Our old mum

[liminal_space]

* a few years ago, our finnegan dog ruptured the canine equivalent of her acl. after surgery, rehab, and a monumental vet bill, she got to come home to us. since then, she's been wobbly at times, and there's atrophy on her hind, but she's been — all things considered — fine.

today i noticed her struggling a bit and after watching a bit more, she's sliding out from under herself when navigating steps. =( it could be a variety of things, but most likely is just arthritis compounded with all the weirdness that is her hips/back legs. 

tonight i'll give her a dose of the same joint stuff we use with smitty and we'll keep that up and see what happens. she'll be at the vet this friday-monday anyway for boarding, so we can have them look then. poor old girl. :( if we can handle things with medication, we will — but no more surgery for her. 

* i told mister today that we have to lose weight. we have to get back to healthy. he agreed and promised he would not be an enabler and would instead be a supporter of all things weight-lossery. which means making the weights available again, so i can lift and shred. 

why is it when i write "shred" i totally think of cheese? and tacos?

sigh. 

* busy two weeks, man. busy two weeks. 

tuesday: field trip to the science center to see the king tut exhibit.

saturday-monday: conference in long beach and, hopefully, a haunted tour of the queen mary on sunday night. =D

following weekend: overnight horse camping trip with pony club kids. there will be no real horses, but we're going to pretend. *nod*

* i went and saw boo last night and we looked at each other like we wanted to jump into each others arms but knew that would be the wrong thing to do. he was more or less a gentleman, but did a new dumbass thing and pawed at his food while he was eating it. i don't even want to know. 

we're going to go in an hour or so and spend a chunk of time there. i think i'll groom him and pretty him up, lead him around a little, and just talk to him. the more time i spend around him and interacting with him, the better we both will be. 

do i want to go down? not really. but the cold and calculating me is saying if i don't fix what's broken here, i might as well get rid of him and....

....and what?

i don't know. 

* my hairdresser and i had a really amazing conversation last night about paranormal weird psychic stuff. i think i want to write about it soon. 

alright. time for breeches. 

Comments

[liminal-space.livejournal.com]

oh, yeah. all sorts of stuff out there!

[malterre.livejournal.com]

Glad you are making progress with boo and good luck with your change in diet!