All Day at the G - G

G bar G is my Veterinary Service. Buster was in at 11:00 a.m. and he was still knocked out when we came home in the dark. He was sedated for X-Rays. There is nothing real obvious wrong. I think I see a place where the plate in his ankle might be broken but the vet says no. He is clearly in pain but a good sport about it. Prednisone to heal it. Gunda hypothesizes that the nerves are inflamed and this will help settle them down. They did this same surgery on another local critter and that owner also reports that cold seems to cause discomfort. So perhaps Florida will help. She checked his heart prior to sedating him, detected a murmur, and X-rayed his heart. It is enlarged. I am debating starting him on a med for that. It doesn't cost all that much but ceasing after starting is a quick trip downhill. He is not an easy dog to get pills down and if it amounts to twice daily torture for us both that is no good either. This is likely a congenital condition and he has done pretty well to this point. "This is for your own good," doesn't work with dogs. The lower altitude will help that condition also. He has an antibiotic for the goopy eyes and his shots are now up to date. It makes me feel sad because I like my dogs happy and healthy to say nothing of the "waiting for the other shoe to drop," effect.

Honey was a good girl all day long and I finally wised up and we camped in the lobby where she got some good socialization and really did pretty well. We got meds for the next 6 months so we are good to go. Four hundred dollars later and its a crap shoot on the leg getting better. I'm next!

I hear rain on the roof. November 10!

I am waiting for a package from TigerDirect. Matching GPS's My much younger brother who is at least as big a gadget-freak as I am called Saturday night. He and Val followed a driller out to a rig near Edgerton to do on-site drug testing. They got lost coming home. He wanted me to Google Map the area and give them directions. Converse County road 31 wasn't on there as such. Val's cell phone battery was fading. I lost them. I called the Converse County Sheriff''s office. They were helpful with alternative road names and I alerted them to be watchful. Rich finally made contact and they could see the highway and soon were on it. A big "whew!" By then they had relief giggles and allowed as how they were in survival mode because they had stopped at a cafe in Edgerton and had a piece of coconut cream and banana cream pie in the back seat. I asked Rich in the course of the conversation about his Blackberry phone (should be able to Google on that- battery was down) if he had a GPS, "nein." I immediately ordered matching Garmins (refurbs). They are likely going to bring Jim and Susie up for a Casino early Thanksgiving celebration this week. All of a sudden my relatives want to come to Riverton- tain't me they want to see. I'll take what I can get this time. Merry Christmas Rich and Val.