Gone To The Dogs -

She was big time dehydrated and was passing blood at both ends. They kept her overnight.

Filled with worry, Dave and I headed home in an empty car minus one Mabel.

I got a call yesterday morning that she was doing a bit better, but was restless and anxious all night. I knew she would be. Dave is her “person” and no one else will do.

He picked her up yesterday evening and we have been on a mild chicken & rice given in small meals diet along with so many meds.

If she doesn’t improve in a couple of days we need to take her to our vet for x-rays.

I guess March really IS “Send your vet’s kids to college” month.

We just want our girl to feel better!

Meanwhile at retreat – the quilters kept quilting!

Some weekends are like that.

Baby steps still move us forward.

This miraculous thing happened on the night Mabel had her sleep over at the vet’s.

I’ve been trying to get Tula to be more comfortable just being around us. I lifted her onto Zoey’s side of the bed. (Hence the extra sheet protecting the quilt underneath and it got a bit muddy because of wet feet + rain)

Tula was up first, settled herself in that corner. Then Zoey came in and jumped up. Tula didn’t move.

She felt comfortable enough to snooze here for a good long while before jumping down. She is doing so much better. Her curiosity is back and she has been exploring all corners of the house.

She hasn’t been back on the bed again, but at least she knows she can if she wants to.

And I know this post is getting long but something else happened.

Do you remember me writing about a visit I had with some folks who have ties to the retreat house?

Give this video a view! They did an awesome job.

They did an amazing amount of work on this!

And did you see that both Flash and Hazel had cameo appearances?
Today: A bit of a trade off. Dave is off for his wrist therapy and then swimming at the health center. He’ll be back by 1pm or so.
I’m running over to the retreat for morning group photos but then will be coming right back to sit with Mabel because she has to be watched closely.
I’ll go back to the retreat after he returns.
It feels a little bit like when both boys were on two different soccer teams with games at different places at nearly the same time and we had to tag team with two cars to get them where they were to be and have a parent at each location.
Spring Forward? More like Wilt Forward!