Now he's barking at her and she's trying to explain she needs the box more than him right now.
Still worried, of course, but am doing a bit better. Thank you all so very much. What would I do without my cush family????
Love and hugs,
Leslie and a fed-up Squirt