The Coffee House

[benhasajeep50 49]

Thanks all for the continued support!

Our husky certainly is very sure that she HATES the vets. In her defence she only goes there when she's feeling really bad and then they do nasty things with needles!! It's not like she's been there very often but she knows as soon as she steps out the car that she's there and really doesn't want to be there any more! But yes going to the vets can certainly take it out of an animal who is already weakened.

Our dogs love the vets. Anywhere for that matter. Our lab had to have ACL surgery done at about 2 years old. Lots of vet visits afterwards. Very social dog. Big problem now at 11 he has hard time with the stairs up to the bedroom. Hes always slept up there. He comes up but it takes him a while to get going up. If you leave him down there he cries and barks. Wife wants a doggy lift on the stairs for him.

 

[Frank F.]

Mascha Kaléko writes, roughly translated:

I do not fear my own death
I only fear the death of those near to me
How can I live if they are no longer here?
your own death, you just have to die
but with the death of others, you have to live

 

[SquarePeg40 1]

Thanks all for the continued support!

Our husky certainly is very sure that she HATES the vets. In her defence she only goes there when she's feeling really bad and then they do nasty things with needles!! It's not like she's been there very often but she knows as soon as she steps out the car that she's there and really doesn't want to be there any more! But yes going to the vets can certainly take it out of an animal who is already weakened.

Our dogs love the vets. Anywhere for that matter. Our lab had to have ACL surgery done at about 2 years old. Lots of vet visits afterwards. Very social dog. Big problem now at 11 he has hard time with the stairs up to the bedroom. Hes always slept up there. He comes up but it takes him a while to get going up. If you leave him down there he cries and barks. Wife wants a doggy lift on the stairs for him.

My dog is the same. He loves going anywhere, including the vets. The only place he doesn't like is the dog park. That's because he has no idea that he's a dog.

 

[smoke665]

@Overread so sorry to hear. Hardest thing in the world is saying goodbye to a loyal and loving friend.

@Gary A. sure hope Cook is on the mend quickly.

 

[smoke665]

Mascha Kaléko writes roughly translated:

I do not fear my own death
I only fear the death of those near to me
How can I live if they are no longer here?
your own death, you just have to die
but with the death of others, you have to live

Very aptly says what I've unfortunately felt many times during my life.

 

[snowbear119 51]

Today is a BAD DAY.....

Two weeks ago our dog had a painful shoulder/limp that wet took her too get checked just in case; perfectly fine from that a few days later. However since then she's gone downhill in other ways and this last week has hardly eaten any food. But despite that she's got bright eyes, has moments of being bouncy and even caught a pheasant the other day. So today we took her in for a full scan and discovered that she's got extensive lung cancer. She's 11 1/2 years old and its way beyond any treatment - sadly those breathless/huffing/puffing moments that one can so easily see as signs now were put down more to her just getting a little older and being an active dog most of the time (pulling on walks - charging around and generally being a husky).
So she's on antibiotics and steroids. Vet thinks she's got weeks to maybe two months before it will be time to put her down. So time for her to enjoy life a bit; have good food and such. Lung cancer apparently doesn't cause pain due to a lack of pain receptors or such in the lungs themselves and she's not showing pain overtly. Still a very grim and dark day


Then to add insult a company who produces miniatures/games that I play and was running a Kickstarter to launch new factions into the game has closed shop today. Granted this is nothing like as bad as our dog but its still a bad thing.


So yeah bad day today

Sorry to hear about pups. Game place, too.

 

[snowbear119 51]

Today is a BAD DAY.....

Two weeks ago our dog had a painful shoulder/limp that wet took her too get checked just in case; perfectly fine from that a few days later. However since then she's gone downhill in other ways and this last week has hardly eaten any food. But despite that she's got bright eyes, has moments of being bouncy and even caught a pheasant the other day. So today we took her in for a full scan and discovered that she's got extensive lung cancer. She's 11 1/2 years old and its way beyond any treatment - sadly those breathless/huffing/puffing moments that one can so easily see as signs now were put down more to her just getting a little older and being an active dog most of the time (pulling on walks - charging around and generally being a husky).
So she's on antibiotics and steroids. Vet thinks she's got weeks to maybe two months before it will be time to put her down. So time for her to enjoy life a bit; have good food and such. Lung cancer apparently doesn't cause pain due to a lack of pain receptors or such in the lungs themselves and she's not showing pain overtly. Still a very grim and dark day


Then to add insult a company who produces miniatures/games that I play and was running a Kickstarter to launch new factions into the game has closed shop today. Granted this is nothing like as bad as our dog but its still a bad thing.


So yeah bad day today

Sorry about your dog. They are like family members. Cook has taken ill and has barely eaten the last week or so.

Awww.

 

[Gary A.]

Tom had a successful surgery, so he's on the way to recovery from his heart attack. Patrick, the stroke victim, was pretty much unresponsive for the few hours Gary was by his bedside. Cook isn't eating today. I spooned gravy over a mixture of chicken and tri-tip and I opened up a container of wet ... nada. Monday or tomorrow we'll be back to the vet. If she continues not to eat ... well, sadly, this may be it.

 

[jcdeboever]

Tom had a successful surgery, so he's on the way to recovery from his heart attack. Patrick, the stroke victim, was pretty much unresponsive for the few hours Gary was by his bedside. Cook isn't eating today. I spooned gravy over a mixture of chicken and tri-tip and I opened up a container of wet ... nada. Monday or tomorrow we'll be back to the vet. If she continues not to eat ... well, sadly, this may be it.

Good news on Tom! Patrick in my daily thoughts and prayers. Come on Cook, we're pulling for yah! I like spooned gravy over a mixture of chicken and tri-tip.

 

[Frank F.]

Wherever I go this weekend will need to include the dog. He's been left alone too much this summer. Looks like a hike will be on the agenda!

Because of Cook's age (14), she travels with us on all our trips.

I love the Cook.

Yesterday, talking to a photo customer who owns a lot of horses, she told me about a still born foal this summer. I was only days to delivery, horses carry 11 months. She just broke together by its side to cry. They are no professional breeders and the horses are not well protected from people walking by, feeding them poisonous plants unintentionally or other horses possibly kicking them in play .... It was the second miscarriage of that horse so they will refrain from another insemination. Horses mourn like humans do.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary is taking a break from another stressful day and roasting some coffee and eating some grapes in the patio. He made some chicken fettuccine and the sauce is simmering away. (It's not that roasting coffee is a stress breaker ... but Gary is out of coffee ... so ... one less thing to think of, is one thing less stressful.)

 

[snowbear119 51]

Running out of coffee is stressful; unless you have some decent tea.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Gary I hope your cousin is doing better when you see him again. I don't remember much to know, really, how I was at that point afterwards. (Because I was too out of it to know.) Later I kept getting told I was lucky because I was in better shape than I should have been. And Cook on top of that, I'm not even a dog person but I like Cook, I'm sorry to hear about that too. My goodness, you had some end to your week.

 

[terri38 9]

Gracious, a lot of sad news today. @Gary A. ,glad to hear that the people in your life are on the mend; crossing my fingers for Cook!

@Overread, I am so sorry to hear about your dog's sudden illness. It's been a year now since we lost Odin, who was 15 years old. Regardless of whether you think you're prepared, or it's something unexpected, it knocks us back when one of our precious furry family members takes a bad turn.

 

[Frank F.]

Gary is taking a break from another stressful day and roasting some coffee and eating some grapes in the patio. He made some chicken fettuccine and the sauce is simmering away. (It's not that roasting coffee is a stress breaker ... but Gary is out of coffee ... so ... one less thing to think of, is one thing less stressful.)

I need to buy meat for the third week of three. Have been hungry sometimes. Have been hardcore hypoglycemic several times, needed wall support to process to a chair or bed. The Microbiome Diet in the first three weeks has no source of fast carbohydrates nor fast protein sources. So if you miss a meal you have to crawl to the oven to prepare some fruit & veggies in the frying pan and add almond butter or the like.

Or you do as told and prepare mountains of snacks like roasted chick peas and the like for emergencies. If you have appointments and demanding children I can assure you, there will be emergencies!

Inconcistencies are lots of. E.g. all legumes are forbidden except for lentils and chick peas.

But the shopping list for week two features a big bag of frozen green peas. The recipes feature cooking with beer and wine which does mean significant amounts of Alcohol are in the finished product, etc.

A second edition is needed with the errors and inconcistencies corrected.