A lot to report, as it’s been a while. Steph continues to get stronger and gain stamina. She had an echocardiogram last week, which went well. She has so many appointments. She has upcoming appointments with a vascular specialist, as well as a nerve test upcoming.
Recent blood work has us a bit concerned about potential kidney function risk. Praying about that.
On Sunday I set up our new adjustable bed base, so we can adjust our king bed – which allowed Steph to sleep in our bed for the first time in over eight months.
It’s been just over a week since we got the second shot of the Pfizer vaccine. Last Friday was a rough day for both of us (fever, body aches, severe fatigue), but thankfully Saturday was a day to recover and get back to normal.
Our book is not yet written. Here’s a chapter I didn’t expect to write. Now it’s Maverick. Poor boy. A few weeks ago, his back side started bothering him. A couple instances of “scooting” and other signs led us to get his anal glands expressed. The first try was semi-successful, as he was extra nervous due to thunderstorms that day. After a day of soreness, he was doing better for a while. But the same symptoms came back, so we took him in again on Monday, where they were able to get both sacs emptied out. But since then, he had been whining and crying more. We thought there might be another problem in his lower abdomen, but we couldn’t identify any specific source of pain for him. Recently, he had been slipping on the wood and tile floors more noticeably; we trimmed his paws, but that didn’t help much. This week he’s been having trouble getting up and lying down, and the last few days, he’s been favoring his right side, continues to circle to the right, and will often lean against the wall to his right. We took him back to our vet yesterday, and they didn’t find anything specifically wrong. They had trouble getting X-rays because he was too squirmy. On the second attempt, they were able to get one picture, which didn’t give any indications.
Today we took him to UGA Vet Research Center, and they did more extensive testing. Still nothing conclusive, though due to the heavy load in imaging, we weren’t able to get an MRI today. We will need to bring him back for that after the holiday. But the indications are that he may have a brain tumor. Just breaks our hearts to see him this way. It’s worse since he checked out today, since they had to sedate him, and it just now (almost midnight) is beginning to wear off. Poor boy is so confused and disoriented. He’s been through so much, as he had suffered with Mommy being gone for so long.
Please, if you would, pray for Mavi. That may sound like a strange request. God has brought us through so much. Of all the curve balls… here comes another one. It just doesn’t seem right that He would put this burden on us at this time. I know He has a plan. And I’m thankful that He reveals it only one day at a time.
Recent blood work has us a bit concerned about potential kidney function risk. Praying about that.
On Sunday I set up our new adjustable bed base, so we can adjust our king bed – which allowed Steph to sleep in our bed for the first time in over eight months.
It’s been just over a week since we got the second shot of the Pfizer vaccine. Last Friday was a rough day for both of us (fever, body aches, severe fatigue), but thankfully Saturday was a day to recover and get back to normal.
Our book is not yet written. Here’s a chapter I didn’t expect to write. Now it’s Maverick. Poor boy. A few weeks ago, his back side started bothering him. A couple instances of “scooting” and other signs led us to get his anal glands expressed. The first try was semi-successful, as he was extra nervous due to thunderstorms that day. After a day of soreness, he was doing better for a while. But the same symptoms came back, so we took him in again on Monday, where they were able to get both sacs emptied out. But since then, he had been whining and crying more. We thought there might be another problem in his lower abdomen, but we couldn’t identify any specific source of pain for him. Recently, he had been slipping on the wood and tile floors more noticeably; we trimmed his paws, but that didn’t help much. This week he’s been having trouble getting up and lying down, and the last few days, he’s been favoring his right side, continues to circle to the right, and will often lean against the wall to his right. We took him back to our vet yesterday, and they didn’t find anything specifically wrong. They had trouble getting X-rays because he was too squirmy. On the second attempt, they were able to get one picture, which didn’t give any indications.
Today we took him to UGA Vet Research Center, and they did more extensive testing. Still nothing conclusive, though due to the heavy load in imaging, we weren’t able to get an MRI today. We will need to bring him back for that after the holiday. But the indications are that he may have a brain tumor. Just breaks our hearts to see him this way. It’s worse since he checked out today, since they had to sedate him, and it just now (almost midnight) is beginning to wear off. Poor boy is so confused and disoriented. He’s been through so much, as he had suffered with Mommy being gone for so long.
Please, if you would, pray for Mavi. That may sound like a strange request. God has brought us through so much. Of all the curve balls… here comes another one. It just doesn’t seem right that He would put this burden on us at this time. I know He has a plan. And I’m thankful that He reveals it only one day at a time.