Grandpa Update

 

So, it turns out Grandpa (Brinley's daddy) are gonna hafta have surgery on his shoulder - he are gonna hafta have a steel plate and screws at da minimum, it might be a parshul replacement if the bone falls apart during surgery.

He are still in a lot of pain. And his shoulder will probably never be the same again - we don't know how much he'll recover. He has surgery next Wednesday.

So yeah, it stinks. I keep trying to get him to pick me up cuz I LUVED when he'd pick me up but he can't right now. At least he can still pet me wif his other hand.

In other news, da mommas are getting started wif da Christmas decorating.

I better go hide da antlers!

Oh and we got some outside time dis week - leash-free finally!

Limpy McGimpy No More!

Well, yesterday I did not have a good day. I could not put any weight on my front left paw. Yeah, that wuz da same leg dat had had da foxtail in it. So da mommas rushed me to da emergency vet - they checked me out. Said no fracture and no infection. I got some meds and got sent home to rest. 

So we all just had to have a quiet day - no walk, no outside play time.

Just cuddling.

But today I wuz running around like nuffin happened. It mighta been a slight sprain or a muscle pull. 

So we got our walk and we got some play time today! Momma's still watching me to make shure I don't "overdo" it and I've been banned from flying off furniture for a while. Yeah right, just try to stop me!

No one tells a terrier what to do!! Oh and da best thing about being injured - momma had been planning on grooming me on Monday but didn't becuz I wuz hurt. SCORE!

Pawsome

So the too-long saga of my paw are over.

My paw are all back to normal and as soon as it can grow da furs back, it'll be back to being my pretty paw. 

We just need to keep da foxtails away. 

Maybe we should keep dem on da foxes, huh Finley?

Whaddya mean I'm hopeless Finley???

Anyways, full backyard privileges has been restored, so I had a lot of barking to do.  

Good thing I had a partner in crime!

Sunday Selfies

Well pals, I finally know what wuz wrong wif my paw. It had a foxtail in it! Momma has been trying to figger out if somefin wuz in there and this morning a little bit of pus came out and then she squeezed it a bit and it looked like somefin hard and a foxtail came out. If ya don't know what a foxtail are, it are this nasty grass seed burr. Ouch! I probably picked it up on a walk, da mommas scoured da yard for anything that coulda hurt me and there wuz nuffin. I never acted like da paw hurt at all, but dat are cuz I are a terrier and terriers is tuff.

So I got my paws soaked in warm water and it are off to da vet tomorrow to make shure it are all gone. Which are gonna be kind of a pain in da butt becuz we are havin to switch vets and everything are so weird due to Miss Rona still being in town, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do, and momma says dat means da vet for me. Hopin it all goes well.

Brinley has been keeping me company and keeping da whole family safe from cars on TV. BOL.

Oh and Finley wanted to show off her furcut today. It's kinda hard for da mommas to groom her - her eyesight are not what it wuz and she goes crazy at da scissors, so it may not be a perfect haircut, but it are an improvement. 

Paw Update

I wuz gonna do Wordless Wednesday, but I figgered I'd give ya a lil update on my foot. It duz seem a lil better today. I don't really seem to be in any pain or nuffin and I got to go on my walk. 

What we didn't get wuz outside time while momma swam. Cuz I gotsta be watched if I don't have da sock on and I can't wear a sock outside. So that kinda stank cuz we luv going out in da backyard. 

At least there's gonna be French fries tonite.

Sock of Shame

Hey pals. Yesterday I menshuned I wuz havin a lil isshue wif my paw. There's this swollen puffy lump. And yeah a lil bit of blood and ooze. YUCK! I don't know what happened - wuz it a bug bite outside? Wuz it a kitty cat scratch? I don't know, but I do know I wanna chew on it.

Ugh, it are not fun. It are a lil better today since I has been wearing da sock of shame. I don't wanna wear da sock, I wanna chew.

Ugh, dis sock are annoying. 

Finley says she has some cones I can borrow if I keep pulling da sock off. Ugh, ok, I'll leave da sock on!

Brinley says she wants my foot to get better so we can go on walkies again. Me too BFF.

Music Monday

Hey pals! I know I'm a lil late to da dance pawty, but I has a hurt paw. It's all red and puffy and I might hafta go to da vet tomorrow if it's still bad in da morning.  

But me and Brinley and Finley didn't want to stop da pawty, so we're gonna put up some music anyways.

The theme this week is Music from Around the World for World Music Day.

I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers from Scotland.

Dancing Queen by ABBA from Sweden.

Three Little Birds by Bob Marley from Jamaica. 

Ojos Así by Shakira from Colombia.

Sour Candy by Lady Gaga featuring Blackpink from South Korea.

Worried Wednesday

Hey pals. Me and Brinley are still doing good, but my kitty pals are still sick. They is sneezy and not wanting to play.  

We got to spend some time out in da backyard and we got a nice walk today. And I got a bike ride.   

Finley's still doing good - her hip is still in socket. She wuzn't eating much of her food, so her momma made up some homemade food for her and she are LUVING it! I got some too, it are really tasty!

Happy Birthday Travis!

Well, today are my kitty brofur Travis' birthday. Sucks dat he and Bowie are still sick. But I think he liked his catnip toys. And I know he liked his bacon he got this morinng!

And I definitely liked it!

Finley's still improving - her leg infection are getting better and her hip are still in place. She's kinda stuck in da play pen or in one of da momma's laps since she are not allowed to walk too much for a while. We wanna sniff her, it are hard to be told no all da time. Guess we're about as good at social distancing as da mommas. 

I hope we get somefin tasty tonite for Travis' birthday. He's getting chikken guts - I think we deserve somefin good too!

Finley's Home!

Hi pals! Well, we today are better dan yesterday. Cuz Finley are home!

She got transferred over to da orthopedic vet this morning. And they did x-rays and GOOD news - her hip are still in place! She can't wear the sling because we can't have her getting another infection, so da mommas are gonna hafta be real careful and hope she doesn't slip it out. So, no walking for her - she's being carried everywhere and da mommas are using a scarf to sling her up so she can do her bizness. Unfortunately my momma are way too experienced wif dat since it wuz how she had to help my predecessor Whitley. Finley's bacterial infection on her leg/foot are also clearing up - she got meds for that too. And she's really acting like nuffin are wrong, she even tried to scruff da grass today wif her front paws. And she's wuz givin my momma TONS of kisses earlier.

Da kitties are all still sick. Travis wuz pretty much nonstop sneezing last nite and today. Poor guy. I want him to feel better. Bowie's a lil better today, but still sneezy. Angelique's probably da best off right now, but she wuz da furst kitty to get sneezy, so she may be getting over it.

All da kitties are on antibiotics and they are eating ok. We just hafta wait for dis kitty cold to pass.

When It Rains, It Monsoons

Well, things has not been going good around here. Bowie wuz getting really sick last night, he felt warm, he wouldn't eat, and he just looked miserable. So da mommas decided he needed to go to the emergency vet. But furst, they had to take us pups out. When my momma wuz helping Finley, she noticed Finley stank. And not just dirty dog stink - her foot smelled putrid and it was oozing. So she went with Bowie to the emergency vet. They both had to stay overnight. They had to remove the sling - what that means for her hip, we'll find out on Monday. But she could wind up with a gimpy leg if the hip pops back out of joint. And she wuz doing so good and really trying.

Bowie's temperature spiked up to 105 when he was there and they determined he has an upper respiratory infection. So he got lotsa antibiotics and he's home now. But he's still feeling bad - he's eating a lil and he's lethargic still.  Late last night, Travis developed the sneezies too and has been feeling bad today. And he was doing the same panting Bowie wuz doing. Angelique has also been sneezing (she wuz actually the furst to get sneezy, but she didn't get as sick as Bowie). So da mommas got antibiotics for all three of da kitties. 

Angelique is the only one kitty who is eating good, but she's still sneezing too. So it seems like the kitties are ALL sick. It's all just really discouraging and depressing. Not meaning to be a downer, especially now when the whole world is such a dark and depressing place. 

But it's what is goin on here. So just be sure not to judge your friends and neighbors you see out and about - they could be doing something important, like taking animals to the emergency vet (or shopping for an elderly couple, or working at a food bank, or something GOOD). Not everyone who's out is just being a quarantine rebel.