So on December 22 I received Luther’s ashes. In a weird twist, I actually selected the urn he would be put in, while he was still alive, in the same room for that matter, how messed up is that? He has been dead for just over 2 weeks now, and honestly I can say that [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Friday December 11 will be etched in my memory for ever as it is the day that I decided to take my Luther to the vet for the final time. I have documented his deteriorating health from when things started going south for the big guy, and Friday, made the decision to put him out [...]
So Luther will be remaining on a large prednizone dose for another week, before being weened down in dosage. He was supposed to be on his final large dose day today, but due to his tremors persisting, the vet wants to keep him on the drug at the current 20mg daily dose for another 7 [...]
First real snow day for Lars and I, which means that the BarBar was forced to dawn his beautiful booties he loves so much. We have been lucky up until now when it comes to the snow/salt but as with most good things in life, they are never, everlasting, thus this morning the poor little [...]
So Lu went for blood work yesterday, and it appears that his pituitary gland is functioning far below the level that it should be. This is a direct result of his lysodren overdose, but the hope was that by medicating him with prednizone that this would counteract that damaging effect of the drug. He has [...]