I have a fever :-(

Today mom decided to take me back to the Dr. She talked to one of our clinic's Dr's late last night and he said I wasn't eating enough. Today when we got there I still hadn't eaten much but I did eat a little more than yesterday. But it was discovered that I had a fever! Mom says that explains why I just want to lay around and not do much including eat and pee! It was high but not seriously high. The Dr. took more blood and gave me a pill to induce my appetite. Dr. Elizabeth also kind of force fed me some to get some in my little tummy. I didn't fight her much. She says I'm a sweet dog.

Later in the day we went for a nice walk and I ran ahead of mom most the way! Her and nanna were glad to see this, I was acting more normal. I even barked at a lady that wouldn't pay attention to me this evening and then she played with me a bit :-) And I howled at the fire alarm when I heard it.... heheheh I hate that thing and I reminded mom and nanna just how much I hate it :-) So around 7:30 pm the Dr. called mom again to check up on me and see if I ate yet but mom told her no. Not long after that around 9;30 mom called the Dr. to tell her that I peed!!! lol and I also ate some without the pill! Mom told her that she thinks I'm feeling better because I was running and playing a wee bit. By the time we got home I was really wacked out though and slept on the sofa. We are all hoping tomorrow is a more normal day for me and Dr. Elizabeth said she will call in the morning to check on me again and to give mom the results of the new blood tests.

Monday June 15th, 2009

I went out for a short walk yesterday and did my "duty" :-) I got lots of praise. I rode on mom's scooter a lot too. I didn't eat much yesterday though. Today I wasn't all that hungry and mom and nanna took me for another short walk. I did well but only did a little peepee. hmmmmm mom doesn't like that but since I'm not eating much again today she said she'll accept it. She put in a call to the Vet though since my appetite isn't much and we are going tomorrow to get something from the Dr. that will give me an appetite so I eat more. It may be the medicine's I'm on. I'm on a pain patch and it's strong and I'm on an antibiotic so they may be making my tummy a bit upset. I'm sleepy a lot too but that's also probably the pain patch. Tomorrow afternoon we'll go see the Dr. and I'm sure I'll start feeling better from there on. Mom says I seem to have a case of the whines whenever one of us isn't within sight lately. This morning I whined and cried until mom got out of bed then I stopped. And this afternoon when nanna left us while we were out I tried following her several times. And then tonight when mom was at the door talking to our neighbour and I couldn't see her, I started to whine again. Mom thinks maybe I'm just scared I'll be left alone again like at the Vets. She thinks it will take me a bit of time to get back to normal. I got a bit excited tonight when Tom came for a visit. He's mom's computer techie and he's very nice. He stopped and petted me for a bit so I was happy and wagged my tail :-) Now I'm off to bed for the night with my nanna.

I'm home!! update... June 13th, 2009

Well our little girl is home. Don't think she could care less though. Once we got her home we could barely get her off my scooter. They applied a pain patch to her before we left the vet and it really got her stoned.

Then the poor baby tried to drink but that collar was in her way so I adjusted it and boy did she have a nice long drink. After that she wanted on her spot on the sofa. She has a leopard doggie blanket with pillow in the corner and that's her space.

Again the poor thing had an issue. She wanted up on the sofa but with the collar on she couldn't. So we removed it for a brief minute and the little bugger tried to lick her wound.

Seems she is going to have to wear this thing all the time whether she likes it or not. You can tell in this picture how drugged she is.

I came home with lots of instructions. Including the fact she can go out for walks and such!! Great news but obviously not today. She had anti-biotics and the pain patch. It will last her 4 days then her pain should be pretty much over.

Her incision is long as you can see. We go back in 10 days to get the stitches removed. She gets a special diet until then as well which they tell me she's taking well. Of course she is, it's like a treat, it's soft food!! :-)

As one would think, we must watch for itchy, runny or redness and go right back. Over the next few days we'll get her out a bit at a time.

It's been a couple of hours since she got home, had to stop and go out for groceries. She's awake now and has even eaten. She seemed very hungry but we stuck to what the Dr. said and she gets a bit every few hours. 4 small meals a day.

Now the little devil is trying to scratch with her back legs so I'm going to have to put socks on her or a t-shirt or something so she doesn't claw at those stitches. Can't have her pulling any out!

another update:

Earlier today we went to the Vet's office and paid Ligia a little visit. She was totally unaware though. We had one of the staff take a couple of pictures for us instead of going in. We thought she would get too excited if she saw either of us and too upset if we didn't take her home after she saw us. So....... although it felt cruel not to go in, we think it would have been meaner to her if we had and then left without her. Here are her pictures: The top one you can see her leg is all bandaged but this is because she has an i.v. in and they don't want her to be able to bite it off. She looks so sad and in pain. The bottom picture is a bit better. I don't know what's all on her chin, maybe something from when they put the tube down her throat??? Don't really know but the way she's standing she looks awkward and in pain. They are giving her narcotics for the pain. The reason she doesn't have the cone on around her little neck is because they had just tried giving her some water. These pics were taken about 24 hrs after her surgery.


Earlier in the day they tried some water and she wouldn't take any. They tried a bit of very watered down soft food and she took a couple of licks. This evening around 7:15 pm my cell phone rang and it was the Dr. She told me Christaligia took some water finally and those few licks of food. This was good. She wouldn't take the food or water in the cage, they had to let her out and then she ate a bit :-) She took a very short walk earlier today in the clinic too and pee'd. :-) Hopefully they took out her catheter. She's still on i.v. and pain meds. The Dr. told me we can bring her home tomorrow (Saturday). We can't wait. She is not to get her tummy wet at all. She'll have antibiotics and they're going to shave her back and apply a pain patch that will last her for 4 days. By then she should be over the worst of the pain I hope. That will be 6 days. Ligia can ride home on my scooter. The Dr. was worried she'd get off but she never has jumped off before. (I use a mobility scooter, I'm not talking about a motorcycle type scooter). I'm going to take her bed and put it on the floor of the scooter and slowly ride home with her. I could take a cab however I'm not comfortable with picking her up and carrying her right now with such fresh stitches and I can't carry her from the cab all the way upstairs, I'm not able to. The scooter will be fine, I'll also put her pink blankie in there too, it's nice and soft as well as her bed. And bumps along the way that we feel should be buffered for her with how slow I'll drive and the blanket and bed. Matter of fact I'm taking both her beds and maybe will use both so she's double soft.

Anyway, she's to be fed 5 times a day, tiny meals of special food so she can disgest it and it won't hurt her little tummy incision. This will be for about a week then we can start to introduce her normal food back in slowly with this food until we are all her old normal food. She's not allowed to jump or play right now. I'll make her some stairs so she can get on the sofa to her favourite place in the corner. We take her back in about 10 days to get all her stitches out. I'll get more directions tomorrow I'm sure.

I'll try to get some more pictures tomorrow after she rests a while at home. I'm sure she's going to be upset with us for some time and it will take her a while to trust us again. After all, look what's she been through, she's been held in a cage for some time, and all strangers and lots of pain. Poor thing, I feel really guilty although there is nothing I could have done. I'm thankful she's ok now and on her way home to us.

update:

Christaligia is doing ok. I spoke to her Dr. at around 5 pm this evening and she was pretty drugged up. She's on an i.v. pump and narcotics for the pain. As well as an antacid to protect her little tummy. When Dr. Elizabeth opened her up she found a very large bone. Like a beef bone!!! What's more, it was literally stuck to the inside of her tummy. It may have been her saving grace that it was stuck to her tummy and not moving because the Dr. said she would never have been able to pass such a large thing. I asked how on earth she could have ever eaten such a large thing and was told small dogs can swallow large items, it's just when they're inside they can do considerable damage and even kill a dog when and if it tries to pass it. So..... we're hoping that she doesn't wake up this evening and not find herself in her nanna's bed with nanna and be really upset. I think she'll be on enough drugs to sleep the night through. The Dr. will try to give her a bit of water tomorrow and if she takes that, later in the day she'll give her a wee bit of a gruel type food and see if she can take that. We plan on going to see her tomorrow but to protect her, we'll give someone on staff my digital camera probably and have them take some pics for us. If we go in and she's awake, she may be very upset if we don't take her home and that's not good for her. If all goes as planned, we will bring her home sometime Saturday. Thank goodness she's ok and thank goodness for pet insurance! This was a whopper of a bill although I'm more than willing to pay anything to help our little girl.

I'm a sick little girl

Last night my mom got home from a meeting at 8:30 and I was on the sofa waiting for her. She didn't know if but I wasn't feeling well. When she went into the kitchen nanna yelled out to her that I was throwing up. Mom ran to me and it was really yukky! It was orange!! Looked like treats but I hadn't had any treats. And there was an elastic in it!!!!!! Mom was freakin out. I curled up in my corner of the couch and then started again. This time it was a peachy/orange coloured foam!! I didn't look good. Then I did it a 3rd time and it was much the same as the second but this time my little teeth started to chatter too! Mom grabbed the phone and called the Vet. They were going to close in about 15 minutes but told mom to bring me in. So she did.

My vet wasn't here, he's on a trip so he always has 2 other vets in his clinic so I saw the nice Dr. Elizabeth. Mom brought what I threw up and even the vet said "yuck". She checked me over good, I had no fever but my gums were a bit pale. She took an x-ray and there it was!!! Something else is in my tummy! It wasn't an absolute emergency so mom was able to take me home for the night and bring me back early in the morning.

I sleep on my nanna's bed and I'm sorry but I barfed on her bed a little bit in the night. She loves me though so it's ok. :-) Mom and nanna took me to the hospital this morning and my surgery will take about an hour and a half and I'll have to stay there 2 days too. The Dr. took another x-ray because it wasn't in my morning poop. Whatever it is, is still there. It isn't even moving. Mom said it looked like a man's wedding band sort of and the Dr. said it was bigger!!

They have no idea what I ate or when for that matter because I'm closely watched. And even though I normally don't pick stuff up, occasionally I do and boy I'm a fast little girl. Mom and nanna are very worried about me..... mom will write more here later.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MOM AND NANNA!!

Quick....... while mom's not at the computer. Happy Mother's Day to mom and nanna and all the other doggie mom's out there!! Speaking of Doggie mom's... my mom and nanna are looking for a boyfriend for me! Auntie Sheri wants a "Ligia" baby. hmmmmm does this mean if they find me a boyfriend I'll get fat?? I think I might want a baby, hope they can find me a suitable boyfriend. I want one that looks a lot like me and is a smart cookie too!

Speaking of extended family, the birds (no names yet) must be getting used to us. I only barked at them once or twice today but mom kept catching me giving them the eye. They're moving around more and making more noise. At least they sleep all night. Yesterday Nanna said they did quite the performance while mom was out. Mom missed it. We are keeping an eye on them since they both were outside in the wild for a bit. Mom took a movie of them today :-) Here is one of the movies:

Hey!! This is my house...... OUT!!

The weather has been great so we have been out a lot and my mom is really busy with lawyers and such getting her own non-profit charitable # for her seniors program so we haven't been blogging lately but I just had to blog about this! They tell me it's Karma but I have another word for it.... yuck!! This is my home.. my territory and I'm very protective about it but my mom says I have to be nice and quit barking at our new family members. They better not ever try taking my place on the sofa! I am Queen of the sofa!!

A week ago my mom and nanna were going along our street when they reached some old Victoria homes and a pizza place up the street. Well the pizza guy was about to start his car when my mom starts yelling at him and waving her arms for him not to go. There on the road, right in front of his right front tire was a bird. I was curious since it didn't look like any bird I've ever seen before. Mom started to try to catch it. There was a nice man outside one of the houses and he helped her. The little birdie didn't seem to be able to fly too high up or for long distances so somehow they managed to catch him/her. They put the man's sweater over the bird and then another man came out of one of the houses and he had a bird box!!! Like one when you buy a budgie bird!! Mom was shocked, she couldn't believe it and he gave it to her to put the little birdie in.

From there mom and nanna took the little bird to a local exotic pet store and the man opened the box and was shocked!! His eyes got realllllll big and he got a big smile on his face too. He told mom she had an African Fischer Love Bird! Wow..... mom was happy to learn what the little bird was. The man asked her what she wanted to do and she asked him if he could keep it for a while to see if someone claims it. So the man said sure and if no one comes for it mom can keep it and that the bird looked a bit dehydrated and he'll care for it for a week to see if someone comes for it.

Every day we looked for lost notices but didn't find any in our area. I think mom was hoping there wouldn't be any. Thursday night mom called the man to see how the birdie was and he said it was great and there was another one now too!! HOLY MOLY! Two of those things??? He told her that a few hours after she dropped this birdie into the exotic shop a man came by and did the very same thing! He asked mom to come today and pick them both up.

So..... that's were we were today. Mom went and picked up BOTH these birdies!! She bought them all sorts of stuff. She had a cage but she bought them toys!! And food, and treats!! Only I am suppose to get those kinds of things, I'm Queen of the house!! I'm 2 whole years old now and this is my domain. grrrr

While mom was setting up this big cage for them I found them in their box........ I growled and I started to bark at them. Mom just about pitched a fit. She told me that it was bad to bark at the birdies. They were my friends. Well..... huff huff I don't think so!!

I kept barking and barking. Even when mom took the birdies out of the box and put them in the cage. Bark bark..... I must let them know who is Queen here! Mom and nanna tried to take my mind off them but they kept chirping and fluttering around so I kept barking.

We went out again and I was away from them for a few hours and when I came home I didn't bark at them at all :-) Mom and nanna gave me lots of attention and loves and even treats. Oh, and mom bought me a new ball too when she bought the birdies some toys.

Here I am watching them....... I have to keep an eye on them to be sure they don't try to take over my territory. Mom was saying to nanna that she hopes tomorrow is a bit easier with my "jealousy" and "being territorial". And that I knock off the barking at the birdies.

Mom told me that she is signing me up at "Who's Walking Who" for some extra training, even though I am a good girl. Just to smooth up those rough edges I still have.... hehehehehe

I'm going to try to be a good girl tomorrow and not scare the birdies so much. And not bark so much either.

Btw, we don't know if they are boy/girl or girl/girl or boy/boy. Turns out these type of love birds are identical and the only way to really find out for sure is with a DNA test. So.... if we get an egg we'll know and Auntie Sheri will be getting a bird! lol

Look at me!!

hey....... *waving hi* Mom finally tried making a little movie of me. I on the other hand, discovered the camera :-) hmmmm seems she didn't do too good a job, it's got pixels. oh well, HI !!!

December 12th, 2008

My mom is so bad, she hogs the computer all the time. Last month she hogged it so much her hard drive fried. So now she has a new puter.

I had a wonderful summer, out all the time, touring the city and enjoying it. Now it's really cold and I experienced real snow for the first time this year. Bow wow...... it was great!! Mom was shocked and Nanna laughed and laughed while I pranced around in the snow and sniffed it, and ate it!! And I kept running and running and running through it. But I had to stop because it started to really clog up on my legs and then turned all icy..... wahhhhh I tried to bite it off but it wouldn't work so they took me home, put me up on the counter and mom used her blow dryer to melt it off slowly. Boy I was such a mess but I had a great time up until it all clogged up.

I'm going to go into heat any time again now too. Mom thinks it's going to happen during the holidays. She thinks she found me a boyfriend but if it happens during the holidays we'll have to wait until next time. People keep giving mom their name and phone numbers and addresses cause they want my kids but mom is hoping I only have one so my baby can go to Auntie Sheri who really wants a Ligia baby. :-)

Right now though, mom is thinking of taking me back to the vet yet again. Seems my times are all mixed up again. It started weeks ago when a neighbour was baby sitting her brother's Rottweiler and that dog howled from 10 pm until at least 4 am. Kept the whole floor up and no one was happy. Made all us other dogs on the floor bark too! Since then, every night around 3 or 4 am I wake right up and start to growl and bark until someone lets me out of my crate. I run around a bit, have a peepee maybe and then go to my nanna's bed and lay down there for the rest of the night. Usually. Sometimes I keep nanna up too. Mom can't figure out why I'm doing this and it's driving them both nuts.

Mom is so busy these days but I can't wait for her to put up the Christmas Tree. I really liked it last year and I was very good and never touched it!! In the New Year mom has said she is going to take me for obedience classes cause I still have a mind of my own and I still steal her socks and nanna's boots.

Well, that's enough for now...... mom wants the puter again cause she is having email problems and is cursing sympatico. lol