Results

Finally received the results back from Lucas' trans-tracheal wash. It came back normal. No signs of infection and no cancer cells. Yay! But we still need to keep an eye on him in case something comes back. They assume most of the whitish color is probably scarring from heartworms head had before he came into the rescue. I'm okay with that. He's kicking butt on a lot of things through his life and I always expect him to. We also had blood work done and a urinalysis. The blood work came back good but the urine came back with a lot of white blood cells and bacteria. So here we go with number whatever UTI. I had a culture & sensitivity test done on Wednesday so we can figure out which antibiotic to put him on. If I don't do it, I seem to waste my money on the wrong antibiotic.

My one owner of my job is still in the hospital. He's still on the breathing tube. I've been told by others he has not gotten worse. Whether or not he's getting better, I have no idea. I actually stopped by the hospital yesterday on my way home. He's awake but can't communicate. He was awake when I got there. I talked to him for about 30 seconds and I asked him if he was okay or if he wanted me to leave him alone. I figured he can't talk, he feels like shit, helpless, who knows, so I asked. He shook his head yes for me to leave, which was absolutely a relief because I had no idea what else to say. So hopefully next week he'll start showing some signs of improvement. I have no idea how long one can stay on a breathing tube and be awake. I would want none of that if it was me.

Someone share this link on Facebook last week. I just have to share. It's the story of ""the dog no one owned but everyone loved". It's a heartwarming story.

Rare Sighting, Bandanas, and Oz

Another week gone. I had a cold and it finally started going away Tuesday. Feeling much better now. No matter what I take, it never seems to help what symptoms I  want it to help.

Went down to my parents yesterday. The last few times I went down I haven't been taking my dogs. This is a good thing for their cat Kitty Star. That means she gets to come out. Even though I've yet to have her warm up to me...after 4 years.

I had ordered some doggy bandanas for 2 rescues here in Florida. They come from a fellow blogger who has an Etsy Store. It's Cindy's Thread Craft. I would highly recommend you check out her items. She does beautiful work and has many options you can do. Both the rescues received their bandanas and they love them. They'll be using them at their adoption events. Here's a photo of one modeling the bandana when he received it.

I really need to get some red, sparkly shoes. This is the second kitty I've had the "house fall on".

Saved the worse for last. Friday, my first phone call at work was a hospital telling me that one of my owners was in the hospital and that I needed to find someone to bring his mom there because he was on life support.  Long story short, he needs to have his gall bladder removed but they can't do it yet as his heart is not strong enough. They inserted a drain in his gall bladder Friday to drain out the infection. They don't know how long that will take. They have a breathing tube in him because his lungs are not getting the air they need. Yesterday someone updated me and said the drain is still in and he also had a mild heart attack. He's hanging in there. I really didn't know what happened when they told me he was on life support. So many things went through my head. He was in a car accident. He overdosed on something. I didn't find out until his mom went to the hospital. Both my owners are addicts. This one has not done anything in a long time, but he did enough damage to his body where his health has always been shit. The other one is still a on again, off again crackhead (to put it nicely). I honestly couldn't believe it was him in the hospital. If you pray, please say one for him too. He's going to need it.

Day at the Museum

I've been wanting to go see an exhibit at our local museum as it is only going to be there until April. It's called the Afterlife: Tombs & Treasures of Ancient Egypt. So I decided to drag my husband there on Valentine's Day. I enjoyed it. He was yawning three quarters of the way into the tour. They also have a small aquarium there. Here's some pics. Hope you enjoy the quick tour. It was hard to get good pictures as most everything was encased in glass.

 Doesn't this one look like it's smiling?

 A Hawk mummy. Period is 664-30 BC

 Front is Bronze figure of Bastet. Age is 664-525 BC

Rear is a cat mummy. Period 664 BC - AD 100

 Set of Canopic jars. Age 1186-715 BC. These jars held the

internal organs from the body during mummification.

 Panesittawy Coffin and wrapped mummy. Age 1069-322 BC. This coffin

belonged to a man named Panesittawy but the mummy inside was that of

a woman. Apparently it was common for this to happen.

 This is the mummy of a 2 1/2 year old girl. Age 100 BC- AD 100.

It was determined she died of appendicitis. A CT scan also showed

that her hair had been perfectly braided beneath her gilded mask.

 This mummy was discovered to be the man of the son of the 

great Pharaoh Rameses II. Age 1295-1186 BC. His body was discovered inside the

coffin (underneath him) of the Chantress of Amun Tayuhenet. He lived 300 years before

her. It is believed that the coffin was used to rebury him or possibly was just placed

in the coffin to make it more interesting. Like I was told, this seemed to happen a lot.

New Bed, Toy and Friend

Sometimes I can't tell if the week is going by too slow or too fast. It's already almost the middle of February! Geez Louise!

A quiet kind of week. Yesterday the rescue guy came back down for the day to get some more maintenance work done on his minivan. He was at my house for 8 hours, which left me no time to do any house cleaning. So today I will be busy all day. He brought down Rosie and one of his fosters Cody. At first no one liked him because he was just bouncy all over. Then after everyone calmed down, there wasn't any more growls. Holly wanted nothing to do with him, as usual. Really don't know what to do about her. She loves her Rosie though.

Here's Cody with Rosie laying down.

The other week I bought a new bed for the kids. Seems to be a hit with them both. Not sure if it's because it's nice and warm and they were both exhausted from a hectic day with their company, or if they really do love it. We'll find out.

Lucas testing it out.

 Holly fake sleeping.

And here's Pugsley and Gomez' new cheap toy.

Well I must be off to start house cleaning or I will never get it done. Hope everyone has a great Sunday, and upcoming week too!

Picked Up a Hitchhiker

I can't believe January is done and over with already!

The update from the rescue guys visit last week, the 2 dogs he brought did get adopted. One was adopted by someone not far from me. The other one was adopted a few days later by someone in North Florida. I'm so happy for the both! Here's a pic of them. Louie is the Dachshund (once in awhile he does a favor for other rescues and takes a little one), and Zeus is the Doberman. They are both very young and that's why I'm happy they both got homes. So they don't have to grow up in rescue, waiting, and can be trained to be good puppies (although Louie was perfect).

I went down to my parents yesterday and picked up a hitchhiker. His name is Finn and he's about 11 months old. He was scared and unsure at first when I got home. He wouldn't get out of my car. But then he heard Holly and Lucas barking and he was good from then on. He played a little rough, by placing his paw on their back and trying to play. He's a big boy. Holly would have none of it and did her berserko crazy thing she does. Lucas, well I didn't want him getting hurt. So they both stayed inside while Finn had run of the yard. A very good boy. He went from one rescue to another because the foster he was in had too much going on with kids in and out and he was too nervous about it. He would growl at people coming in. A good move for all. He'll find a good home.

Tried getting my paperwork together to do our taxes soon. Gomez was no help at all. Kept laying on the papers, playing with the papers, chewing on the papers. Finally got it all together though.

In the meantime, Holly and Lucas are enjoying the nice weather. Supposed to be back in the 80's this week again, but hopefully not permanent so soon.

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Healthy Heart

Hi all! Well the subject pretty much says it all. Holly had good results at her DCM screening. Everything came back normal. Yay! Normal! One simple word can cause such joy and relief. And she was such a good girl during the whole process. We got to stay for what they did, so she had her daddy with her all the time. It was a very long day. An 8 hour round trip drive. We were in and out of the hospital in about 45 minutes. Since we got done so fast we (or I should say I) decided to stop and visit my childhood bff who lives in Gainesville. We stayed and chatted for about an hour then got back on the road. We were gone about 12 hours. Here's a few pics.

Here we are first thing in the morning. Lucas came along because

we were going to be gone too long. He enjoyed the ride.

Holly after everything was done.

Holly and my childhood friend. She loves animals too.

Lucas had another recheck on his chest x-rays this morning. There was change in them (a little more white haze in them). Nothing significant, but obvious change. I had 2 options, recheck again in 2 months or do the BAL test. I chose to do the test which he will have done in 3 weeks. She said I could wait but I feel like I don't want it to get worse before it gets better. And even though there's a chance the results will come back showing nothing, I feel like it should be done at this point. He's getting up there in age and as much as I don't want him to be knocked out, I figured the younger the better. I was hoping it was at the point where it was just scarring showing up, but because there is a difference from the last one she feels it is something else going on. We can only hope for the best, and also hope that we get results from the test which will be easily treatable with medication.


Tomorrow the rescue guy is coming over so he can have my husband do some minor work on his minivan, new belts, oil change and such. He's bringing a couple dogs with him for potential homes. Fingers crossed he goes home with one or two less dogs. Just hope it won't be a long day tomorrow as I still have much to do around the house. Always seems like chaos when he comes, with the extra dog or two with him.


Well I hope everyone enjoys their Sunday. Leaving you with a pic of the boys from the other night. 

Off My Hiatus

I'm thinking life just got busy, sometimes overwhelmed, and I just couldn't get myself to sit down and post. Too much to go through to catch up, so we'll start from here.

Pugsley still has his "butt" issues, so the other week I took a stool sample in to have them send out to test for other things besides parasites. They finally just called me Friday and told me it came back that he has Clostridium perfringens. I had to Google it, so feel free. Basically it's a bacterial infection. Now he's on meds for 2 weeks and I'm hoping it well help some. I'm so tired of his poopy butt, but I'm sure he is more.

I signed Holly up for a free DCM screening for Dobermans at the University of Florida. I haven't had one done on her yet, and just on the cost of the ultrasound itself, it'll definitely be worth the 4 hour trip to Gainesville. Just 2 tanks of gas vs. the cost of everything I would normally pay. Couldn't pass it up. We go this Tuesday for a 12:30 appointment. Hubby is coming in case I get tired driving on the way home. Also bringing Lucas because it would be too long to leave him home all day. Lucas' age is not within the requirements or else we'd have him done too. He'll enjoy the ride. If anyone has a Doberman, I highly suggest you email Dr. Luis Bolfer at bolferl@ufl.edu or call (352)870-6395. They prefer email. They're doing the screening for a couple months, I believe.

Wanted to share some pics of some recent guests to our home.
This one is Rosie and Ace. Rosie is our usual house guest when her dad is on vacation. This time her dad went into the hospital to have a stent put in. All went well. Ace was supposed to be adopted the day he came, but the potential adopter brought him back after only a few hours. He was about 9 months old when he came, and let me tell you he was the best boy I've ever watched. I'm just sorry Holly didn't like him or I would have seriously thought about adopting him. We got to watch him and Rosie for 5 days. I'm happy to say Ace did get adopted. Phew...I'm off the hook. Thought I'd have to have a talk with Holly.

This is Roxy. She was just here for the day until rescue picked her up. She was a very active girl. Non-stop. Didn't even take a nap. She is about 9 months. I'm pretty sure she needs valium or something. :) She is a very good, playful girl.

This is Zeus. He was just here for a day too. He is about 4 months old and a little terror lol! He is the darn cutest little thing I've ever seen. Looks like a mini Doberman as he's so tiny, just 31 lbs. He did not like other dogs at all, but he settled down once the rescue came with a muzzle to help him deal with other dogs. The next day the rescue told me he was on his porch with the big dogs.

That's all the visitors we've had since November. I do love when they come to visit. I'm just hoping it's not hard on Lucas with his age and all. And Holly, well she can do without any except for Rosie. She loves Rosie.


Is this the look of innocence? I should change Gomez's name to Trouble.

And I leave you with Lucas. This was him on Thursday at my work. I felt just as thrilled as he looked at being at work.

One more thing, if you haven't watched this video please do. It'll make you want to sing and dance even if you don't like I do.