Brinkley's healing process...

[Heather & Brinkley]

Brinkley's healing process is taking longer than I expected.  Last time he got sick by day three I was at least seeing small signs of his personality shining through the sickness... but this time around I just feel like he one giant slug.  I'm going to call the vet when they open today just get her take on it. Over the last 24 hours he has become less interested in food.  In order to get him to eat DH and I have to hand feed him the boiled chicken... and you can forget the rice.  He refuses to eat it.  And I basically have to force feed him water... which I don't like.  He needs to stay hydrated.  

His back legs are so weak.  I hope it's just weakness (in the back  of my head I keep thinking "boy, I hope he didn't lose motor skills when his fever got high)-- probably just me being over worrisome but this sickness has exceeded anything I've ever witnessed.  When he tries to poop it takes about 10 tries in order for him to have the strength and find the correct position to tuck and poop. And there are little weird things he's doing-- for instance, he won't walk on the side of the road... he HAS to walk straight down the middle.  This is a new development since he got sick.  You can imagine how hard it is when a car comes. And he won't even touch the grass... I cut through a yard this morning and he freaked. I'm not sure why he doesn't like the feel of grass on his paws as of late.  He has a very hard time lying down... and once he's down there he isn't comfortable but it's hard for his to get up and down... so he spends a lot of his time just sitting and looking... when I know he really wants to rest ( I do help him get down and find a comfy position but he doesn't stay long.)

 

Anyway, I'm just throwing all of this out there and you can give me your thoughts.  

 

This is all so overwhelming.  I had a mild meltdown last night.  Work is unbelievably stressful right now.  Our work is celebrating our 50th anniversary of broadcast and I'm the one producing the HUGE event with thousands of people... and this is on top of my normal job of producing a tv show every day.  Then add this with Brinkley, I just curled up on the sofa and went to sleep b/c everything felt too overwhelming. It's also stressing me out knowing that in a few days my DH is leaving town (he has an interview in Boston for Physician Assistant school in a few days)... so I know that if Brinkley doesn't get better I'm going to have to deal with all of this on my own.

 

Thanks for listening to my ramblings. 

[Sue, Lola, Pongo & Hubby]

Great news!!! Crossing my fingers that this good streak continues!!!! Lots of cuddles for Brinkley!

[BG and Gavin]

Oh Heather, do take care of yourself.  You have had a super tough week indeed.  Hopefully Brinkley is further down the road to recovery now.

[Heather & Brinkley]

Brinkley is doing great.  He's getting stronger every day and wanting to eat!  He even brought me his toy yesterday for the first time in a week... which means he had the energy to play.  I'm glad I took him back to the vet on Saturday. It looks like the extra fluids and meds is what he needed to turn the corner!