Myndi-UPDATE-9/17-Friday-#119

[pomtzu]

A little update:

She's holding her own, and making a little progress - in baby steps of course. Her appetite continues to be great, she is socializing more, and not quite so wobbly. She walks more outside - even does her little half run/bunny hop that she does in the grass. We only go out for a few minutes and in a shady spot - it's HOT!!! - in the mid to upper 90"s - humid - and the heat index well over 100. Not fit for man nor beast to be out in that! And yesterday she barked again for the first time in over a week. Never thought that would be music to my ears, since normally she never shuts up, but I had gone out to run a few errands, and when I got back home, I got the barking greeting when I came in the house, and her excited following me around routine.

Med time has become a fierce battle tho - gets worse with each dose. They are all liquids, and one should ideally be given on an empty stomach, so I've been doing all 3 at the same time. Last night it took me, my son (who is by no means a little guy), and DIL to get them in her (or on her ), and 2 people came away with bites on their fingers (but not me ). It's just not worth potentially hurting her to medicate her that way, so this a.m. I just put them in with her breakfast. She was fighting us like a wild bear last night, and I've never seen the jaw strength that she has, even in bigger dogs. My concern was that she would smell the meds and then wouldn't eat her food with them added, but no problem, she wolfed it down. Not much sense in continuing that battle and possibly hurting her and most definitely stressing her out, so we'll just adjust our strategy.

So that's where we stand right now. Her next blood test on 7/2 will give us a better picture of what's going on - those #'s just have to come up!!! But for now, I'm just happy to see her getting a little strength and interest back. I pray that it's not just the calm before the storm!

She still needs all the prayers that she can get, so please remember her in yours. I give thanks every day for all that all of you have sent up for her.

I'll try to post some new pics later. You'll see that she still smiles!

[Pinot's Mom]

Well, at least she's fiesty enough to fight the meds-not that it helps getting them down! Keep that feistiness up, Myndi!

You know I'm with you on the heat. Princess Pinot the chipmunk hunter isn't even spending much time out there. She cries and cries to go out, we take her, after not too long she retreats to the A/C. WAY too hot!

Prayers continue for little Myndi! Get better, sweetie (and your Mom, too!).

[cassiesmom]

More prayers for Myndi

[Asiel]

Glad Mindy is showing so much spunk. At least you know she still has energy left if she can fight that hard against the meds. Doesn't that yapping sound terrific when you stop hearing it for a while? Keeping you both in my prayers, I know what you're going through so I hope everything keeps on the upswing for you and her. I keep looking at her picture in your sig and laugh my head off at the thought of her actually biting fingers...

[Daisy and Delilah]

Still praying and sending hugs, Ellie.

Feel Better Myndi!!! We want to see you off Mom's worry list. Our's too.

[Karen]

Pomtzu, do you have a compounding pharmacy near you that might be able to make them taste like something yummy so she'd lap it right up? You know, liver or bacon or rotten something that might smell yucky to us, but irresistible to a certain princess?

[pomtzu]

Pomtzu, do you have a compounding pharmacy near you that might be able to make them taste like something yummy so she'd lap it right up? You know, liver or bacon or rotten something that might smell yucky to us, but irresistible to a certain princess?

Good idea, but it's already as stinky/yummy as it gets! She loves liver, and the high potency vitamins that are super fortified with liver and iron, smell very strong of liver, and overwhelms the mild to tasteless of the other two. The antibiotic is liquid like is given to little kids and smells like bubblegum, and the pill dissolved in a little water is practically tasteless. So it's just going in her supper again tonight!

[Freedom]

You'll see that she still smiles!

He hee, THAT is super!

If you need to get the meds refilled, consider if you want to keep th liquids added to the food (i she takes them that way, great!), or if you want to ask for pills. I know for me, liquid just goes everywhere EXCEPT in the mouth intended, lol.

Adding them to the food sounds like the best way. You are so right, all that stress is no good for any of you.


Keep it up, Ellie! Stay on the recovery road, Myndi! We aren't forgetting you, Sparky! (did I cover everyone? LOL)

[Medusa]

Prayers are continuing for everybody, Ellie.

[chocolatepuppy]

Good to hear Myndi is doing better. Continued prayers.

[pomtzu]

Did you say "pills", Sandie?? Heaven forbid - absolutely impossible. I thought I'd have it easy with liquids, but Jaws had other ideas. It would take a crowbar to pry that mouth open even the tiniest bit to get the syringe with liquids in. Putting it in her food is working fine, since she wolfs down everything in her dinner bowl. Even Sparky is starting to get with the program, and he knows that every time she gets a bowl of food, that he will get a snack or two. He's being a trooper about it.

She continues to amaze me with the improvement she is showing. She is really getting quite a bit of energy back - was doing her run/bunny hop thingy around the yard at 5 a.m., and then came in and did a lazy version of her ritual dance that she always does while I'm fixing her food, talking (barking) to my son before he left for work. He can get her to carry on the longest conversations I've ever heard - it's so funny.

So we continue on, and hope and pray that all of this is good and she really is on her way back. Only time will tell.

Okay - a few pics that I didn't get to yesterday. These were taken Sunday and yesterday. See - she's still smiling..........

[Medusa]

Aw, the cute little fuzz nugget.

[Catherinedana]

Keep smilin', Myndi!! You're adorable!!

So glad that she is doing better!!