Thursday, May 20, 2010

LOVE: This website

#18:
This website will randomly generate a recipe every day from the Internet.
And basically it says exactly how I feel most week nights.
Why didn't I think of this???
DOH!!

http://www.whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com/index.php

RIP: Ronnie James Dio

The original Tolkien Hobbit, my rainbow in the dark.... You'll always be a mystery to me

(1942 -2010)

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Hate: Buddha's new home


#18:
And I'm sure Buddha hates it too...


Love: Buddha in recovery

#17:
Buddha's been home for a week and a half now and she's recovering nicely. We won't have the official word until she sees the doctor tomorrow to get her staples removed and also has her first session of physical therapy.

But so far, she's started to squat on her own to pee and poop. She can stand in her crate and looks pissed at us doing so. She's also been able to scratch her head with her back left leg, but I think her back right leg was the one most effected by the surgery, so it seems to be taking her longer to feel that one.

Fingers crossed for tomorrow...

Buddha's 1st day home


Buddha looking pissed off


Buddha so pissed off she can't even look at us :(

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Hate: Seeing Buddha so sad...

#17:
One of the things I love the most is to see a happy and mellow, beautiful Buddha being lazy in the house. That will not be the case for the next month as she's on the road to recovery after receiving surgery yesterday from a ruptured disk in her back.
Tuesday night she was shaking, moaning, and would not walk up the stairs or get comfortable on the couch. When I carried her to bed, she wouldn't lay down, and maybe all three of us got about an hour's worth of sleep that night.
Yesterday morning we drove her to the vet and they were able to see her on short notice and then had us take her to a neurologist in Woburn at the Mass Vet hospital where he decided that they needed to do an MRI on her to determine the cause of her pain. Before they took her to give her the anesthesia, we said our goodbyes and when Alan put her on the floor, she collapsed because she could no longer feel her back legs.
Now knowing that she's on the way back to being her normal self is a huge relief, although seeing her sad and ill is not the way anyone would want to see a loved one.
Here are some photos of Day 1, post-surgery:

Buddha and her IV

Hi Buddha!

Buddha has 9 staples in her shaved back :(


Sleepy Buddha, sad Zeus


An attempt at a smile