February 8-12
Groundhog Days
Paul and I feel like we're living in the movie "Groundhog Day". Shovel snow during the day, wake up the next morning, shovel snow, wake up again, shovel snow. Stay tuned for more pics of what else? SNOW!
Carson has chosen to sleep through most of this latest winter blast. He's feeling very tired indeed, but wakes up to watch a movie, eat a little bit and talk more about his latest food and/or restaurant fixation (thank you steroids!).
February 12 - ??
Dog Day(s)
At first it was not a dog day. Paul went to work, we took Francesca to swim practice; and afterward, we took Carson to "Pie-Tanza's" for the third time this week. When we got home Carson started to have stomach issues which were severe enough that I had to call the doctor to see about whether he would have to go in to the hospital. Thankfully, after a few hours that all stopped.
At the same time, however, while Carson was having his problems, Daisy, our 17 year old Brittany lost her ability to stand and walk. She struggled to get mobile all afternoon and night. We took her into the vet this morning assuming that this was the end of the road for her, but it turned out she will have some more time with us. She is going to begin a high dose of steroids (the same ones Carson was on his first month of treatment). She appears to have blown a disc in her back. Over the next few days we will know more and will wait at least that long to see if she improves.
We spent this morning remembering what an adventure Daisy's life has been. She has lived in Virginia 3 times, Rome, Texas and Florida. She's been there to sniff and inspect our kids when we brought them home from the hospital. For the first half of Francesca's life, she thought Daisy was her sister. Actually, she still sees Daisy as her sister. What dog can say they've been swimming in the fountains at Piazza Navona, rode the train to Florence and visited Pompeii?? Daisy! She even gave me the pleasure of using the excuse of "the dog ate my library book"! She really did!
A lot of you who have known us over the years even have your own Daisy stories. Please add her to your prayer list this week, in addition to us. We don't know what the next few days will hold, but we want to have the wisdom to do what is best for her and keep her as happy and as comfortable as we can.
-Jennifer
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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ciao guys hope all is going well in snowy dc we are here in italy w no snow gary and federica say hello they remember you all from our days in rome they have three kids now pietro 12 emma 10 and amelia 3 we continue to pray for carson (gianpaolo stated the other night that carson was not sick anymore cause he saw carson playing w swords and he did not want to pray for him......i had a long talk with him and stated that the sword playing was part of his therapy at the hospital....so he is now praying again for carson....
ReplyDeletesee you guys in may
cheers
alex and co
We hope that Daisy will perk up after her treatment with steroid. Perhaps she feels the same way as Carson, "where is my food?"
ReplyDeleteJust remembering my trip to Va. with Daisy. She actually thought she should be sitting in the front seat and me on the console!!!
ReplyDeleteI remember how sad she was when we left her in the motel room when we sent to eat.
Not knowing if we would come back.
I know you are sad to see her like this. She has had many more adventures than most humans.
Love ya
GG