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Where have I been?
a year ago
Well, I wish I could say I was traveling through Time and Space but that's obviously not been the case at all as much as I wish it were true.
It's been an exhausting four months. Since January I've been helping to look after my nephew's aging greyhound. A former champion racer that has enjoyed retirement from racing for some time. The last two or three years have been increasingly difficult for the old champ. I noticed a weakness in his lower limbs. A difficulty going up and down stairs at first. Then he began to have trouble standing just to eat. These last four months he's really gone down hill. it's gotten to the point where his back legs don't seem to have any feeling in them and he drags his back paws to the point he's worn his claws down to the nubs. He's crapped in his sleep and in the mornings he'll sometime just start peeing trying to stand up. He doesn't like the diaper and I can't say I blame the old boy but there's no choice in the matter. He's also begun to have trouble breathing when he goes for walks.
So with all these issues I've been spending the last four months sleeping next to him and getting maybe four hours of sleep a night and still have get up and go to work in the morning. Cause if he makes a mess in his sleep I clean it up. You only have that kind of dedication with an animal unless you really care for it and I love that old fart like he was my own.
Getting a vet appointment has been hard but a date has been set for the 18th of this Month. I did a google search of the symptoms and have come up with degenerative myelopathy which is basically a neurological degenerative disease of the spinal cord. I suspect that's what the vet will say, and if that's the case, the greyhound is going to cross that rainbow bridge I hear pet owners talk about.
Well, anyway that's what I've been up to. I'll try not to wait another four months to make another Journal.
It's been an exhausting four months. Since January I've been helping to look after my nephew's aging greyhound. A former champion racer that has enjoyed retirement from racing for some time. The last two or three years have been increasingly difficult for the old champ. I noticed a weakness in his lower limbs. A difficulty going up and down stairs at first. Then he began to have trouble standing just to eat. These last four months he's really gone down hill. it's gotten to the point where his back legs don't seem to have any feeling in them and he drags his back paws to the point he's worn his claws down to the nubs. He's crapped in his sleep and in the mornings he'll sometime just start peeing trying to stand up. He doesn't like the diaper and I can't say I blame the old boy but there's no choice in the matter. He's also begun to have trouble breathing when he goes for walks.
So with all these issues I've been spending the last four months sleeping next to him and getting maybe four hours of sleep a night and still have get up and go to work in the morning. Cause if he makes a mess in his sleep I clean it up. You only have that kind of dedication with an animal unless you really care for it and I love that old fart like he was my own.
Getting a vet appointment has been hard but a date has been set for the 18th of this Month. I did a google search of the symptoms and have come up with degenerative myelopathy which is basically a neurological degenerative disease of the spinal cord. I suspect that's what the vet will say, and if that's the case, the greyhound is going to cross that rainbow bridge I hear pet owners talk about.
Well, anyway that's what I've been up to. I'll try not to wait another four months to make another Journal.
Looking forward of passing the class and get room organized