Mirlisa's Bits and Pieces

It’s been a wet one today with a little wind – but not too bad. UF closed down so Mir had the day off – although, she did spend much of the morning coordinating a subject patient whose travel was hindered by the storm.

We went and bought dog food and treats and then picked up Cheryl for lunch. After lunch the weather declined a bit so we decided to forgo shopping and come back home. I did a little bit of work on the laptop until Miriam became a nag – I need to work on her some.

Talked to dad briefly – he called to ask about Boxer’s nodules. I did mention that I had written about his test results in this blog. Anyway, mom is continuing to feel better and even cooked dinner.

So, despite Fay, all is well here in Gainesville. I tried to take a video of the storm but it didn’t turn out very well. So, I’ll try to do something else. Gotta keep things fresh here on the blog so you, my loyal readers, don’t get bored. If you have any ideas for my blog – please post a comment. I’ve yet to get the first comment.

The Daily Show is on – let me go and watch it and try to get a few laughs.

Tootles.

For those of you keeping track of TS Fay – it’s starting to get wet here. I’m home for lunch and it’s raining – I like the rain but trying to get the dogs outside to do their business can be challenging. Today I have been successful – Sydney went out with no problem, but Boxer knows the game and required a treat before he went out – both went wee-wee. Miriam hates using that term – but it works with the children. Peanut also went – had to coax her off the deck – on the fourth try she finally relieved herself (and me).

I’m glad I’m off tomorrow – think I’ll just hang around the house watching what should be a lot of rain – that’s the forecast anyway.

Checked in with mom yesterday evening – she’s doing well. Wishes she could do more – but she’s gotta take it easy until she’s healed some more. I suggested she read a few books – should have suggested she work on her genealogy.

I’ll give Peanut a few more minutes and then it’s back to work.

Later.

Boxer is fine! The pathology came back good on his nodules. So, we are all happy! We need to let this settle a bit and then Sydney will be the next one to get her teeth cleaned. Boxer is also more alert and happy today – he wasn’t so happy yesterday – can’t blame him – he was put to sleep and stuck with needles. I’d be upset, too.

Everything else is going okay. Got wet during lunch. Had to take my shoes off at work to let my socks dry out and feet warm up. I need to find some kind of water repellent pants and shoes.

Thought we’d be preparing for a hurricane but it looks like we’re just gonna get some rain and a little wind. Sounds good to me. We’ll keep checking the weather just in case something changes.

That’s all for now. Tootles.

Okay, Boxer had his neuro consult today, along with an ultrasound to check his prostate. We had received a call last Friday that his radiographs seemed to indicate an enlarged prostate – so, an ultrasound was in order. Well, his prostate is fine – however, the ultrasound revealed nodules on his spleen, kidney and liver. We had the nodules on his spleen and kidney aspirated and should get the pathology tomorrow. The one on the liver couldn’t be found at aspiraton time. At this point, we’re thinking that these are not cancerous. We’ll know for sure tomorrow.

So, regarding Boxer’s shaking – we can’t really find anything – which is okay – it means that it could be related to aging – whatever it is it doesn’t seem to be life threatening or anything.

We have now spent a small fortune on Boxer this month. Plans for our charitable foundation for medical care for our dogs are moving forward.

Checked in with mom today and she is progressing – still in some pain – but overall doing well.

Stay tuned.

Just talked to dad – mom is doing great this morning and is ready to go home – she’s eating a good breakfast right now. As soon as the doc comes – sometime this morning – she will most likely be discharged into the care of her loved-ones.

Good morning, readers! My, my, what a weekend. As you can tell by the posted picture someone is in the hospital – sorry, I had to black out the face due to privacy issues (HIPAA).

Mom had emergency surgery over the weekend. She’s doing great – when she put back in her earrings yesterday, I knew it wouldn’t be long before she was out of there. Surgery was yesterday around 11am and She is scheduled to go home today. I was lucky enough to see the surgical site ( it was done laparoscopically) – kind of neat – they sutured from the inside and glued on the outside.

You’ll have to forgive the quality of the picture – it was taken with a camera phone. You do with what you’ve got.

Boxer is still scheduled for his neuro consult tomorrow. Stay tuned for the result of that.

I need to go feed the birds. Later.

We took Boxer in for a recheck this morning. The stitches were removed and he was given a clean bill of health…except for the shaking in his back legs. So, we’ve made an appointment on Monday for him to have neuro consult. We’re not sure if it’s neurological or orthopedic – so, this consult might shed some light on what’s going on. Once we get Boxer squared away – it’s Sydney’s turn to get her teeth cleaned. We are pondering the idea of setting up a foundation for all of the dogs so that our loyal readers might contribute a few pesos here and there in order to help us to continue to provide the excellent medical care necessary for these wonderful animals.

I’m (Lisa) sitting here on the deck under the umbrella – Boxer and Sydney felt it was too hot and requested to go inside. I suppose I would also be too hot if I was wearing a fur coat. I’ll give them a little more time to be free before I lock them up and let out the Pea dog. I’m taking it easy today – doing very little house work – trying to learn how to relax a little and not be compelled to clean, clean, clean.

Took Mir to lunch. You can tell the students are back. We’ll be avoiding the Archer road area for a while.

I’m gonna surf the web a little. Peace.

We’re still scheduled for a Friday recheck at the vet school.

Ciao.

I originally wasn’t going to post a picture but then decided that the schedule I came up with for the dogs was worthy of attention. We’ve got to work harder at getting to bed earlier, so I’m hoping this schedule will help.