Sparky & a BIG scare!

[robinh]

Man, the title of the thread scared the bejeeminies out of me. Poor guy and poor you. I don't sleep well when mine are sick.

I'll say a few prayers that he stay with you for a long time to come.

[Asiel]

Just finished reading your post Pom-- I can just imagine what kind of a night you had. Between the heat and the scare Sparky gave you you must be ready for an early night. So thankful that Sparky didn't suffer a heart attack, but a heat stroke can't be much better for his system. Poor little guy, he sure does get a lot of bad luck, let's hope the rest of his summer will be uneventful.
What a rotten time for your a/c to go, we changed ours this year to be on the safe side. It was still working fine but 16 yrs old so it just wasn't worth chancing that it would go in the heat. We're having a heat wave ourselves. They've been predicting rain for the past 2 weeks but nothing yet. Lots of thunder and lightning last night but no rain. But the temperature is going down tonight, it's actually cool right now, might get that rain.

I hope you can get to bed early and sleep through the night without any more scares from Sparky. Sending cool vibes and prayers your way so that both of you can get relief from the heat, I just can't imagine having the room at 92, don't think I could survive that . The hottest I can stand is 72 so when I read 92 I looked again thinking I made a mistake. Here's hoping everything goes as planned and your a/c is installed Thursday, you don't need more scares from that little guy. But if something delays the installation and you get another spell like that maybe you could put Sparky in a tub of lukewarm water to cool him off, being wet with fans blowing on him might help a tad. Anything to keep him comfy.
Sending artic air for bith of you

[pomtzu]

Things are looking better today, and Sparky is almost back to his old self. I know that some day his heart condition will take him from me - but I hope not for a long time to come. His murmur was found 3 years ago and at that time it was grade 2 on one side, and 3 on the other. Then he went to all 3, and now it's all 4. Anyway, his appetite is improving and he no longer has that labored and heavy breathing, and is breathing at a normal rate now. Yesterday afternoon I penned them up in the opposite end of the house that has a separate a.c. unit, so they were able to stay comfortable. Last night we slept in the living room again, and there was a nice breeze coming in thru the front windows. We got rain over night and it cooled things down, and today it's not even 80, is overcast and some occasional showers. It's starting to clear now tho, and if the sun comes out it will be like a sauna out there. It's comfortable even tho humid right now.
The a.c. will be installed sometime late this afternoon - not a minute too soon for me, I'm breaking out in hives from the heat - a few on my scalp, a couple on my back, and one on my ear. I've been popping Benadryl to calm the itch.

So that's the latest - and I think in Sparky's case - the greatest!!! I haven't had such a big scare since Myndi had the GI bleed and almost died 2 years ago. Maybe they're just keeping me on my toes..............ya' think???

Sparky (me and Myndi too) thanks you for all your support too.