Where Will the Week Go?

The day after Christmas. There are a number of things I didn't get done as I'd hoped. At the top of my list was my Christmas cards. I debated about whether to just save them for next year.  But I really enjoy sending them, so I decided to go ahead and write them out - Better late than well, you know.

~Max watching the Yule log on Christmas Eve~

On the home front, there was a new worry. Our boy Sunny was not feeling well last week.

It began when he was reluctant to get to his feet.  He has been struggling to get up the 3 outside steps and has needed a boost to get onto the porch and inside. I gave him a pain medication to help with any discomfort. But instead of feeling better, Sunny only seemed worse the next morning and had a bit of a cough. I upped the pain medication and added another to help with inflammation. But by Thursday night he'd developed a huge (!!) hotspot on his hip made worse by the harness I'd put on him. Sunny still wouldn't get up without help, and the cough seemed worse.

Thursday was a long night as I was awake most of it listening to Sunny's breathing and feeling extremely worried and guilty that I'd not contacted the vet. Mobile vet came on Friday making me feel better by saying that I was on the right track as far as how I was caring for Sunny. He added a couple of other medications to help get rid of the congestion and heal the hotspot.  As this week starts, don't let the photo below fool you, our camera shy Sunny is much brighter. He is getting up by himself, the cough has almost disappeared and his appetite is returning.

I am hopeful it'll be a quiet week when I return to work on Wednesday. But Eva's paws say something else.  She was left outside a little too long with Todd, and is hard at work digging to Australia - I think she may have other plans about where the week is going.

Todd, who had mud on his nose, certainly does! 

All we can do is be like Jake (below) and see where it take us!

~Jake~