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Originally Posted by lucasmom  The green frog in one of my pics of Lucas is a get well gift from my sister. He loves it! I feel so sad when I put his toys away every night in his big wicker toy basket. I keep thinking of having to throw them all away when he dies.
How is Xena doing? Is she not "isolating" herself any longer? Lucas is doing pretty good, except as I said earlier, he having a hard time getting up after lying down for awhile. I think that jlaack is correct though...he said that Lucas is probably compensating for his front leg when walking and it is putting a strain on his back. I hope it isn't the cancer.
I was reading a scientific journal today at work and it talked about dogs with OS getting mets (spreading of the cancer) to their brains. The study was conducted on 125 rottweilers and they showed that the average age of death was 7.3 years from OS. That is so young, but it is consistent with our babies. |
Hi Laurie,
She's doing O.K. today.......but I DID find her isolating this morning for the 2'nd time now, but I think I know what the problem is. Both times now have been on the morning after going out to my fiance's house (She lives 45-minutes from me), and as I stated in my previous post to Jlaak, the 'rides' seem to be antagonizing the pain in her wrist. That in conjunction with the excitement she exhibits whenever we get there really makes her have a tough night when we get home. So unfortunately, I don't think she will be going out there anymore.
Which means neither will I until this is over. Thankfully, my girlfriend is very understanding & suggested the same thing herself when I spoke to her this morning. It's not as bad as it sounds though, she comes out to
my house frequently anyway.
So, they're funny with their toys, aren't they?? Xena has always loved her 'stuff'!! Not only are they fun for her, but she knows there is absolutely no danger of getting in trouble when she has them.........even if she eats them!! LOL..........
She frequently 'groups' her stuff together in a small pile in my bedroom. And it's always her
newest toys! She differentiates between her old battered toys and the ones she got most recently. (She cracks me up!!)
This past Christmas she watched me wrap her new squirrel & duck. She knew that they were hers and was over by me trying to sniff them as I was wrapping. I told her to 'leave it', so she went to sit down......and watched me very carefully! When I was done, I put them under the tree with the rest of the presents, and she ran right over to them & began sniffing them again. I told her to 'leave it' again, and that she had to 'wait', after which time she layed down with her nose right in front of her 2-gifts and didn't touch them again!! I did things around the house for the next 3-hours and she stayed there the WHOLE time, and WITHOUT touching her gifts!! (I think she deserved
more than two!!) When it finally came time to open gifts, she sat patiently waiting for her turn. The second I told her 'O.K.', she ripped right into them & quickly got them unwrapped & into the middle of the living room.....together. Which is where I keep finding them even now. In different rooms, but always together, and
never mixed in with old toys! She never ceases to amaze me!!
How's Lucas today?? Hope his back end stays strong for him.......he's going to need it!! Jlaak is correct, they definately compensate & put additional stresses on the remaining limbs. This is such a tough disease.....
Xena's back leg was shaking a little the other day. (?) So when I went to see why, I notice that the little 'bump' on her knee looked a little bigger. (It's a soft, fleshy, marble-sized lump of scar tissue left over from her 2'nd ACL surgery 2-years ago) When I felt it, it was hard!!
But she was all tensed up at the time, and when I felt it again later, it seemed to be back to it's soft, fleshy self!! (Thank God!!) Scary stuff................anyway,
Have a good one,
MK