Sophie....again

Today Sophie spent at the vet for the tests to check to correct her insulin dosage which was raised. Her eye was much better this morning and they continued the drops during the day. The blood work for that was good and we are to put them in for the next week. She got a shot for a UTI. She weighs 15.8 again but seems to feel much better and seems more hungry than before. N. took her out in the yard and she was wanting to go all over the place at 10 p.m. It was dark and hot and she can't see and was trying to go all up in the bushes. I just wish that she could get just the smallest bit of her sight back. Bless her heart. She is such a good girl and we love her so much. She's a sweetie girl.

Sophie

Last night we could tell that Sophie is totally blind. Apparently she had just the tiniest indication of light earlier in the day, but not now. This morning I took her out on a leash so I could keep her from running into trees and bushes. Then I noticed that her left eye was totally closed and was running. I put warm, wet compresses on it, N. called the vet and we took her in. They checked to see if she had a scratch on her eye, but no. It is probably some kind of infection, could have been caused from ever having a tick on her and then with her resistance low it could take hold. The vet said she was keeping it closed because it probably hurt. They did blood work and she will go in tomorrow instead of Mon. for the insulin test and they will decided which antib. to give her for the eye problem. We are doing eye drops every 2-3 hrs. That seems to have helped and she is keeping her eye open. She weighed 16.4 -- lost .4 from Tues. She doesn't seem uncomfortable and I am working to try to make things a little more cushioned around the house such as wrapping the bar stool metal bases with towels. N. & I hit our elbows on the top of them and we can see.
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Sophie is blind now.........

My heart breaks and I cry for little Sophie. We took her back to the vet yesterday and they said that yes she is blind and it is irreversible. Her blood count is still high and she goes back Monday for them to test and readjust the insulin. The vet mentioned more things watch for and "quality of life". She did gain back a pound and he said that is a positive thing.

She seems to be dealing with it better than I am. In the house it is familiar and she gets around okay and in the yard we walk with her to warn her about trees, and whatever she might walk into. I'm so sad to know I'll never see her sitting in the window looking out at the world and waiting to bark at something there or looking into my eyes and seeing me or running after squirrels in the yard. (I saw her running around last Thurs or Fri. and now this) This morning she was on the porch and heard something and instinctively started to run and bumped into the corner of the porch before I could do anything.

:-( I cry and cry.......

Oh, little Sophie

My little Sophie is nearly blind. My heart is breaking.

Hot weather---ack!

I just looked at weather.com and it's 90 here and feels like 99. I am SO over this and ready for fall and cooler weather. In addition to that the mosquitoes are bad. They are supposed to come around and spray tonight. Yay!

Little Sophie is doing okay but is losing her eyesight. :-( N. read on line that this is very common and that the dogs take it in stride and deal much better than their owners.

My back is sore from mopping the floors on Saturday. The mop handle is too short and causes me to have to bend over and by the time I finished my back was hurting. I KNEW that housework was bad for your health! ;-) Then I had to leave and go get my hair trimmed instead of just staying home and resting my back. Oh well.....

Today I went to craft group at church. On the way home I met N. at Taco Bell for lunch. Then on to the now really dreaded Walmart. They no longer carry Cape Cod potato chips and a brand of frozen shrimp that we paid $5 a bag for a couple of weeks ago is now $8. I am shopping there less and less and being aggravated more and more.


I did buy a pumpkin to put on the back steps for a little autumn atmosphere alone with some pretty silk leaves on a vine

In Memory of Debbie

Our niece called yesterday morning to let us know the sad news that her good friend Debbie passed away in the early morning hours. She has been very ill for quite some time with cancer. Debbie & her husband Steve took us into their home in with our dogs Ellie ( 65 lbs.) and Sophie when we had to evacuate for Hurricane Katrina and treated us as family. She was such a fun person with a ready laugh and will be missed greatly. We got to see her at the beginning of August when we went to help niece A. with her new house. It was heartbreaking as Debbie was so frail then and not getting better. She suffered so much and now that's past. May GOD rest her soul in peace.

Sophie.....again

Yesterday Sophie spent the day at the vet's office so that they could test her before and after food and insulin. We picked her up around 4:45. It turns out that she will have to have insulin twice a day and this is something that will not change. She is taking the same amount as before, just two times per day. She goes back in two weeks for another all day stay to see how the new dosage works. That turns out to be on my birthday and they offered to make the appointment for the next day. I may call back and do that. She has lost another pound and weighs 15.8 now, but the vet says that is not uncommon when dealing with diabetes. I wonder how this will all turn out....... :-(

It's 81 degrees, feels like 88 and with 82 percent humidity and 75 degree dew point, it feels like we have a hot, steamy blanket thrown over everywhere. ACK! The ground is soaked from yet another downpour yesterday afternoon. The sun came out after that and again today, so we are really humid and miserable.

The mosquito truck came to spray last night. This time however, he drove all the way in and then only sprayed on the way out so we got half as much and it was too wet to open the other gates to let them use the other drive too. Last time we had the other gates open and he didn't go that way, so go figure. Maybe it was a new driver then?