The good-Jenna had 2 drains removed at Dr. Atwood's this afternoon. She is healing as well as can be expected and most importantly got all of her dressings changed. The tape over her incisions has been driving her crazy the past 2 days. Also today, Noah had a rash over his entire body and Magga had to take him to the doctor. He has an upper respiratory infection and we have found out he may have missed out on Daddy's black hair but he got Daddy's allergy to Penicillin. I listed this with the good because it is way better to discover an allergy to Penicillin during a mild infection than the way I discovered I was allergic.
The Bad-As well as Jenna is doing, Dr. Atwood gave us a timetable for the next week or so and his best case scenario has Noah coming home on the 31st. We were really hoping to get him home the middle of next week but I know its for the best.
The Ugly-Sometimes when it rains it pours. Since we don't have enough on our plates right now, our youngest dog Bogie has gotten very ill and is in Weddington Animal Hospital. Bogie is Noah's favorite of our dogs and he is also 'our' dog since I had him a whole 3 days before meeting Jenna. At the kennel yesterday he started vomiting and had bloody diarrhea. They called me and I took him to the vet yesterday afternoon. Now they are trying to figure out why he has such acute gastroenteritis. The vet thinks the onset was too fast for it to be cancer so she's betting on a bad bacterial infection in his colon. He is on an IV for dehydration and for his antibiotic. He was feeling a little better this afternoon when I went to visit him but he's still pretty sick. The vet said she thinks our course of treatment is working but she's now trying to figure out why his blood isn't clotting. It could be a dehydration thing or it could be more systemic. I have a lot of faith in Weddington so I know he's in good hands but now that the other 2 dogs are home his absence is very noticeable. Here's a pic so you can root for him.
The Bad-As well as Jenna is doing, Dr. Atwood gave us a timetable for the next week or so and his best case scenario has Noah coming home on the 31st. We were really hoping to get him home the middle of next week but I know its for the best.
The Ugly-Sometimes when it rains it pours. Since we don't have enough on our plates right now, our youngest dog Bogie has gotten very ill and is in Weddington Animal Hospital. Bogie is Noah's favorite of our dogs and he is also 'our' dog since I had him a whole 3 days before meeting Jenna. At the kennel yesterday he started vomiting and had bloody diarrhea. They called me and I took him to the vet yesterday afternoon. Now they are trying to figure out why he has such acute gastroenteritis. The vet thinks the onset was too fast for it to be cancer so she's betting on a bad bacterial infection in his colon. He is on an IV for dehydration and for his antibiotic. He was feeling a little better this afternoon when I went to visit him but he's still pretty sick. The vet said she thinks our course of treatment is working but she's now trying to figure out why his blood isn't clotting. It could be a dehydration thing or it could be more systemic. I have a lot of faith in Weddington so I know he's in good hands but now that the other 2 dogs are home his absence is very noticeable. Here's a pic so you can root for him.
