Cinder & Smoke
04-04-2002, 01:58 PM
Hi, Ebberbuddie ~ It's Cinder & Smokey, checkin in ~
Miz Zippy's been kinda houndin us kuz we haven't been seen too much here on Pet Talk lately... We ax'd Dad if it'd be OK to say hellow an he said it would be OK wiff him; so here goes ~
I started havin a lil problem wiffa 'itchy' tummie in mid-Feberary -started *skratchin* an lickin sumpin terrabul on my tummie an lower chest. Eben had a couple of lil raw :eek: spotz. Smokey had a pointment wiff Doc Mike to get his owie shotz on Feb 20th - but *I* gotz dragged inta the White Coat Lab instead! Dad ax'd the Gurlz if he could swap Dawgs kuz I had a worser problem than Smoke needin shotz. Course they said OK (drat my luck!) and I hadda ride the up-an-down table furst. Onlee gud thing in the hole deal wuz the meter thingy told em the short rations we been on wuz doin sum gud kuz I wuz unner my 50 poundz limit! Thingz went down-hill frum there :(.
I gotz a complete look-me-over - Doc used that kold listenin thing in his earbonez all ober my bod; then stuck his telescope in MY earbones; then started lookin up at my tummie. Next thing I knowe I'z layin on my back wiffa hole bunch of em holdin me down! :mad:! Doc's pokin an tiklin my tummie an then getz a razer blade an startz skratchin off summa my skinz! He spent a lotta time lookin at the skrapinz unner anudder telescope thingy onna desk... Said he dint see no kreepie-krawlie thingz.
I wound up havin ta take antibiotic pillz fur a week an sum lil steriod pillz fur 2 weekz. They helpt wiffa skratchin an my tummie gotz a lil less 'pink' fur a while.
SmokeMan here ~ the BAD thing wuz Doc said he'd make time an *I* gotz a look-over AN hadda getz the *owie*shotz* we started out ta get! THEN they started playin wiff my *trick kneebone* agin! (I been *yippin* ebery wunst in a while when I twist or step wrong and my bad knee hurtz me,) Doc sez the joint has deteriorated a lil in the last 6 months. For the pain - his Rx: is 1/2 adult 325mg aspirin 2x a day with meals. To help soothe the joints in my knee - his Rx: is 500mg 2x/day of Glucosamine Sulfate/Glucosamine Hydrochloride (with or without Chondroitin). The Glucosamine has been shown to improve the joint cartilage and also promotes lubrication of the joint. Humans benifit from the dual agent drug which contains Chondroitin - but animal studies have not proven that doubling the cost of the drug by adding the Chondroitin has any
benifit in canines.
We're savin penniez to pay fur a trip to see Doc Mike's buddie Sir Jury fur a Sekund Pinyun an ta see how much munnie Sir Jury wuntz ta mabee do a 'fix' onna kneebone. Doc thinkz it'll be bout $800-$1200 buckz ta do a fix. I keepz tellin Dad I don't wanna see the Sir Jury guy - an to put the munnie inna Biskit Fund! Since I been onna Glookz pillz I don't hardly *yipp* at all. And I'm usin my bum leg a liddle more often, too.
Thingz were goin purdy well till last week - then my [Cinder here] left eyeball started leakin tears down the sidda my face
;(. Yep - back to Doc Mike's place! Anudder session of pokin an peekin. Eben stuck a thermiemeter up my butt! :mad:! Telescope inna earz an anudder wun inna eyeball. Dad gotz a lil toobie of 'ointment' ta squeeze inna eyeball twicet a day. Thatz kinda like a curkiss act - Dad dont have enuff handz an finnerz ta pry my eyeshadez open an still squeeze onna toobie!
I kinda quit fightin him though - he putz a full-nelsun on my neckbonez an I kant get away...
Doc took anudder look at my tummie. It wuz a lil less *itchy*, but still a lil 'raw'; so's he sold us a packet of "Frontline" to kill off any lil kritterz he dint see wiffa telescope.
Dad sez I'm still *skratchin* too much an I still gotz pink placez where I skratch; an altho the eyeball duzint leak tearz now - it still lookz white or pink round the eyeshade partz. I thinkz I smell anudder trip back to see Doc Mike :(.
We ax'd Dad iffin he wuntz ta say [i]Hi[/]; but he sez he'll take a pass for now... Sumpin bout a big dust-up a cupla weeks ago? He sez nunbuddie wuntz ta hear frum him fur a while... :confused: Dad's spendin a lotta time onna telle-dinger talkin to surance peepul bout GranMom's medikul billz... She gotz a new surance kumpanie an they're all fussin bout who payz furst.
Dad ain't been too happie fur a few weekz. :(
Hope all our *sickie* FurBuddies are startin to feel better! Killian's been kinda quiet lately - hope that's a Good Sign :D he's feelin more better!!
Yap at'cha laterz...
Miz Zippy's been kinda houndin us kuz we haven't been seen too much here on Pet Talk lately... We ax'd Dad if it'd be OK to say hellow an he said it would be OK wiff him; so here goes ~
I started havin a lil problem wiffa 'itchy' tummie in mid-Feberary -started *skratchin* an lickin sumpin terrabul on my tummie an lower chest. Eben had a couple of lil raw :eek: spotz. Smokey had a pointment wiff Doc Mike to get his owie shotz on Feb 20th - but *I* gotz dragged inta the White Coat Lab instead! Dad ax'd the Gurlz if he could swap Dawgs kuz I had a worser problem than Smoke needin shotz. Course they said OK (drat my luck!) and I hadda ride the up-an-down table furst. Onlee gud thing in the hole deal wuz the meter thingy told em the short rations we been on wuz doin sum gud kuz I wuz unner my 50 poundz limit! Thingz went down-hill frum there :(.
I gotz a complete look-me-over - Doc used that kold listenin thing in his earbonez all ober my bod; then stuck his telescope in MY earbones; then started lookin up at my tummie. Next thing I knowe I'z layin on my back wiffa hole bunch of em holdin me down! :mad:! Doc's pokin an tiklin my tummie an then getz a razer blade an startz skratchin off summa my skinz! He spent a lotta time lookin at the skrapinz unner anudder telescope thingy onna desk... Said he dint see no kreepie-krawlie thingz.
I wound up havin ta take antibiotic pillz fur a week an sum lil steriod pillz fur 2 weekz. They helpt wiffa skratchin an my tummie gotz a lil less 'pink' fur a while.
SmokeMan here ~ the BAD thing wuz Doc said he'd make time an *I* gotz a look-over AN hadda getz the *owie*shotz* we started out ta get! THEN they started playin wiff my *trick kneebone* agin! (I been *yippin* ebery wunst in a while when I twist or step wrong and my bad knee hurtz me,) Doc sez the joint has deteriorated a lil in the last 6 months. For the pain - his Rx: is 1/2 adult 325mg aspirin 2x a day with meals. To help soothe the joints in my knee - his Rx: is 500mg 2x/day of Glucosamine Sulfate/Glucosamine Hydrochloride (with or without Chondroitin). The Glucosamine has been shown to improve the joint cartilage and also promotes lubrication of the joint. Humans benifit from the dual agent drug which contains Chondroitin - but animal studies have not proven that doubling the cost of the drug by adding the Chondroitin has any
benifit in canines.
We're savin penniez to pay fur a trip to see Doc Mike's buddie Sir Jury fur a Sekund Pinyun an ta see how much munnie Sir Jury wuntz ta mabee do a 'fix' onna kneebone. Doc thinkz it'll be bout $800-$1200 buckz ta do a fix. I keepz tellin Dad I don't wanna see the Sir Jury guy - an to put the munnie inna Biskit Fund! Since I been onna Glookz pillz I don't hardly *yipp* at all. And I'm usin my bum leg a liddle more often, too.
Thingz were goin purdy well till last week - then my [Cinder here] left eyeball started leakin tears down the sidda my face
;(. Yep - back to Doc Mike's place! Anudder session of pokin an peekin. Eben stuck a thermiemeter up my butt! :mad:! Telescope inna earz an anudder wun inna eyeball. Dad gotz a lil toobie of 'ointment' ta squeeze inna eyeball twicet a day. Thatz kinda like a curkiss act - Dad dont have enuff handz an finnerz ta pry my eyeshadez open an still squeeze onna toobie!
I kinda quit fightin him though - he putz a full-nelsun on my neckbonez an I kant get away...
Doc took anudder look at my tummie. It wuz a lil less *itchy*, but still a lil 'raw'; so's he sold us a packet of "Frontline" to kill off any lil kritterz he dint see wiffa telescope.
Dad sez I'm still *skratchin* too much an I still gotz pink placez where I skratch; an altho the eyeball duzint leak tearz now - it still lookz white or pink round the eyeshade partz. I thinkz I smell anudder trip back to see Doc Mike :(.
We ax'd Dad iffin he wuntz ta say [i]Hi[/]; but he sez he'll take a pass for now... Sumpin bout a big dust-up a cupla weeks ago? He sez nunbuddie wuntz ta hear frum him fur a while... :confused: Dad's spendin a lotta time onna telle-dinger talkin to surance peepul bout GranMom's medikul billz... She gotz a new surance kumpanie an they're all fussin bout who payz furst.
Dad ain't been too happie fur a few weekz. :(
Hope all our *sickie* FurBuddies are startin to feel better! Killian's been kinda quiet lately - hope that's a Good Sign :D he's feelin more better!!
Yap at'cha laterz...