Charlie played with his toys again this evening, then had a thoroughly enjoyable ‘Bark Fest’ with Geordie. Now he’s sound asleep at 8:30 pm. We’re leaving tomorrow morning at 6:00 to drive him to the hospital.
Thanks for your good wishes and kind words, everyone. Charlie is truly a special little boy, [...]
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Early to bed
Posted in prior to decompression on November 8, 2007 | 4 Comments »
We are not alone
Posted in Syringomyelia, prior to decompression on November 7, 2007 | 3 Comments »
We’re not alone: Charlie’s decompression surgery will be on November 8, then Bianca (14 months old) will have surgery on November 12, followed by Seamus (1 year old), whose surgery is scheduled for November 14. I’m praying for the very best outcomes for all three cavaliers.
Playing!
Posted in prior to decompression on November 7, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Charlie is like a puppy tonight – he’s playing with all of his toys. I’m at the computer nearby, and I hear him stomping around and play growling. So far he has ‘killed’ a pink bunny, brown bear, a kitty and a red rope with three fish on it. Now he’s working [...]
Morning
Posted in Syringomyelia, prior to decompression on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mornings with Charlie are very quiet. Every day I get up at 5:00am to give Charlie his first Gabapentin capsule of the day. His Gabapentin must be spaced into 8 hour intervals, and our schedule is perfect for Charlie and me: 5am, 1pm, 9pm around the clock.
Charlie lifts his head to grab his [...]
Dinner time with Charlie
Posted in prior to decompression on November 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Charlie has us stumped.
Every evening at dinner time, Charlie waits until we’re seated at the table and our forks touch our plates – then he barks nonstop until we are finished. The first few times it happened, we thought we’d ignore his behavior and it would naturally extinguish itself. No way! If [...]
2nd vet visit
Posted in prior to decompression on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We took Charlie to his regular vet yesterday for a skin and ear recheck. This time he didn’t make a peep when his ears were swabbed. The test came back clean; yay – no more struggling with the ear drops. She examined his skin and found the infection has cleared. Charlie [...]
Charlie’s neurology appointment
Posted in prior to decompression on November 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Charlie went to see his new neurologist on Tuesday, October 30, 2007. Dr. A. feels Charlie is taking too much Gabapentin – his doses are very high. He says 45 mg is a regular dose and 90 mg is a high dose. Charlie’s dose is 200 mg and sometimes 300 mg, three [...]
1st vet visit in Ohio
Posted in prior to decompression on November 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We took Charlie to see his new vet on Saturday, October 27. His skin infection covered large areas of his body, so the vet gave him 10 days worth of Clavamox, an antibiotic, and 14 days worth of Zubrin, a NSAID that would help his itchy, painful skin. The vet swabbed Charlie’s sore [...]
OMG, Fleas!
Posted in prior to decompression on November 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On Charlie’s second day in Ohio, my sister saw him scratching and biting at himself. She reached over and rubbed him a little, and he seemed to like that. So she rubbed him some more and looked at his skin under his fur. She found scabs, scales, irritated skin, flea dirt and [...]
Helpless
Posted in Syringomyelia, prior to decompression on November 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Each time Charlie has a pain episode I feel as helpless as I did the first time. There is nothing I can do to ease his pain. I tell him I’m sorry, and I hold a towel between his flailing hind foot and his face in hopes that he won’t scratch his eye [...]
