But wait there’s more…
Yesterday Wolfie was not doing too well and we almost brought her into the vet but she stabilized. Tin’s ears are bothering him because he has an ear infection but he is on his medicine and after two sweaty nights he does appear to be getting better. The whole household seemed in need of adjustment yesterday but it appeared by nightfall we had gotten there.
Then Wolfie got sicker and sicker and we brought her into the vet this morning and almost lost her to hypothermia and kidney failure. Turns out Wolfie is 10 years old not 3 1/2 as two different vets indicated and her hips are failing and her neurological degenerative German Shepherd issues flared and her kidneys failed. Good grief!
They were able to stabilize her at the vet but we had to go get her and transfer her to the animal hospital in Metairie because she still needs fluids. The outlook is not bright – we met Wolfie on January 19, 2009 when I was riding my bike home from the dentist and thought she had been hit by a car – since then we’ve been through a lot with her – heart worm treatment, ovarian cysts that size of basketballs, arthritis, and now kidneys. But along the way, we fell deeply in love with her soulful eyes and gentle habits (gentle that is unless she was protecting us), and we know we gave her a great life this last year, but no one was prepared to suffer another loss here at the LaLa – we had found our perfect balance – 2 adults, 1 infant, 2 dogs, 1 cat.
Sometimes you think you finally have all your ducks in a row but then a universal infomercial comes on that says, But wait there’s more! And so you trudge through the next thing.
