She is a pretty, little girl
That's our Kira. If I had a dollar every time I heard that, I could pay her hospital bill! LOL. I can finally laugh now.
After Bruce's nap yesterday, while he was Estimming and having his snack, I decided to groom Kira. I cleaned her ears and brushed her out. She gets annoyed with me as she usually does, jumps off the couch and falls over. Her head is spinning, eyes crazy and she is hunkered down, barely crawling. Bruce says "you have to take her to the Vet right now!"
We have a wonderful Vet hospital that recently moved from New Haven to North Haven - better for me. Kira's Vet is on staff there. I wasn't in that building three minutes when they took Kira off and told me to take a seat - LOL. I called Bruce every 20 minutes and had a friend on stand by to go sit with him if need be. After about an hour, Doctor said they had to keep her overnight.
She has ear infections, both sides. She was able to come home tonight at dinner time. She is still wobbly on her feet. I had to block off the stairs, but so far she is good with the couch and her chair. I am hoping she will use the WC to get on and off the bed. She seems to know she is not right and is cautious. For that I am thankful. Needless to say, it was a very long night. With just what her nurse did overnight, Kira's ears look 100% better. She will be on antibiotics and twice daily ear cleanings for 10 days. Bruce cried on and off, when he looked for her or remembered she was not in the house. Neither of us slept well. It is funny, neither of us makes a move overnight without checking where she is in the bed.
Our dance card is full. April is all of Bruce's medical follow ups. Monday I was able to convince the Physiatrist to try another round of Botox. CT recently changed its handicap-sticker policy, so Bruce has to get an ID from DMV (that ought to be a fun day - LOL) and then with PCP signature, new sticker. Truck needs emissions. And all this to be done by April 30th. This is the downside to scheduling stuff during the week, a bit a day, just to get Bruce out. Now we lost two cold but sunny days to get into three of pouring rain. Fortunately Erma is available, but that also means not getting Bruce out.
Tonight after Bruce went to bed, he called me into the bedroom and asked me for a phone! Again, knock me down! He wanted to call his dear friend and wish her a Happy Birthday! I had to dial of course, but she was thrilled and being half-awake, Bruce did great. It has taken three weeks of very hard work to get Bruce back to this level of cognition. I hate the thought of five down days and possibly Bruce losing again. Part of me is pleased to have the time to tend to Kira and get her healthy. My sister said tonight "It's always something." Debbie
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