Today was a busy and coughing day! I started out on Friday, February 12 by adopting Doc, short for The Doctor, because his name was Tennant. Like in David Tennant (ok, not sure if spelled the same as the real Scottish actor, but close enough!) who was the 11th Doctor on Doctor Who. See how I made the connection? Anyway, Doc is a chihuahua mix, male, about a year and a half old. He's my ESA K9. Emotional Support Animal K9, for dog. My therapist, Steve, is writing me a letter so that I may carry his with me everywhere I go. See, a little bit ago, I started having blackouts again, while driving. Now I'm not blacking out and not functioning, I'm still continuing to drive and function quite well. I just "wake up" or become aware somewhere down the road. I noticed this happening after I had to take Revy back to his owner and knew I needed another companion. I don't know if I've been doing this before and just not been aware, but I'm also having dissociative episodes where I'm watching myself talk and move, like a third person. Did it at the dentist and it was so nice and seductive. It's getting easier and easier to slip into the third person feeling and not be present. Just watch, feeling like I don't have a care in the world. No responsibilities, no bedbugs, no demands, no feeling frustrated that the roommate isn't really vacuuming and isn't doing it the way you want it done to really fight the bedbugs. I was supposed to call Dr Fouss if it happened again, but I haven't. Don't know why except maybe I do. Right now, I kind of miss being "away". No hubby losing his cool, exploding at me, then apologizing later. Expecting me to just take it, which I do, and then just accept his apology and go on. How nice it would to be away from it all.
So bringing home Doc, from the Humane Society, he was a stray. He was held for a week after he was adoptable and therefore, ta dum! Has kennel cough. Started the day after we brought him home with a small cough in the morning. For the next three days, it was just in the morning getting progressively worse. By this time, baby, the galute! and Doc had been exchanging sloppy wet face and mouth licks. No sooner get Doc in, Baby starts and gets it bad out of the gate. Cookie starts but not so bad, just once in awhile and Kira gets it and coughs up wet puddles of flemm.
I started with Doc going in, getting his free visit and costs me $10 for meds. He had just gotten neutered and was brusied and sore, with a worry spot from licking so much. His balls were black. Worrisome! The cough got worse, so I took him back in two days later and full blown kennel cough and needs a stronger antibiotic and a cough suppressant. And we were putting him on The Wellness Plan here at Banfield Pet Hospital which is located in all the PetSmarts across the country. This will give him two physicals a year, all the vaccinations, two fecal exams, two dewormings, blood testing to check for heartworms and other diseases and organ function, urine testing, a full dental cleaning with pre-anesthesia work up, and unlimited free office visits. It was $40 for the visit, and the first month payment of $33. Plus the additional medications and the first month of First Start, a flea, tick and parasite topical medication. Full cost? $110.
I got a credit card approved with a $1000 limit, no interest until November. 23% interest if balance isn't paid off each month after that. Got it so hubby and I could start our balloon business. But came in handy for this little emergency.
All the dogs had to go in, all the dogs got put on The Wellness Plan. Each month we will get charged to the credit card $33 per dog for 4 dogs. We will be able to pay that each month so we won't carry a balance. The trick is to pay off all this before November.
Cookie will be the first to use a lot of free office visits. She got what we thought was a pinched nerve in her neck from Baby, all 85 pounds of her, jumping up on the bed behind her, rolling her on her back and her twisting her neck trying to right herself. The fat little sausage. Fist visit to a vet with xray, meds and office visit was $225. Next visit two weeks later to different vet, office visit and meds and review of xray, $100. Visit to put on Wellness Plan, review her injury history and change the meds plus treat the kennel cough, $119. Plus two medications I will be picking up at Walgreen's tomorrow. Since Cookie isn't showing dramatic improvement in the last three weeks, thoughts are maybe this is a slipped disc and a possible small stroke from her neck, blood flow being interupted and something. Don't quite understand it. She is showing signs of neurological damage. The stand the dog on all 4s. The turn the foot backwards so the top of the foot is on the ground. Normal reaction is the dog rights the foot. On the right side, Cookie doesn't. We changed her meds to Prednosone (not spelling this right either tonight) with continuing muscle relaxers and pain medication. Reseen in two weeks. The only cost of that visit will be meds.
Kira's visit was $115 and Baby's was $160. $80 to finish buying dog tags and harnesses for everybody. Now we are done spending on the credit card. It goes away into the filing cabinet.
Tomorrow I'm going to Prayer Shawl meeting and then to Rescued Hearts Thrift Store to turn in my application to start volunteering there on Wednesdays from noon to 3 or 4. Then I have to clean up the craft room and re put the closet back together as the kids are coming down on Sunday to have us all dress nicely and take pictures in the park. Then we will be doing dinner with my parents coming over too.
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