My Christmas Miracle

We thought that our sweet Golden, Cabot, was on her way to heaven. She has had trouble walking and has been getting injections for arthritis to help her 14 year old body. Suddenly she started falling down, walking into things, not climbing stairs, and mostly looked awful. Now what? I hate those 2 words used to describe euthanasia, p_ _ d _ _ _. See, I can't even write them. When ever I hear them, I cringe. We decided to let her live out her life at home and deal with the mess.

Cabot - sick

For 3 mornings I was afraid to check on her, fearing the worst. Then my Christmas Miracle came. I woke up to her loudly drinking water on her own!! at her bowl!! standing up!! Yikes!

Later in the day she got thirsty again: ho, ho, ho!

Each day has been better than the one before. Today she even went for a solitary walk after her potty break. Her food and water bowls are now back in the kitchen and for the past 2 nights she has climbed the steps up to our bedrooms..(heat rises in our house, he,he)

Here she is sniffing the camera, looking for treats.

I hate the Bridgewater!!!!!!!!

Not really, it's a beautiful pattern and the construction is inspired. The problem is that I have been working on the edging for many days and am only 1/4 of the way done! The shower is this Saturday! Now what? Just to be safe I'll have to buy a gift so the mother-of-the-groom doesn't show up empty handed. I could wrap it up the way it is, nah, that's tacky.

Cabot, my 12 year old Golden, has a UTI. Poor baby. We went to the vet and found out her eyes don't work well either. I already knew that. She barks at us when we get home. The vet wanted a urine sample, so outside we go with a tech. She had a long stick with a little shallow cup on the end. With the 'pee catcher', the tech followed Cabot around telling her to "go pee pees". OMG So funny. We walked over to the "pee area" where all the dogs go. Finally she squatted and the 'pee catcher' was shoved under my poor sick puppy. Oh, the injustice of it all, so humiliating. $120.00 later, she's on amoxicillan.

My cousin is a diabetic (no big surprise I have D-relatives). She started on pills and went to insulin after a few years. She has neuropathy(sp?) Some kind of treatment to her swollen feet. I don't think this is good. It scares me. How does this happen?