Merry Christmas

From my four legged friends and myself, Merry Christmas  everyone.  I hope the New Year is kind to all of you.  If I could have my Christmas wish it would be for world peace and that humanity realize that we are all on this spaceship together and animals deserve consideration and a happy life as well as mankind. 

Daisy

I finally got hold of my vet today.  Yes, Daisy is going back on meds.  Seems she will need to be on them on and off until, hopefully, the allergy shots do their job.  If this does not work with the allergy shots, then she will have to live on steroids and that will significantly shorten her life.  I really hope these shots work. 

She has crusty patches on her nose and her nostrils are swollen and some bleeding.  She also has large crusty patches on her back.  I will be bathing her in a medicated shampoo and giving her Benadryl along with the antibiotics.  And the allergy shot every 14 days. I have my fingers crossed. 

I will be taking Sally in after the 1st of the year to have her evaluated.  My vet seems to think that maybe she has developed diabetes.  As much as that hurts, I keep reminding myself that she is 15 and has had a really good life. 

Some sad news.

I made the discovery last week that my Sally, my part Siamese, is now blind.  She had been getting needy and following me around.  When I would sit down in the living room, she had to be in my lap.  This was unusual because usually she came for petting, then took off to get into something.  Then I noticed she was bumping into things.  It has gotten really bad for her this last week.  I open the door to the sunroom and she puts out a paw and feels for the door jam before moving.

I am making sure that I do not move any furniture.  Nothing is left in the floor that might impede her.  She seems healthy otherwise.  I will take her to visit the vet to make sure.  But she will be fine.  We will watch over her.  She is almost 15.  And I love her dearly.

Busy times

The last couple of weeks have been really busy.  I went to DC for Thanksgiving.  I saw Kenny, Joseph, and Bella.  A friend of my daughter-in-law came over with her Rottie-Pit mix.  That dog had no training and she just came in and let him loose.  My daughter, son and his in-laws spent most of the day trying to corral the dog.  She would speak to him in a sing-song voice as "Monty, please don't do that."  I really feel sorry for the dog because he will either hurt someone or get away and get run over.  We all tried to tell her that he needs training and lots and lots of exercise.  It was like talking to a brick wall.  Some humans just should not have animals and this woman should not. 

On a lighter note, my guys were delighted that my son was their caretaker while I was gone.  My instructions were not clear and he was feeding Jock and Duncan 1/2 cup wet food, which is what they get twice a day.  But he was adding 1/2 dry food with it.  I wondered why Jock was sprawled on the couch and did not even get up to greet me.  He was so full.  I will have to take a couple of pounds off him and at least a pound off Duncan.  He got it right with Missy and Daisy. And it was good to get home.