Being or Feeling A Little Lazy....Not Sure Which One

Yes, I'm still alive, I have been reading and commenting in blogland, but just haven't posted.  Today was a little busy and when it slowed down I didn't do anything!  If all goes well I will try to post with pictures tomorrow, but don't hold your breath since hubby mentioned that we need to saw wood, LOL.  Guess I will see how my old body is feeling, I'm a little achy today, hope I'm not coming down with something.  Need to think postive thoughts and take care of myself, maybe sleep in?? 

Thank you again for all your prayers for Hunter, he continues to improve, we may never really know exactly how much damage there is to  his liver and one kidney.  The doctors are still not 100% sure whether he had  Leptospirosis, he does receive a vaccine for this with his yearly shots, but sometimes the vaccine doesn't cover all possible variations.  The numbers in his test results were elevated but not enough to be sure, one of the doctors at Cornell said that it takes several weeks for those numbers to reach their highest.  Anyways, long story short, the treatment he received was appropriate for Lepto and now the important thing is that he continue to improve.  He is still on antibiotics for a little while longer so hopefully he will not have a setback after they are done.   He his happy except for when he realizes that I won't let him run free like he is used to and he can't run after his ball :0(  The fact that he WANTS to run is great and he is finishing all of his food and keeping it down!!

Hope you are all doing well and I will get my blogging act together in the next day or two. 

Sweet dreams :0)

Home at last....

Hunter is home, I picked him up at 5pm and now we need to work on getting him to eat and then we need to see how well he recovers.  The Dr. doesn't know how damaged his liver and 1 kidney are, short term is to get him to eat and gain some weight and then we watch and see, they will draw blood on Monday to check the "numbers" . 

I will share more later, just want to eat dinner and relax in case the evening is a little crazy.  Thanks for all your prayers,  he is not out of the woods yet so keep doing what you are doing. 

Hunter Update

Today we went to visit Hunter at the Vets, he looked better than when I brought him in, he really needs to eat though.  We did not get the results today from the tests that were sent away, although the treatment would not really change it would probably give the Dr. a better idea of his prognosis.  Hunter was very happy to see us, Roger and I went and our middle son had the day off and met us there so he was really happy to see one of his "brothers".  We took him outside for a little walk and while some of the updated lab results show improvement in one number two are elevated so the Dr is "cautiously optimistic" that he may do okay.  They also did an ultrasound and there is some liver damage, how much they really can't say, and one of his kidneys may also have some damage.  This was a nasty "bug" and hopefully I will name it tomorrow, but the most important thing will be getting our dog home and healthy again!  The Dr. said he may be able to come home tomorrow or Friday, they would like him to eat, but as we told them  Hunter often doesn't eat when there is change, if Roger and I leave for the day he won't eat all day, even when our sons are home.  So I really think that if he doesn't need any IV meds he should come home where he can be in familiar surroundings with his family and his pesty little "brother" Midnight. 

Thank you for your continued prayers and letting me ramble on about my sick dog.  I truly believe in the power of prayer even for God's little creatures.

Hunter & Midnight in February of this year.

Oh No You Don't...

Well I'm inside waiting for the rain shower to pass so I can go back out and try to finish something. Hopefully I can finish the deck but not sure if the wood will dry. Thought I would share a picture of one of my four-legged children, his name is Midnight (I know not very original for a black dog) and he is a Newfie. He is just over a year old and joined our family last June. We also have a German Shephard named Hunter, he is 3 years old.

Earlier today Midnight wanted to get on the bed to play and this is the cute face that looks at me saying "can I
play on your bed?"
This is the look I get when I say NO, get down. Reluctantly, he got down and I'm sure he will try again later.