4/17 Shadow amps 171 +8~ 158 Pmps 130

[rhiannon and shadow (GA)]

yesterday ... Shadow threw up 15 min before am shot. bit of a spike
amps 267
+3 ~109
+7~101
pmps ~ 170
+2.5~ 199
+7~ 151

4/15 condo

feeling a little frustrated with myself still.... it's been more than a year now of stress overload
( if you don't know, that's moving my dm and dgm here, dm into nursing home and she died 11 days later, dgm having a stroke shortly after, dd turned 18 and moved out 13 days after my dm passed, dd got married a month later, dd used awful tactics to justify her actions ( and had her teenage rebellion at the same time) and a year later, still not "normal" and dgm had to go in nursing home as it seemed we were at the end, she rallied for a month and is now back to slowly dying, then Shadow started with the diarrhea and is back on the juice.
I was afraid it was going to be her time way too soon.

Shadow is improving, mostly normal poo again, little struggles with eating, but I am able to give shots without help.
I wish life were a calgon commercial.... Calgon take me away.

And the really good part is that she isn't a drama queen and her numbers are just slightly above normal
which gives me hope that IF we get to discontinue the prednisolone , she might go right back to her
remission status .... or not.....

if she would only learn to love her raw food.....

 

[carfurby (GA)]

I'm glad Shadow is doing better. I hope she learns to at least like her raw food.

 

[Chris/China (GA)/Garfield]

You've had such a tough year Rhiannon and my heart goes out to you. Seems like life sometimes just likes to kick us when we're down, doesn't it?

All in all, Shadow really does look pretty good and there is hope that if you can get her off the steroids, she'll quickly return to her OTJ status!

As for the raw food.....that seems to always be a tough sell....You'd think that obligate carnivores would jump at the chance to eat something they should eat, but it seems like unless they're started out on raw from day 1, a lot of them fight it. I think a lot of them don't like the consistency.

Hang in there!!

 

[Tricia Cinco(GA) & Harvey]

{{{Rhiannon}}} I don't see any reason to be frustrated with yourself. You have had a very tough year, and you are still in there, kicking! We had a similar experience with Mark's DGM - we saw her last November and everyone was pretty sure she was on the way out, not eating, sleeping all day, etc. Suddenly she started eating and was more lucid and even played Bingo in the care home! She's 97. She's slowed down again a bit, but still hanging in.

Shadow is looking pretty good, all things considered. I think you have reason to hope. Sending good poo and appy vines for her and healing vines for your DGM. These are for you:

 

[Marilyn and Sheldon]

Such a time. Such strength. Remarkable woman, Rhiannon. Sending bright light.

Marilyn and Polly

 

[rhiannon and shadow (GA)]

Thanks for that complement. I needed it....
the stress has been so much that I have become an absolute scatterbrain.

i kinda had a break today.... sorta...
getting ready for a yard sale tomorrow of some furniture and my dm and dgm's stuff.
my mom was a sci fi geek... huge tarzan collection, and star trek.

and I have 90 silver rings to sell.... at $10 each.....
I sure hope they all sell ...
and 3 boxes of records, and two boxes of movies and cd's