Thursday, March 12, 2009
Look at Benny’s dirty face! When Benny chews, he has marathon chewing sessions. I don’t know exactly what he does during that time, but his face gets absolutely filthy!
The worst part is that as soon as he catches a whiff of the smelly malacetic wipes that we use to clean his face his belly hits the floor and he hides his face. Too bad Benny doesn’t understand cause and effect. If you chew your bone for 3 hours straight, then your face will get dirty. When your face is dirty I will need to use a smelly wipe to clean it. Makes perfect sense!
Although, chewing isn’t the only culprit in Benny’s dirty wrinkles. Out of the four pugs, his wrinkles get the dirtiest and they get dirty very quickly. I think it is because he is so driven by his nose and he always has his face stuck in the grass or in the sofa cushions or wherever he might be smelling. Plus, his wrinkles are deep. We could easily clean his wrinkles everyday, but since he isn’t really fond of the cleaning and I’m not really too keen on it either, I clean them every couple of days or when his face starts to look like it does in the picture.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
I was having a lot of fun taking pictures of Henry in the yard the other day. If the sun is out Henry is usually not the ideal subject because he is unable to stand if he feels the warm rays of the sun. Instead he just rolls around in the grass. But, the other day he was cooperative and he managed to sit up for about 4 minutes before eventually succumbing to the FL sunshine.
On a different note, Sol continues to do very well. She goes back next week for her post surgery follow-up appointment. I will be curious to see how things are healing in her mouth. We haven’t been able to sneak a peak in there to see how things look. We thought about trying, but decided we should leave that to the experts.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Henry must of had a request for Santa yesterday because he started carrying around a little stocking plush toy. Looking forward to your captions in the comments.
Monday, March 9, 2009
The theme for this weekend was rest. After we got Sol home and got her settled and I fixed dinner, I was out. I don’t even think it was 8:00 PM yet. I was just simply exhausted.
Sol has been resting, but I am pleasantly surprised by how well she is doing. It doesn’t appear that it is taking her much time to get used to her “new mouth”. She shows no hesitation when eating or drinking and her appetite is as healthy as usual. She still follows us from room to room and is always present whenever there is action in the kitchen. We had burgers on the grill on Saturday and she nearly went out of her mind. You would have never known that just two days earlier she had had part of her jaw removed.
Seeing how well she is doing just days after the surgery really helps me know that we made the right decision. I was very worried about her quality of life and that she may never adjust to having part of her jaw removed. However, she is doing remarkably well. It is like she doesn’t even notice.
Thank you all for your thoughts and well wishes through all of this. It really meant a lot to us. And I can’t even put into words how grateful I am to those who made contributions towards Sol surgery. Your generosity is simply amazing!
Check out the fantastic card that Penny from South Africa made for Sol. How awesome is that? Thanks Penny!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Well, it turns out I had planned on taking the fashion forward pics for this week during that hour I lost last night. I will be sure to get something up next week, but in the meantime, I thought I would post some pictures of Sol after her surgery.
She is recovering amazingly and has been doing great this weekend. The surgery, slightly altered her jawline, but from across the room you really can’t notice a difference. If you look at her up close you will see that her bottom lip sticks out past her upper lip giving her the cutest little pout. More details tomorrow, but I could not be more pleased with how well she is doing. She is a trooper.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
This week’s flashback: Piece of Cake
Since we have a patient at home, recovering this week, I thought it would be fitting to flashback to a previous patient - Luna. Today’s flashback was posted shortly after we brought Luna home from her eye surgery.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Great news! Sol gets to come home today! Our appointment to pick her up is at 3:30PM this afternoon. They said through the night she ate, drank and peed! There was no doubt in my mind that she would eat. She is a pug after all. They also said that she slept, but she was also a little whiny during the night. The girl does not like to be in crates at the vet! She would much prefer a little dog bed in the corner somewhere.
The main reason we can't pick her up until 3:30PM is that we are waiting for a delivery of liquid medicine to arrive. It should be delivered in the early afternoon, so they scheduled our pickup for the evening. After I get her home, which could take awhile since it is Bike Week and there is a race at the track this weekend, I will be sure to post an update.
I had no intention of doing this, but I have received several emails and requests from pug lovers asking for my PayPal email address so they can make a donation towards Sol's surgery. First, this just blows me away. Your generosity and support for Sol has been more than anyone could even imagine and we are so very lucky to have friends like you. The reasons I wasn't going to post anything is because, um, the economy sucks and I am always asking you guys to support a pug cause. I'm sure I will ask again in the future so I try really hard to pick and choose wisely and not to be the girl that is always asking you to donate, donate, donate. However, I know what it is like to want to help and decided to post my PayPal address for those of you that emailed and commented and want to make a donation to Sol's surgery. Please don't feel obligated to make a donation. Right now, we are on the hook for $3,500 for the surgery alone, so every penny will help a tremendous amount, but the last thing I want to do is put the burden on your shoulders. No matter what we will get through this. So after that very long winded explanation, here is my PayPal address: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! I will definitely have a big update on Monday letting you know how Sol is doing. I will be very happy to see that little girl, home, sleeping in her puff ball bed.
Update: I have been getting a lot of questions on how to use my email address to send a contribution to Sol. If you have a PayPal acount you can login and then click the Send Money tab. For the recipient, you would enter my email address, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) To make things easier though, here is a button that will allow you to make a contribution to Sol.
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