Molly, 13 yr, shih tzu - lhasa aspo - Molly has passed

[molly muffin]

Hello everyone and Happy 2015!

Hubby is doing great, if he'd just take it easy with the racquetball playing and ease into it. He's feeling the aches and pains of not playing for a few months.

BIL - he is being taken by ambulance up to Stanford today for a re-evaluation, to see how he has done in the last few weeks of bed rest. I don't know what they will decide but the place they had him at has said 6 January he has to leave there as the goals he came in with have been met. (putting on a t-shirt daily and doing leg/arm exercises) It doesn't seem like much does it with a broken back, and he still can't sit up, so no idea how this is going to play out. Plus he developed some congestive heart failure while there, which they think has cleared up, which I wasn't aware it could go away, so not sure about that at this point. It does make the idea of any surgery iffy I think though. We'll just wait and see.

I went and picked up more medication for Molly today (refills) and some Low Protein food, so that is it for me today. I'll be away this evening.

I hope you all have a safe New Years.

hugs

[doxiesrock912]

You too Sharlene!

[My sweet Ginger]

Sharlene, my wish for you is you and your family to have a very happy new year and good health and luck be with you through out 2015 and Molly to be more forthcoming for her mama.
Thank you for your happy new year wish for us.
Hugs, Song.

[Dixie'sMom]

Happy New Year Sharlene, Daniel and Molly Muffin! I hope you had a great nite out last nite and a restful day today.

The last months of 2014 was very stressful for you so I hope that trend is gone. I have high hopes or the New Year and hope we are all blessed with wisdom, clarity, peace and more joy than we can imagine! Hugs!

[flynnandian]

a healthy and happy new year from us too!

[addy]

I'm so used to seeing your thread on page one I just had to bring it forward.

Keep warm and kisses to Molly.

[molly muffin]

Thanks Addy. Trying to stay warm. Might be tough to do this week though. Brrrrrr.

Still waiting on the UPC result. Trying to figure out when to make appt to get Molly in for her next ACTH test. Trying to gauge when weather will be best for making the drive to the specialist. I want to go through her for this next test for cortisol and calcium but after that I plan to use the vet near me which will be more convienent.

Just doing the best we can. The ice and snow is making it difficult for walking Molly with her luxating putella. It scares me to death when she slides. I also am very aware of the potential to go sliding if I try picking her up on that stuff. I just end up keeping the leash tighter on the harness and using that to lift her when I see she might lose traction.

I think tomorrow I will go see about booties with grips on them. Although she thinks she can't move when I put booties on her perhaps I can get her use to them slowly by putting them on in the house and leaving them on till she at least moves. Might take many hours. She is fairly stubborn.

I too am looking forward to longer daylight hours.

Hugs

[Budsters Mom]

Hi Sharlene,

It sounds like you're freezing your tushi off!

Buddy had a hard time walking on smooth surfaces due to his hind leg weakness. His legs would sadly slide under him, making it difficult for him to stand, more less walk, or run. Glynda sent me some Pawz in a couple of different sizes for Buddy to try. Although he didn't want to walk in them at first, they did help with his traction. She originally sent them to help with his grass allergy on walks, but I ended up using them more for traction. They feel like a thick balloon material.

http://pawzdogboots.com/prod_boots/

I think tomorrow I will go see about booties with grips on them

[mcdavis]

Another supporter of Paws bootees here. Hamish hated wearing the normal boots and did the whole refusing to move thing, but with the Paws he didn't seem to notice he was wearing them and just trotted out happily the first day. We had to walk quite a bit on ice and snow, quite often on slopes, and I never saw him slip - I think it was because they are made of some sort of rubber.
I'd also recommend these for you http://www.amazon.ca/Stabilicers-S-L...abilicers+lite

[Renee]

My pugs won't really wear booties either, until we get walking, then they focus on the walking part and forget the booties. I haven't tried paws yet, but they are on my list of products I've been wanting to try out.