Monday, August 19, 2013

Basking

Hanging out under the shade tree with the pugs after a long day at work. You know it is hot if Henry is in the shade!

I hate to wish time away, but I will be very glad to wrap up August. August in FL definitely does not bring pug friendly weather. September won't be much better, but at least we will be one month closer to beautiful winter weather.

Friday, August 16, 2013

Flashback Friday

This picture is from Aug 2006

7 years ago this month, Henry was taking the pug tug out for a spin.

Its not until I look at a picture like this that I realize how the grey crept in for Henry. Compared to Benny and Luna his face is still very dark, but he sure does have a lot more gray than he used to!

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Side Sleeper

I think this is Luna's way of getting my heart rate up. I find her sleeping like this from time to time and it always gives me a start. Luna has always been the type to pass out on her side after a big day, but now that she doesn't hear so well, she no longer pops up when you enter the room. With her recent breathing troubles can you tell that I am a little paranoid?

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Best Part of the Day

Every day when I come home from work the pugs greet me in the garage. After their greeting and the obligatory lunch bunch inspection, we just hang in the yard. Given the weather right now, it is usually under a shade tree, but it is an extremely peaceful time of day and a great time to catch up with the pugs.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Caption This #296

Looking forward to your captions in the comments.

Monday, August 12, 2013

Thanks

Thanks for all the good thoughts and warm wishes for Luna. We really appreciate it!

We picked up Luna's inhaler late last week and we are still waiting for her mask to arrive in the mail. Luckily, she isn't scheduled to start on the inhaler until the antibiotic kick some of the bronchitis. From the sound of her cough, I would say that the antibiotics are working.

I'll keep you updated.

Friday, August 9, 2013

The Cough - Part III

The first plan of action was to start Luna on a round of antibiotics to help clear up the mucus and suspected bronchitis. We also took Luna off of the diuretic she was on for the suspected pulmonary hypertension. For now, we are keeping Luna on the prednisone and Theophylline, but we are going to be starting an inhaled bronchodilator.

Yep, Luna is going to need an inhaler!

We purchased a special mask used to administer the meds. I have no idea how this is going to go. Luna is a good girl, but I'm not sure she is going to like the mask.

Once Luna is on the inhaled steroid for 2 weeks, we will try to ween her off the prednisone. It takes a while for the inhaled steroid to build up in her body so we don't want to ween her off the prednisone to early.

I'll let you know how things go with the inhaler. I am hoping that it will be a much more effective treatment and will bring the little girl some relief from her pesky cough.

Have a great weekend!