It's 12:22 AM and I am sound asleep. I am awakened by Flower crying "There's fizzies in my bed! The fizzies spilled in my bed!" What? Flower is pretty upset so I pull her up into our bed and try to clear my mind so I can make sense of what she is trying to tell me.
Me - What is in your bed?
Flower - Fizzies!!!!
Me - Fuzz, is there pieces of fuzz from your socks?
Flower - NO....FIZZIES!!!!
By this time Flower is very frustrated with me and I have absolutely no idea what she is trying to tell. Then it hits me. We stopped by our friend's house last night to play with some puppies (that's another story) and their daughter has two fish in her bedroom. The kids were feeding the fish right before we left.
Fish in her bed....Flower was dreaming about the fish....now I understand.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Disinfectant....does anyone know of a good one I can spray on every inch of our house? At least one of us has been sick for six weeks and I am tired of it.
After a second visit to the doctor a week and a half ago Flower had some fluid in her ear and ended up with antibiotics. The meds worked well until this morning when she woke up with red arms and legs with hives. At least she got nine days of the antibiotics and her cough is gone.
Princess also had ten days of antibiotics for strep and within three days of finishing them, she started to cough. The cough is relentless. Dear Husband had it, I had it, and now Princess has it bad. We saw the doctor this morning and she did not think the strep was back. Unfortunately Princess refused to open her mouth for a throat swab to be sure. I was not pleased. The nurse was very, very patient with us. But, like the doctor said, if it is strep we will be back in two days so there was no use tormenting her.
As if this wasn't enough, I picked up a stomach bug and was sick all weekend. I'm finally feeling better today. We went to the school carnival Friday night so I am blaming it on that....although it was worth it, the girls had a blast. DH and I were reminiscing the Fun Night we had as kids and much to our delight the carnival was very similar. Cakewalk, fishing pond, beanbag toss, duck pond....
Keilie Dog finishes up her antibiotics this week. We removed her splint last week but she still isn't putting much weight on the infected leg. The staph ate three different bones in her ankle joint and the surrounding ligaments so we might have to get a brace to support her ankle. On the bright side, at least we caught the staph infection before it did serious damage, if you know what I mean.
I'm losing steam and that's all I can think of for now so I'll sign off. Happy spring and healthy thoughts!
After a second visit to the doctor a week and a half ago Flower had some fluid in her ear and ended up with antibiotics. The meds worked well until this morning when she woke up with red arms and legs with hives. At least she got nine days of the antibiotics and her cough is gone.
Princess also had ten days of antibiotics for strep and within three days of finishing them, she started to cough. The cough is relentless. Dear Husband had it, I had it, and now Princess has it bad. We saw the doctor this morning and she did not think the strep was back. Unfortunately Princess refused to open her mouth for a throat swab to be sure. I was not pleased. The nurse was very, very patient with us. But, like the doctor said, if it is strep we will be back in two days so there was no use tormenting her.
As if this wasn't enough, I picked up a stomach bug and was sick all weekend. I'm finally feeling better today. We went to the school carnival Friday night so I am blaming it on that....although it was worth it, the girls had a blast. DH and I were reminiscing the Fun Night we had as kids and much to our delight the carnival was very similar. Cakewalk, fishing pond, beanbag toss, duck pond....
Keilie Dog finishes up her antibiotics this week. We removed her splint last week but she still isn't putting much weight on the infected leg. The staph ate three different bones in her ankle joint and the surrounding ligaments so we might have to get a brace to support her ankle. On the bright side, at least we caught the staph infection before it did serious damage, if you know what I mean.
I'm losing steam and that's all I can think of for now so I'll sign off. Happy spring and healthy thoughts!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Happy Green Patrick’s Day!
St. Patrick’s Day is here and spring is just around the corner. In case you haven’t noticed, I have not had much motivation to blog lately. I would like to say it is because we have been really busy, but that would be lying. Flower picked up a nasty cold last month and we just keep passing it around so I am blaming my lack of ambition on this virus.
February was filled with birthday parties, which lead to the previously mentioned cold virus. Flower and Dear Husband had it first, and then Princess and I picked it up at the end of the month. At the same time Princess got strep throat. She is over the strep, but still fighting the cold. Flower is finally on the road to recovery so I am feeling very optimistic that we will have a healthy spring. The weather is gorgeous and we are done being sick.
Last week we celebrated Flower’s birthday. I’ll post some photos soon. We are still working on potty training and Flower seems to be doing pretty well….at home. Daycare is a different story. Sigh.
Princess has been preparing for a leprechaun to visit her classroom today so we have been talking about St. Patrick’s Day a lot lately. I looked all over town for a shirt that Princess could wear today and had no luck finding something green that she will wear. I guess I should have been Irish, I could have really used some luck. Every place we went Flower wanted to know if she could get a green shirt too….and I could not find anything in her size either.
Last weekend we took a road trip to GF for lunch and shopping. We found a t-shirt for Flower at Old Navy and she was ecstatic. All week Flower has been talking about wearing her new green shirt on Green Patrick’s Day. She is driving Princess crazy because she refuses to say St. Patrick’s Day, but hey, isn’t that what little sisters are suppose to do?
February was filled with birthday parties, which lead to the previously mentioned cold virus. Flower and Dear Husband had it first, and then Princess and I picked it up at the end of the month. At the same time Princess got strep throat. She is over the strep, but still fighting the cold. Flower is finally on the road to recovery so I am feeling very optimistic that we will have a healthy spring. The weather is gorgeous and we are done being sick.
Last week we celebrated Flower’s birthday. I’ll post some photos soon. We are still working on potty training and Flower seems to be doing pretty well….at home. Daycare is a different story. Sigh.
Princess has been preparing for a leprechaun to visit her classroom today so we have been talking about St. Patrick’s Day a lot lately. I looked all over town for a shirt that Princess could wear today and had no luck finding something green that she will wear. I guess I should have been Irish, I could have really used some luck. Every place we went Flower wanted to know if she could get a green shirt too….and I could not find anything in her size either.
Last weekend we took a road trip to GF for lunch and shopping. We found a t-shirt for Flower at Old Navy and she was ecstatic. All week Flower has been talking about wearing her new green shirt on Green Patrick’s Day. She is driving Princess crazy because she refuses to say St. Patrick’s Day, but hey, isn’t that what little sisters are suppose to do?
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Keilie Dog Update
Just a quick update on Keilie dog. Our vet called me on Friday to see how she was doing. We decided she had not progressed as much as needed. Our vet wanted to see her again so I dropped her off at the clinic while the girls and I went to music class.
The infected joint looks much better from the outside, but it's still very painful and Keilie won't put any weight on it. That's not a good sign.
The vet decided to add yet another antibiotic to her cocktail to make sure she covers all the bases. Fortunately the lab culture results came back and now we know exactly what strain of staph we are dealing with and the new antibiotic should do the trick.
Keilie dog is eating and drinking again so that is a good sign. She is still not putting any weight on the infected leg so now we run the risk of damaging the surgical leg. Big sigh.
We have resumed carrying Keilie around again and using a sling under her hind quarters when she needs to walk. Our vet wants another report tomorrow morning so I am hoping Keilie will try to walk on the infected leg today or we are going back to the vet tomorrow.
In other news, Flower is still coughing, but not acting sick so she is on the mend. Dear Husband still has the cold but says he is feeling much better. Princess and I came down with Flower's cold Thursday. I got the "typical" cold stuff, cough, congestion, sore throat. Princess developed a fever, body aches, sore throat and headache yesterday. She is a little better this morning but last night was miserable....for both of us.
The infected joint looks much better from the outside, but it's still very painful and Keilie won't put any weight on it. That's not a good sign.
The vet decided to add yet another antibiotic to her cocktail to make sure she covers all the bases. Fortunately the lab culture results came back and now we know exactly what strain of staph we are dealing with and the new antibiotic should do the trick.
Keilie dog is eating and drinking again so that is a good sign. She is still not putting any weight on the infected leg so now we run the risk of damaging the surgical leg. Big sigh.
We have resumed carrying Keilie around again and using a sling under her hind quarters when she needs to walk. Our vet wants another report tomorrow morning so I am hoping Keilie will try to walk on the infected leg today or we are going back to the vet tomorrow.
In other news, Flower is still coughing, but not acting sick so she is on the mend. Dear Husband still has the cold but says he is feeling much better. Princess and I came down with Flower's cold Thursday. I got the "typical" cold stuff, cough, congestion, sore throat. Princess developed a fever, body aches, sore throat and headache yesterday. She is a little better this morning but last night was miserable....for both of us.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Keilie Dog....Again
Ok. So I just read Homestead's post today and what I am about to write seems almost trivial. Sweet Boy is already giving his mama gray hair and he is only five.
Keilie dog went back to the vet today for a follow-up. When they removed her splint it was still swollen and very warm. The vet said there are only two causes; trauma or infection. Since Dear Husband has been carrying Keilie around for the past 6 weeks due to the knee surgery we could rule out trauma. The radio graph confirmed there were no fractures. That left infection.
Septic joint. Ankle joint to be exact. The vet is perplexed. A bacterial infection in this joint is very rare, especially in a dog who has only been outside to do her business twice a day with a chaperon for the past two months.
A sample went to the hospital lab for analysis. Keilie dog had minor emergency surgery this morning to drain/scrape the infection. We have 20 days of a two high power antibiotics. Hopefully they will do their job quickly.
Keilie dog went back to the vet today for a follow-up. When they removed her splint it was still swollen and very warm. The vet said there are only two causes; trauma or infection. Since Dear Husband has been carrying Keilie around for the past 6 weeks due to the knee surgery we could rule out trauma. The radio graph confirmed there were no fractures. That left infection.
Septic joint. Ankle joint to be exact. The vet is perplexed. A bacterial infection in this joint is very rare, especially in a dog who has only been outside to do her business twice a day with a chaperon for the past two months.
A sample went to the hospital lab for analysis. Keilie dog had minor emergency surgery this morning to drain/scrape the infection. We have 20 days of a two high power antibiotics. Hopefully they will do their job quickly.
Friday, February 19, 2010
We Don’t Know What Happened
Remember this? We are almost 6 weeks post-surgery. I thought we were on the road to recovery and now there’s this.
In case you are wondering, Keilie dog's back right knee was repaired last month. Unfortunately I'm not taking this photo in a mirror.
Keilie dog was fine last night. She was fine when she went to sleep. She woke up this morning and couldn’t walk.
The vet isn't exactly sure what's wrong. A multitude of x-rays later and it may be a dislocated knee. Our regular vet is out of town and the vet we saw today doesn’t do a lot of orthopedic stuff. She decided to splint it and re-evaluate next week.
In order to splint Keilie dog’s leg and get a decent x-ray she had to sedate her. Now we have a stoned dog with two bum legs.
I’ve said this before and I'll say it again. It’s a good thing we love this dog.
In case you are wondering, Keilie dog's back right knee was repaired last month. Unfortunately I'm not taking this photo in a mirror.
Keilie dog was fine last night. She was fine when she went to sleep. She woke up this morning and couldn’t walk.
The vet isn't exactly sure what's wrong. A multitude of x-rays later and it may be a dislocated knee. Our regular vet is out of town and the vet we saw today doesn’t do a lot of orthopedic stuff. She decided to splint it and re-evaluate next week.
In order to splint Keilie dog’s leg and get a decent x-ray she had to sedate her. Now we have a stoned dog with two bum legs.
I’ve said this before and I'll say it again. It’s a good thing we love this dog.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Plan B
On Friday I neglected to mention my post was plan A for the weekend. Saturday morning we went to plan B.
Princess got sick and puked all over around 2:30 AM so I was having second thoughts about our trip to begin with. Then Nana called when I was in the shower to tell us Auntie A’s water broke and they were on their way to the hospital. So we cancelled our reservations and went over to Nana’s to wait for the news.
Baby A and Baby B were born around 11:40 AM on Saturday….13 more hours and we could have shared our birthday. I’ll have to have a little talk with them about the importance of timing when they get older.
The babies and Auntie A are all doing well, although we still don’t know their names yet. If Auntie A and Uncle L don’t hurry up and decide we will forever call them Baby A and Baby B.
We got photos last night. They are two beautiful babies. Princess and I have been looking at the photos and wishing we were there to hold them.
So we’ve had a quiet weekend. Princess and I went to a birthday party for her friend yesterday afternoon and then did some shopping for the babies. Flower and Daddy stayed home because Flower isn’t feeling the best. We keep thinking it’s just a matter of time before she’s puking too.
Today we are hanging around in our pjs. It is snowing this morning so maybe we’ll get the x-country skis out and rebuild our snowman. If you have today off, enjoy!
Princess got sick and puked all over around 2:30 AM so I was having second thoughts about our trip to begin with. Then Nana called when I was in the shower to tell us Auntie A’s water broke and they were on their way to the hospital. So we cancelled our reservations and went over to Nana’s to wait for the news.
Baby A and Baby B were born around 11:40 AM on Saturday….13 more hours and we could have shared our birthday. I’ll have to have a little talk with them about the importance of timing when they get older.
The babies and Auntie A are all doing well, although we still don’t know their names yet. If Auntie A and Uncle L don’t hurry up and decide we will forever call them Baby A and Baby B.
We got photos last night. They are two beautiful babies. Princess and I have been looking at the photos and wishing we were there to hold them.
So we’ve had a quiet weekend. Princess and I went to a birthday party for her friend yesterday afternoon and then did some shopping for the babies. Flower and Daddy stayed home because Flower isn’t feeling the best. We keep thinking it’s just a matter of time before she’s puking too.
Today we are hanging around in our pjs. It is snowing this morning so maybe we’ll get the x-country skis out and rebuild our snowman. If you have today off, enjoy!
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