Ginny & Alex
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Afternoon Greetings to all my friends in PZILand,
I took some time off work around Christmas and boy, am I paying for it now! Busy, busy, busy!
Anyway, I had mentioned before Christmas that a friend had recommended a pet sitter. When I found out that she lives within 5-7 miles of me, I thought it might be worth contacting her. I'm convined that Alex is only going to let someone who he is very familiar get him a shot and we are going to need many get-acquainted sessions to do this. Anyway, I talked to the woman and explained Alex's tempermant (and need for a calming collar :lol: ) and she said she'd call me after the holidays. She left a message for me and recommended that I talk to this vet she knew. I'm thinking this sounds very expensive, but I'm getting rather desparate, right? I called the vet. She graduated in about 2000 and worked in a town about 100 miles away, but due to the economy downturn, they let her go. She says there's about 5 vets looking for jobs in Cincinnati . She does "relief" work for a locat vet, but she has nothing full time. I talked to her about Alex's situation and told her upfront that many vets probably didn't agree with some of the things I did--no dry food, shooting u40-insulin with a u-100 needle, testing at least twice a day--and lo and behold, she supported everything I do--make that "we" do b/c I also told her about this website. Alex was a little "off" this weekend, but she visited on Saturday (at least 2 hours) and again on Sunday (on her way to visit a client to give sub-q fluids). While I can't say he fell in love with her, he also didn't hiss and growl at her. He did hide, like usual, but we were able to get him out. At the end of the Saturday visit, he was within a foot of her as she laid a treat on the floor. He chowed down and didn't run away. On Sunday, she was able to give him one stroke from head to tip of tail as he sauntered by. She is willing to keep visiting and I'm quite excited that this might work for us.
In the meantime, Alex's blood sugar continues to be a mystery, but like I said before, I'm trying not to let this control my life this year.
I took some time off work around Christmas and boy, am I paying for it now! Busy, busy, busy!
Anyway, I had mentioned before Christmas that a friend had recommended a pet sitter. When I found out that she lives within 5-7 miles of me, I thought it might be worth contacting her. I'm convined that Alex is only going to let someone who he is very familiar get him a shot and we are going to need many get-acquainted sessions to do this. Anyway, I talked to the woman and explained Alex's tempermant (and need for a calming collar :lol: ) and she said she'd call me after the holidays. She left a message for me and recommended that I talk to this vet she knew. I'm thinking this sounds very expensive, but I'm getting rather desparate, right? I called the vet. She graduated in about 2000 and worked in a town about 100 miles away, but due to the economy downturn, they let her go. She says there's about 5 vets looking for jobs in Cincinnati . She does "relief" work for a locat vet, but she has nothing full time. I talked to her about Alex's situation and told her upfront that many vets probably didn't agree with some of the things I did--no dry food, shooting u40-insulin with a u-100 needle, testing at least twice a day--and lo and behold, she supported everything I do--make that "we" do b/c I also told her about this website. Alex was a little "off" this weekend, but she visited on Saturday (at least 2 hours) and again on Sunday (on her way to visit a client to give sub-q fluids). While I can't say he fell in love with her, he also didn't hiss and growl at her. He did hide, like usual, but we were able to get him out. At the end of the Saturday visit, he was within a foot of her as she laid a treat on the floor. He chowed down and didn't run away. On Sunday, she was able to give him one stroke from head to tip of tail as he sauntered by. She is willing to keep visiting and I'm quite excited that this might work for us.
In the meantime, Alex's blood sugar continues to be a mystery, but like I said before, I'm trying not to let this control my life this year.
