We're Making A Comeback

We had a dry weekend. Despite the forecasts, it didn't rain on Saturday or Sunday. Yesterday everyone on the street mowed their lawns. The grass was really too wet to mow and is tracking in on everything, but the recent heavy rains have made it grow fast and it needed to be cut back. This morning we woke up to dark clouds and around 10 the thunder started followed closely by heavy rain again.

The basement is still dry though we're checking it every couple hours to stay on top of the situation. We haven't moved the furniture back yet. We'll wait till this weather pattern has moved on just to be safe. It's a little difficult working around the office with things all out of place, but it could be worse.


The dogs are getting used to getting wet every time they run outside. Even the little girls are going out in the rain without a big fuss as long as there's no thunder. Sydney has started ringing the bell and the accidents in the house are fewer than a couple weeks ago. We're making slow progress.

Lola is feeling great. She's eating with enthusiasm and running around with her sisters. It's good to see her acting like herself again. The other Porties are all doing well. We think Morgan may be having hot flashes. In the corner of the bedroom Morgan has the big dog bed. On the end of it is a medium sized dog bed that she dragged over there and on top is her small soft basket style bed. Besides that she has the big stuffed dog and a large stuffed rabbit. Every night she arranges her pile of beds and animals until they're in exactly the right position, then plops down on them to sleep. Over the weekend she started pulling them all away from the wall and sleeping on the air vent. Every time we put them back in place, she moves them again so she can stay cool as she sleeps. Strange.

Remember several months ago Sebastian had an area on his hip that was full of scar tissue and the vet thought there was a foreign object inside the area left from an old injury. We thought he might need surgery, but the injury calmed down and hair started growing back and it hasn't bothered him for months. I check it once a week to make sure it's still OK, but Saturday it had started swelling. We put a cone on him to keep him from licking and chewing on it and this morning I called Dr B as soon as the office opened. He said to bring him in.

We put him on the table and took a look. It was the size of an egg and bloody pus was spurting out in several spots. Dr B said we couldn't wait and needed to open it up. When he cut into it a lot of messy red nasty glop came pouring out. He cleaned it and poked around inside the area but we didn't find whatever is causing the problem.

He sent Sebastian home with the area open and oozing. He's taking strong antibiotics and I have to apply warm compresses several times a day to keep the spot open and draining. We're hoping that the foreign matter finally works it's way out. Keep your paws crossed that this thing comes out by itself and Sebastian doesn't have to have more surgery. He's being a very good boy though he'd like to get rid of that cone and fix the spot himself.

I'm going to try to get back to blogging and checking in on all your blogs to see what we've missed. It's good to be back.