Ahem...while acknowleding the inquiry concerning the patient  Master Gus, it has come to my attention that there has been no new topics entered in the forums relating to my associate since the diagnosis of the lung mets. Through careful screening of responses and results of clinical trials from my collegues in the tripawd community, several excellent potential treaments were suggested and along with a world reknown fellow veterinarian, we are currently pursuing which treatment we feel might best provide both the best quality of life and potentially slow the rate at which the cancer is progressing. Currently the patient is on prednisone along with an antacid which contains famotidine, and through the generousity of Dasha, the k-9 immunity program. We will be updating our fellow tripawds when we can offer any significant responses to the treatments or any sudden changes in the patient Gus. The support and concern of fellow tripawds has been greatly appreciated and will be respectfully acknowledged at all times. Currently Gus is doing great, with the rising of humidity having him give meaning to the term "dog days of summer" Whew, anybody need hosed down      

you know we are never happy are we...I would LOVE to be  5'9" or 5'8"...when you start at 5'2" and A HALF....always round up to 5'3" to try to mitigate the weight question (although spending a lot of time worrying about what Magic will eat and stuffing pills down him every couple of hours has tended to make me forget to eat MY meals! resulting in a little weight transferring to a little flab..huh?  what kinda gain is that..oh never mind, gain said it)

and hey, Magic perfected the three legged hump and is an equal opportunity humper...poor OJ would just walk out from under him and leave Magic humping away (my hallway my hallway...)

new kitty search begins at 2, currently figuring out a way to block off hall bathroom - boy, it has been 17 years since I have had any NEW furkid that was young or just new to the house...and no older ones to mimic....of course I JUST gave away all the food and can't even find any in any of the away places....have rubbed a soft blankee all over Magic and put in carrier and am taking another with his scent with me to put in my lap...cross fingers for me...I could really use an easy going, affectionate, new furchild.....and these have been raised with a standard poodle (except for the newest youngest...) puppy who is apparently very active!!  I would take Magic with me except we are meeting at the vet and I know what he would be thinking the whole time....Ruthie's mom is gonna meet me there and keep me from taking all of them  (12?  sure, load them up, I'll pick up more food....and boxes....and a bigger house)

I'm sorry I missed all of this....sure is a ramblin' on kind of place.  I love it! Have to jump in on a couple of things - first of all, Diane hope you find your kitty.  Secondly, have you seen pictures of Carmen and Ge'Lena......yes, models they definitely are!  3rd, Kobe licks incessantly too and his licks aren't just the regular run of the mill lick but he takes his tongue (when he's licking somebody's arm or leg, for example) and presses down so hard and long that you think you're being licked by a slimey sand paper.  Sometimes he starts licking my husband in the middle of the night including his head and hair until my husband wakes up and is trying to figure out what's going on, meanwhile he's completely slimed by Kobe.  It's pretty funny I must say (but my husband doesn't think so!)  Kobe is a licking machine and that's all I'll say about that!

Gus and Dan, glad to hear that you're looking at these other options. Hope it works out for you.   Oh and one more thing....a woman who tells her age tells all (one of my favorite quotes by Joan Collins ).  I guess you could say the same about the year you graduated too.  So I think we're back at the beginning where 50 is the new 30 and 60 is the new 40.

Kami (Mackenzie and Kobe's Mom)

kbryant said:

Secondly, have you seen pictures of Carmen and Ge'Lena......yes, models they definitely are!

 

Damn. I've been found out. Now, I'm not speaking for Ge'Lena here because she's lovely, but yes, I'm the one they use for most of the BEFORE photos (BEFORE Botox and rhinoplasty and liposuction etc. etc. - you get it. Yeah. Yay me)

BWAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

kbryant said:

Kobe is a licking machine and that's all I'll say about that! 

 

What IS it with the licking anyways? Riley only licks if there's a purpose; like, you have peanut butter on your finger and even then he only does it because he feels compelled to and it's the only way to get the peanut butter. Catie, now, once she gets going there's no stopping and, apparently, there doesn't have to be a reason either. 

Carmen

kbryant said:

Oh and Carmen – I forgot to mention that it's 94 degrees here in sunny California……bring on the tan! 🙂

Yeah. Thanks for that too.  We actually had lovely weather here this weekend. And trust me, when that happens, we Albertans engage in a flurry of activity (we had freaking SNOW last weekend).

We surge en masse to nurseries to buy our annuals and perennials in the hope we can plant them before July; we buy sun block hoping we have opportunity to need it; and we stock up on mosquito repellant because we KNOW at some point we will be using it. We obsess about the weather because it SO impacts our life. Sad really. They're starting up local chapters called Weather Watchers Anonymous for people like me who want to break the addiction.

djbockman said:

Gus has always been a licker also, I say he has a Gene Simmons tongue

Ok. Gus is WAY better looking than Gene Simmons. I saw that guy on American Idol last year and I had nightmares for a week.

new kitty search begins at 2,

 

Diane - any luck?

Damn. I've been found out. Now, I'm not speaking for Ge'Lena here because she's lovely, but yes, I'm the one they use for most of the BEFORE photos (BEFORE Botox and rhinoplasty and liposuction etc. etc. – you get it. Yeah. Yay me)

 

Thank you Kami and Carmen- but I don't do beauty very well!   I'm flawed, flawed, flawed!  And what I haven't been able to fix thru plastic surgery, I've screwed up thru plastic surgery!  No nose job but I did have a droopy eyelid (brow tsosis) until I fixed it.  I won't talk about lipo - done it too many times to remember!   If my dog hadn't died last year, you maybe could tell I had it done but the binge eating after his death fixed that!

When you grow up as the ugly duckling, you turn to humor.  I want to be the funny one!