January 31, 2013

  • Miss Dolly Dalrymple is sitting in the chair watching Mister Marshmallow and Miss Pumpkin at play.

    Dolly had a viral infection a few months back. She had partial paralysis in her back hips ad legs. She had lost weight. She was bony at 4.2 pounds. She responded to medication and hasn't had any further problems with her over-all strength and agility, other than she thinks she should have been born a slipper chewing dog.

    Last week she started having diarrhea on a daily basis. I took her to the vet and got her some meds. Her weight, BTW, was a strapping 7.3 pounds. Yeah!  She eats and drinks well, and is feisty as all get out.

    The vet said she wished I'd have brought a stool sample.  Dolly must have understood what was being said. She deposited a stool specimen on jeans - my right thigh - as she sat in my lap. I wonder if having her temperature taken from her south end had stimulated that response?

    I hadn't planned to do laundry, but after I got Dolly back home, it was definitely time - actually well past time - to do some laundry. I did not tarry over much.