So far, so good! The comfy-cone is awesome! Cosmo can eat, drink, play ball, sleep with a little extra padding, and when he runs into walls with the comfy-cone it does not hurt him or the walls! It has kept him away from his sutures.
Trauma and Drama Monday, Dec 14 2009
Family and Pets comfy-cone, Dogs, e-collars 8:33 pm
So, to continue my saga with Cosmo’s teeth, he ended up needing an extraction and a teeth cleaning. The tooth next to the one he lost was infected and had to be removed. The vet suggested I get Cosmo neutered at the same time. There would only be an additional 40 dollar charge. I had been wanting to have him neutered because my last dog Tiki died at a young age because of prostrate problems that caused an infection to spread to the right side of his heart, which was fatal. So, on Thursday, Cosmo had surgery. I thought everything was going to be fine after the surgery. Well, I was wrong. He started to mess with his sutures, so on Friday I took him back to the vet to check the stitches and to get an E-Collar(Elizabethan Collar) for him. You know the collars, the plastic cones that look like megaphone around a dog’s head. Cosmo was a real trooper about it. The thing is that he is so close to the ground that he could not walk without it getting stuck on the ground, so he had to walk with his head up. When we went outside he refused to go to the bathroom because he loves to sniff and smell the grass, flowers, dirt, trees, everything, and with the nasty collar he couldn’t sniff or walk without holding his head high at an odd angle. He then started to go a little crazy and started banging his head against the walls. I thought, okay, I am just going to take it off. I took off the torture device, and he was just fine. He was leaving his sutures alone, so… I thought he would be okay when I went to work on Saturday. I could not have been more wrong. He was bored, the stitches were itching him, and so he had to take care of the problem, not understanding that he had just had surgery. I should never have left my house without placing that e-collar back on him. I was afraid he would get stuck on something and hurt himself. Dog owners, PLEASE LEARN FROM MY LESSON!!!!! It may look like a torture device, but it is helping your dog heal. I left him home alone, with no e-collar because I thought he might get hurt. Well, He got hurt BECAUSE I did not leave it on him. Saturday, after work, I was supposed to meet some friends for dinner. I almost did not go check on Cosmo before I left for Fort Worth. By the grace of God, I went and checked on him. As soon as I opened the front door, I was confronted with what looked like the chainsaw massacre. Lying in a pool of blood by the front door was my little Cosmo. I quickly grabbed a towel and wrapped him up and rushed him to the Emergency Clinic. My regular Vet was closed, so I had no other option. Needless to say, Cosmo had to undergo surgery on Saturday night. What should have been a minor procedure turned into a very costly, life threatening experience for my dog. So, the moral of the story, keep the e-collar on your dog, no matter how miserable and uncomfortable that they look because in the end it keeps them out of harms way.
Yesterday, after returning from the Emergerncy Clinic, I looked online for e-collar alternatives. They had two of them. One looked like an inner tube that you put around the dog’s neck, and it did not have great reviews because sometimes it could deflate, and sometimes some dogs could reach their injuries while wearing it. The other was the Comfy-Cone. It is a soft nylon cone that is more pliable and softer around the dog’s neck. It is black, and not see through, but it had really good reviews. I called around, and Petco had one in Cosmo’s size. I went out and got it for him. So far it is much better for him. It is easier for him to drink and eat, and it is like a cushion for his head when he is lying down. He is able to walk outside better with the Comfy-Cone. When he runs into doorways or walls, he does not get the hard shock like he would with the e-collar. So far, it is working great. We shall see how things go. I regret not doing research about cones before his surgery. I regret taking the e-collar off of him while I was away. Most of all, I regret that my dog got hurt! Finally, I would like to send a special thanks to Chauceriangirl for her support and understanding while I cried on the phone.
Does the Tooth Fairy Visit Dogs? If So, What Does She Leave? Monday, Dec 7 2009
Pets dental cleaning for dogs, dog teeth problems, Dogs, tooth fairy 9:43 pm
Okay, I have been totally stressed out to the max lately trying to figure out what I am going to do. Stress for me is not a good thing since my immune system is not as strong as your average person. So …. I now have a cold that has turned into a nasty case of bronchitis that is fast approaching pneumonia. Right now I feel like there is truly an elephant sitting on my chest. I have this wonderful spiritual little creature friend named Cosmic Cosmo who is completely in tune with me and how I am feeling emotionally and physically. So my little Cosmo started to get a little sick too. His lower jaw starting trembling non-stop. So I looked in my trusty hound health book, and it said that it could be an ear infection or teeth problems. So I looked into Cosmo’s ears, they were fine. Then I looked closely at his teeth, which is very hard to do with a dog. AHA I found the problem. He had a tooth that was barely hanging into the gum on his left side. I took him to the vet, because I did not want to pull it. The book said that if he is trembling that means he is probably in pain. I hate that he can be in pain, and not be able to communicate it! The vet looked him over, and we scheduled a surgery to extract the tooth and do a dental cleaning on Thursday… very expensive. She also put him antibiotics for infection. The next day I noticed that he was not trembling anymore, and I looked in his mouth and the loose tooth was gone. I looked on the floor by the bed, and he had left a nice present for the tooth fairy, a shiny sharp little tooth. Does the Tooth Fairy visit doggys? If she does, what does she bring? So now the question is, should I still get his teeth cleaned, or not? He is eight years old, and his teeth don’t really look that bad. I hate putting him under anesthetic if he really doesn’t need it. The money is another issue, with my job dwindling away to nothing. I have to do what is best for Cosmo and I don’t know what that is. I am going to do a little research on the whole teeth cleaning and dogs issue. If you know anything, please don’t hesitate to enlighten me on the matter.
Friday Fill-In Friday, May 22 2009
Friday Fill-Ins 3:31 pm
1. Moving is one of my least favorite things to do!
2. The gift of a smile is free.
3. My best quality is my ability to read auras.
4. Pay attention to the details of the beauty that surrounds you.
5. In nearly 10 years, I have struggled with my health.
6. A massage is what I need right now!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to seeing Jehara and Pasta Man, tomorrow my plans include making jewelry and purses for my next show and Sunday, I want to sleep!
Friday Fill-Ins Friday, May 15 2009
Friday Fill-Ins Family, Friday fill-in, Friends 10:08 am
1. If we had no winter there would be no snow, no leaves changing colors and no wonderfully crisp winter morning air.
2. My dog Cosmo, Sis G, and my two beautiful nieces
, a perpetual astonishment.
3. If I had my life to live over I would have accepted love that was offered to me at one time by a man when I was too caught up in my self hatred to realize was true!
4. I never get enough sleep inside of four and twenty hours.
5. If you’ve never been thrilled by the beauty of the sea, then I feel sad for you.
6. To be interested in the changing seasons Is to appreciate life and all it has to offer.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to getting settled in, tomorrow my plans include organizing organizing organizing and Sunday, I want to go to Jehara’swedding shower, I just haven’t found anyone to cover my ESL shifts on Sunday(I am still working on it)!
“Full of Grace” Friday, May 8 2009
Depression and Health and Music Depression, Music, Sarah Mclachlan 11:11 am
I am not gong to make any promises or apologies. I have not been keeping up with my blogging. Just because I am not writing, does not mean that I am not reading. I have been keeping up with my favorite blogs. I think depression had a grasp on me again, and I felt absolutely no inclination to write anything, or do anything for that matter. There is a Sarah Mclachlan song called “Full of Grace” that I feel is the best description of my depression.
http://www.lyrics007.com/Sarah%20McLachlan%20Lyrics/Full%20of%20Grace%20Lyrics.html
The winter here’s cold, and bitter
It’s chilled us to the bone
We haven’t seen the sun for weeks
To long too far from home
I feel just like I’m sinking
And I claw for solid ground
I’m pulled down by the undertow
I never thought I could feel so low
Oh darkness I feel like letting go
If all of the strength and all of the courage
Come and lift me from this place
I know I could love you much better than this
Full of grace
Full of grace
My love
So it’s better this way, I said
Having seen this place before
Where everything we said and did
Hurts us all the more
Its just that we stayed, too long
In the same old sickly skin
I’m pulled down by the undertow
I never thought I could feel so low
Oh darkness I feel like letting go
If all of the strength
And all of the courage
Come and lift me from this place
I know I could love you much better than this
Full of grace
Full of grace
My love
________________________
For me, I think about how much I hate myself, especially when I start to fall down into the depths of depression. Depression for me is like winter, cold and never-ending. As I start to feel depressed it is like an undertow or a rip tide is pulling me under and under and under. I do not feel at home anywhere, and yet I have been in this place before, so it is like home for me. I don’t feel at home at all in my skin. Sometimes I feel that I have spent too much time in it. I know I should love myself more. This song to me relates to the lack of love affair that I have with myself.
Thirteen Things I Have Tried To Help Me Sleep Thursday, Mar 12 2009
Meme and Thursday 13 10:34 am
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| Thirteen things I have tried to help me sleep.
1. Warm Milk 2. Chamomile Tea 3. Reading a Dictionary 4. Watching Spanish Television Especially TeleNovelas 5. Relaxing Yoga Poses 6. Watching QVC or HSN (Home Shopping Channels for those of you that don’t know. They can be addictive.) 7. Watching Infomercials. My favorite being the Jack Lalane Juicer. Yes, I want one. 8. Going through the alphabet and naming a city for each letter or a first name for each letter or a last name for each letter or a food item for each letter or or or….. 9. Playing Eye-Spy in my bedroom. 10. Using Aromatherapy 11. Deep Breathing Exercises 12. Relaxation Exercises – For example, starting at my toes and telling every part of my body to relax slowly, one at a time, and not moving on until that part has relaxed. 13. I give up! I take one of the marvels of modern medicine, and comfort myself by saying that the pill is made up of minerals just like my rocks and crystals are.
Goodnight!
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It is 4:51 and I Can’t Sleep…. Thursday, Mar 12 2009
Why can’t I sleep? I need to sleep, I want to sleep, but it just won’t come. My mind is racing with ideas and thoughts and stories and colors and people and animals and money and work and and and and and and and and and and and…………………………..
Stop
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I am trying to sleep w/o medication. This is very hard. I have tried warm milk, chamomile tea, aromatherapy to no avail.
Okay I just need to stop the obsessing and get to sleep. I think I will do one of the Goddess card meditations. Wish me luck. Before I do the meditation I think I will do a Thursday Thirteen.
Friday Fill-In Saturday, Jan 31 2009
Friday Fill-Ins 3:44 am
#109
And…here we go!
1. I’d really like to be sitting by the ocean under a palapa drinking poco locos right now.
2. AAAAAWWWW Shit is the word you’d most often hear me say if I stubbed my toe.
3. Possession is a word that describes a persons belongings.
4. I want to sail the seven seas with Captain Jack Sparrow.
5. Marshmallows and fire go together like __Shlama lama binky de binky bop
6. I am sick of politicians, they are all talk and no action! I am tired of listening to them go on and on.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to Sleeping ,tomorrow my plans include a Reiki Seminar and Sunday, I want to Have a very successful time at the fair!
Friday Fill-In Friday, Jan 16 2009
Friday Fill-Ins 12:48 pm
#107
And…here we go!
1. Enough with the _Economy____.
2. Working with refugees and immigrants causes me to be conflicted about immigration laws.
3. I’ve been craving the apple cheese sandwich (slices of granny smith apple, purple onions, Cheddar and Jarlsberg cheese on 9 grain bread) from THE GREENSPOT. The sandwich is made for them by Roost Catering.
4. My dog Cosmo makes me laugh.
5. I wish I could go to Cancun next week.
6. The future has been on my mind lately.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to sleeping, tomorrow my plans include making jewelry and getting ready for my show and Sunday, I want to do well at the show!
