I feel like i've been doing this every 6 months! I don't know where the time goes, or why the sequence of events keep happening, but i just keep reminding myself that everything happens for a reason!
But i do feel bad for neglecting my BPO!
Fumble, stacy and i are all still alive! We did have a close call in Sept there with my mother though. At the end of august/early Sept my mom was admitted to the hospital. I left the big guy with Stacy and her boyfriend, John (who moved in with us) and drove to Albany, NY where my parents live now. I got there around 11 am, and by 2 pm she coded (no pulse, no BP), and then by 7 pm she was in emergency surgery until 1 am and we found her 1/3 of her small intestine was necrotic, and pretty much ready to go septic. so thanks be to god she was okay. The last three months have been chaotic since though. She's been in and out of the hospital for weeks at a time, and things finally seem to be at status quo. She's not getting better, but she's not getting worse. KNOCK ON WOOD!
Fumble's been okay too. Over the summer, i battled with the home cooked food. First we tried Millet and Pork, then Fish and Potatoes... and neither for some reason seemed to sit well with his belly…
So now he’s on the Purina soy stuff that you get from the vet. Plus the home cooked food was getting a little too expensive each week… probably because he weighs almost 180 lbs! and with his vet bills every 2 weeks. I feel like I live at the vet… or have the last 6 months. I think after looking at my receipts I had been there at least once every 2 weeks for a straight 6 months. Needless to say I had to recently take a loan out to pay for his vet bills.. but god love him! He’s my big guy, and I’d do anything for him! So I guess now the next thing is getting an appt with an allergist to find out what type of allergy he has. I know finding out foods is tough. But he keeps getting these “Rods” in his ears, which from my understanding is much worse than yeast. And then staph infections on his belly and groin area. He doesn’t even get dry spots anymore to heed as a warning. Just all of a sudden it’s full blown staph!
Poor thing practically lives on pills everyday!
But he is still as cute as ever! I added some pictures taken of him recently too.
I hope everyone is gearing up for a very happy Holiday! I can’t believe it’s already Christmas and the New Year. I swear the time flies by WAY too fast for me!