This is just an update, sorry I can’t go blog-visiting but it’s all explained below. I dunno if anyone will see my blog but I’ll post it nonetheless.

I’ve not been online because after a week of my poor little human baby boy waking us up every night crying his head off (soon discovered that it was wind and then a growth spurt) then my darling canine baby boy fell ill with aspiration pneumonia.

Every night for the last 5 nights I have been up and down helping him turn over, drink rehydration fluids, wipe him down and clear up any vomit or phlegm, etc, etc and understandably the poor angel feels very sorry for himself so I have refused to leave the bedroom or house until he is better. I have no idea how long that will be but I just cannot leave him until he feels secure. This darling creature has been my best mate for nearly 15 years and when I had my most recent relapse of ME (CFS) he ‘guarded’ me constantly, despite there being only him and me in the house. His guarding meant hat I wasn’t even allowed to go to the loo alone and he insisted on coming in with me and sitting with his back to me, leaning up against my legs, ready to pounce in case someone decided to attack me as a weaker member of our little pack. This is part of the reason that I am so devoted to this little angel and why I am happy to be a 24 hour, 7 days a week intensive care nurse, especially when the vets have been so disparaging about him, simply because of his age and not even taking in to account his normal robust health.

Thankfully the condition he has that brought on this rougue bout of aspiration pneumonia has a massive support group in the US and I have joined their ranks. They have stories of hundreds of dogs that have survived and have healthy and happy lives, some as old as my boy, and with their info and help I will do all I can to see that my canine baby gets to lead a naturally fulfilled and happy life.

I have been doing lots to make this recovery as easy as possible for him by grinding up his meds to help him take them without the stress of a tablet when he’s coughing so much and today called Ainsworths homeopathic pharmacy in London and ordered some stuff they recommended on hearing his symptoms, they were smashing 7 years ago when the vet told me my dog’s kidneys were failing and that it was the beginning of the end (again they used age as a factor in this grim prognosis). One call to Ainsworths and they sent some homeopathy over, after a month I had my dog checked and his kidneys were perfect!! And they have been ever since in every test!!!! So I’m hoping Ainsworths will help again, but this time in conjunction with the conventional medication.

Right I best be off, I was taking a quick break from the bedroom upstairs to come and do an email but I thought I’d explain my absence while I was here.

I’ll keep you posted as to his recovery, which I am sure won’t be too long as he is such a trooper and a strong boy.

Keep my little canine son in your positive thoughts or prayers for me!

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