Damelon - sorry to hear.
Hate that when it happens.
Had ACA/PREA inspection this week.
With the respiratory infection and my
Ankle giving me problems, made for
A wicked long week.
Need some new comics.
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Ohhh so sorry to hear this ... that is awfulDamelon wrote:A little bummed this evening. I hit a possum on the way home. The weather was cruddy and I didn't see it till the last second. Nothing I could do, I thought I might be able to go over the top, but I felt my undercarriage hit it. Poor thing was just trying to go about it's business.
I hate hitting critters too
just awful Ive been feeling a bit bummed lately too .. must be going round .. hope not.
keep smiling
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i'm tired. creator is tired. we're all tired up in here.
poor Harry. <smh> if it's not one thing it's another with that precious mutt.
he went for his grooming on Thursday afternoon. it takes like 3.5 to 4 hrs to bathe and groom him because he is a very large lab/golden with lots of hair.
he gets mats behind his big ol floppy ears that have to be trimmed with a trimmer, he gets really long hair growing between his toes and underneath his paws that have to be trimmed, he's double-coated so it takes a long time to soap him up good down to his skin and even longer to rinse the soap off him good, and he has all this fringe that grows all down his legs that has to be trimmed and a "skirt" of hair all over his butt so he gets what they call a "hygiene" cut back there and around his little pee pee. (so he doesn't pee and poo all in his gorgeous golden hair)
yes...that is just the exposition.
on Friday mid morning I noticed that he seemed to be wanting to lick his bum. then later I saw him scooting across the back deck in the leftover snow and I thought oh...I guess they didn't express his anal glands, i'd better take him in tomorrow and have that done. (some groomers include this in the grooming fee, others do not and this is only his second visit with this particular groomer)
he seemed to grow more and more restless as the day and evening wore on. I played WoW most of the evening and then started listening to a book on audible and playing solitaire on my pc. between midnight and 1 am he came storming into my comp room 3 or 4 times like he'd been shot out of a cannon and crammed himself under my feet under my desk only to shoot out again 2 minutes later, drag his bum across the carpet, lick at it furiously and commence whining.
ok ok I think, i'd better call the 24 hr emergency vet and take him in to have his glands expressed, which I did. at 1:15 am.
then I gave him a CBD treat we had on hand (Thunder, our other dog, his TERRIFIED of thunder) and that seemed to calm him down long enough for creator and me to get to sleep...that was about 2 am or so. but he kept getting restless in the night...in fact, creator was up all night long with him, petting him, trying to settle him down, etc. all night.
I woke at 8 am this morning and when creator told me they'd been up pretty much all night I called our regular vet. they couldn't see him so I called the 24 hr vet we'd been to last night and while talking to the vet tech she suggested I look at the area to see if I could see any irritation.
and there it was, up under the root of his tail, a BIG ol' razor burn *right* over his...anus. so when he put his tail down it came down right on it! UGH. it was ugly and red and oozing a bit. poor pup.
the tech who had expressed his glands last night hadn't seen it because of the angle they do that procedure. (at the back of the dog, lifting the tail, etc) I only saw it because harry was laying on his side when I looked and I lifted his tail and could easily see it.
SO...400 bucks later...
that's right 400 bucks. because they are a 24/7 emergency vet they are a little more expensive (95 bucks just for a doc to look at him) and they sent him home with a salve, an antibiotic, and a pain med. the antibiotic was 180 bucks alone. he is SOOOO much more comfortable now, with his little lotus blossom cone on and some salve on his burn (it has a numbing agent in it.)
I did stop by the groomers and spoke to the mgr, who I am friendly with. it's at our local wag n wash and I have a good relationship with pretty much the entire store because I go there regularly for these specific dog treats that they bake there and the kitty food they order for me.
they offered to pay the whole thing but I wouldn't let them, don't ask me why, it just didn't feel right to make them pay it all. also we have dog health insurance that will probably pay out on the whole thing so I agreed to let them pay half and give me the next groom free.
so...like i said. we're all tired up in here! YOU'RE probably tired just READING this!!
poor Harry. <smh> if it's not one thing it's another with that precious mutt.
he went for his grooming on Thursday afternoon. it takes like 3.5 to 4 hrs to bathe and groom him because he is a very large lab/golden with lots of hair.
he gets mats behind his big ol floppy ears that have to be trimmed with a trimmer, he gets really long hair growing between his toes and underneath his paws that have to be trimmed, he's double-coated so it takes a long time to soap him up good down to his skin and even longer to rinse the soap off him good, and he has all this fringe that grows all down his legs that has to be trimmed and a "skirt" of hair all over his butt so he gets what they call a "hygiene" cut back there and around his little pee pee. (so he doesn't pee and poo all in his gorgeous golden hair)
yes...that is just the exposition.
on Friday mid morning I noticed that he seemed to be wanting to lick his bum. then later I saw him scooting across the back deck in the leftover snow and I thought oh...I guess they didn't express his anal glands, i'd better take him in tomorrow and have that done. (some groomers include this in the grooming fee, others do not and this is only his second visit with this particular groomer)
he seemed to grow more and more restless as the day and evening wore on. I played WoW most of the evening and then started listening to a book on audible and playing solitaire on my pc. between midnight and 1 am he came storming into my comp room 3 or 4 times like he'd been shot out of a cannon and crammed himself under my feet under my desk only to shoot out again 2 minutes later, drag his bum across the carpet, lick at it furiously and commence whining.
ok ok I think, i'd better call the 24 hr emergency vet and take him in to have his glands expressed, which I did. at 1:15 am.
then I gave him a CBD treat we had on hand (Thunder, our other dog, his TERRIFIED of thunder) and that seemed to calm him down long enough for creator and me to get to sleep...that was about 2 am or so. but he kept getting restless in the night...in fact, creator was up all night long with him, petting him, trying to settle him down, etc. all night.
I woke at 8 am this morning and when creator told me they'd been up pretty much all night I called our regular vet. they couldn't see him so I called the 24 hr vet we'd been to last night and while talking to the vet tech she suggested I look at the area to see if I could see any irritation.
and there it was, up under the root of his tail, a BIG ol' razor burn *right* over his...anus. so when he put his tail down it came down right on it! UGH. it was ugly and red and oozing a bit. poor pup.
the tech who had expressed his glands last night hadn't seen it because of the angle they do that procedure. (at the back of the dog, lifting the tail, etc) I only saw it because harry was laying on his side when I looked and I lifted his tail and could easily see it.
SO...400 bucks later...
that's right 400 bucks. because they are a 24/7 emergency vet they are a little more expensive (95 bucks just for a doc to look at him) and they sent him home with a salve, an antibiotic, and a pain med. the antibiotic was 180 bucks alone. he is SOOOO much more comfortable now, with his little lotus blossom cone on and some salve on his burn (it has a numbing agent in it.)
I did stop by the groomers and spoke to the mgr, who I am friendly with. it's at our local wag n wash and I have a good relationship with pretty much the entire store because I go there regularly for these specific dog treats that they bake there and the kitty food they order for me.
they offered to pay the whole thing but I wouldn't let them, don't ask me why, it just didn't feel right to make them pay it all. also we have dog health insurance that will probably pay out on the whole thing so I agreed to let them pay half and give me the next groom free.
so...like i said. we're all tired up in here! YOU'RE probably tired just READING this!!
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Poor Harry. Glad he's feeling better.
And poor possum.
Nothing much going on here. Stressful week at work -- a bunch of stuff came up all at once, plus the usual little junk. I tell you what -- you have not lived 'til you've had to process a voucher for an attorney's trip to Sao Paulo and Delhi, complete with receipts in three currencies *and* a phone call to the hotel in Sao Paulo to get them to email me a copy of his bill. Spelling out my email address to the woman in Sao Paulo was especially hilarious. I was honestly shocked when the email went through.
And some thoughtful soul had another attorney's line added to my phone late in the week, so I've now got 11 lines on my phone.
Just 300 days 'til I turn 62... (About 500 'til I actually retire, though.)
Glad he's feeling better.And poor possum.
Nothing much going on here. Stressful week at work -- a bunch of stuff came up all at once, plus the usual little junk. I tell you what -- you have not lived 'til you've had to process a voucher for an attorney's trip to Sao Paulo and Delhi, complete with receipts in three currencies *and* a phone call to the hotel in Sao Paulo to get them to email me a copy of his bill. Spelling out my email address to the woman in Sao Paulo was especially hilarious. I was honestly shocked when the email went through.
And some thoughtful soul had another attorney's line added to my phone late in the week, so I've now got 11 lines on my phone.
Just 300 days 'til I turn 62... (About 500 'til I actually retire, though.)
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First whoot whooot on the count down, not long now.
Second, that sounds like an administrative nightmare .. poor you lol .. glad its done and dusted.
THIRD, oh my god poor Harry. He has been in the wars lately poor little big love.
Its the worst thing in the world when a kid is sick fur or non fur ones
and youre kinda helpless. Its unbearable. Its a pain about the anal gland thing isnt it? We have to get Gracie regularly expressed .. the vet showed us how but I prefer to get her done properly. Did the groomers Nick her when they were trimming her? What caused the big red sore?
Try get a day nap in
I normally cant literally sleep during the day
A lot of tired peeps around today sounds like .. I was feeling a tad under the weather which makes I think everything shit lol
.. anywhoo the day before last, I successfully napped during the day and felt a world of joy better for it.
Im away from home atm and its been a fun but busy few days .. getting to know the animals here and today I did some planting. There were a lot of pot bound plants still in their small plastic pots
not looking all that happy She left me out some pots but they really werent much of a step up re space so Gracie and I trundled all over their magnificent 20 plus acre property
I found some old tires, a small packing crate, some bigger pots, sadly only two .. and an old plastic tub. Everyone has been successfully reported.
As an old bird, the postural hypertension gives me such a caining ... if only that would go away ... Id be a lot more physically agile.
But it is what it is ... just pick ourselves up, hold on to something till it passes.
It is an absolutely spectacular day today ... totally loved it.
Second, that sounds like an administrative nightmare .. poor you lol .. glad its done and dusted.
THIRD, oh my god poor Harry. He has been in the wars lately poor little big love.
Its the worst thing in the world when a kid is sick fur or non fur ones
and youre kinda helpless. Its unbearable. Its a pain about the anal gland thing isnt it? We have to get Gracie regularly expressed .. the vet showed us how but I prefer to get her done properly. Did the groomers Nick her when they were trimming her? What caused the big red sore? Try get a day nap in
I normally cant literally sleep during the day
A lot of tired peeps around today sounds like .. I was feeling a tad under the weather which makes I think everything shit lol
.. anywhoo the day before last, I successfully napped during the day and felt a world of joy better for it. Im away from home atm and its been a fun but busy few days .. getting to know the animals here and today I did some planting. There were a lot of pot bound plants still in their small plastic pots
not looking all that happy She left me out some pots but they really werent much of a step up re space so Gracie and I trundled all over their magnificent 20 plus acre property I found some old tires, a small packing crate, some bigger pots, sadly only two .. and an old plastic tub. Everyone has been successfully reported.
As an old bird, the postural hypertension gives me such a caining ... if only that would go away ... Id be a lot more physically agile.
But it is what it is ... just pick ourselves up, hold on to something till it passes.
It is an absolutely spectacular day today ... totally loved it.
keep smiling
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Avatar wrote:Ah, Monday again.
On the plus side, I'm hoping like hell that my full-spectrum LED grow light will arrive today...
--A
your....GROW light?
Av...how many times have I told you?
buddy you're really really REALLY not going to get any taller.
hahahahaha. i crack myself up.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Carpal tunnel's been acting up. Downside of computer work.
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True that Khal .. not that Ive experienced it myself .. but yeah occupational hazard
LOLS Luci
Nice grow lights Av .. weve received ours last week, COD our babies arent doing so well in their current posi. And it will mean we can grow year round
LOLS Luci
Nice grow lights Av .. weve received ours last week, COD our babies arent doing so well in their current posi. And it will mean we can grow year round
keep smiling
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While I am going gingerly and slowly, I have "sprung a leak" under my left breast. This has happened sporadically throughout my healing, and the surgeon's office has told me not to be concerned, as long as it's not a lot, nor an opening in the incision area is apparent. This time the blood flowed much more heavily, but only lasted a brief time.
SD put a guaze dressing on it, and we are keeping an eye on it to see if it gets saturated quickly as I use my arms more and more.
I truly hope I don't need to cut back, but will watch and see.
SD put a guaze dressing on it, and we are keeping an eye on it to see if it gets saturated quickly as I use my arms more and more.
I truly hope I don't need to cut back, but will watch and see.
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I'd say better to take it slow than to risk a setback, but I'm bad at taking my own advice in those situations. Not a good patient.
Week two of having no heat at work. I broke out my little kerosene handwarmer thing that I used during the bad old days. It's useless unless it's directly against your skin, and if it's directly against your skin, you get second-degree burns. Which I knew. And did anyway. Definitely not qualified to give medical advice. Apparently they make battery-powered ones now; perhaps I will invest in one of those.
Week two of having no heat at work. I broke out my little kerosene handwarmer thing that I used during the bad old days. It's useless unless it's directly against your skin, and if it's directly against your skin, you get second-degree burns. Which I knew. And did anyway. Definitely not qualified to give medical advice. Apparently they make battery-powered ones now; perhaps I will invest in one of those.
Oh, a change is coming, feel these doors now closing
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
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You can get reusable chemical handwarmers as well: https://www.amazon.com/HotSnapZ-Warmers ... B004CV2YXE
I feel middling. Power will be off at work in the next 45 mins, then 4.5 hours of doing mostly nothing, then it will come back on again. Meh.
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I feel middling. Power will be off at work in the next 45 mins, then 4.5 hours of doing mostly nothing, then it will come back on again. Meh.
--A