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March 5, 2020

Good Morning! How are you doing these days? Crazy world we live in right now, huh? I hope you are safe and healthy! 

As you know, we have been isolating ourselves as much as possible for a few weeks now. I kinda like it, but it is also important to us to get outside and get some fresh air and especially getting some energy out. Yesterday after our morning coffees we took Thor to Bartlett Arboretum park (been there many times before). It’s a smaller park but still fun for at least T to explore. We had a fun time, even let him off leash on the soccer field next to the forest and he seemed to really enjoy it. On our way home we decided to stop and pick up some food. We came home and only few second later T peed on the rug in the living room. Not only was it strange that he peed inside especially after he had been peeing all over the forest, but I also notices that it was blood coming out in the end of the stream. Oh shit! Jim called the vet immediately and they told us we could come in 45 minutes later. We ate our food and then we had to leave. 

Our first thought was that it could be uti, and that’s what the vet said too. But, apparently it isn’t rare that pomeranians get stones, so they checked with ultrasounds, then took three x-ray pictures and then I guess they somehow got a urine sample, they kept him for a long time. J and I just stood in the tiny little examination room waiting and waiting. I felt unusually calm, just like I always stayed calm and away from worry when sitting in waiting rooms for this and that last year. Maybe it’s because I know there’s nothing I can do and that I shouldn’t worry until I know the answers.

Anyway. After an eternity the vet came and told us to come look at the pictures. Poor thing has many many little stones in his bladder. They are pretty small which is good but unfortunately many. // We also found out looking at his pictures that his right hip isn’t perfect so now we are going to be extra careful so we don’t need to deal with a disaster of that later, I blame the slippery floors in our apartment. // Depending on the pH in his urine, he might need surgery. There is a chance that we could go straight to changing his diet and these stones can go away, but it seems more likely that he needs surgery and then change the diet, but we don’t know until the results come back Monday. 

Surgery on such a small dog is of course scary to think about. My little baby ♥ But they do these kind of surgeries all the time so I’m trying to not think of worst case scenario. But oh so expensive. Our vet gave us a number that seemed waaayy to high for what we have found from searching online and talking to other vets so we’ll see where we end up for that. I hope he doesn’t need it. Please keep him in your thoughts today and especially tomorrow. We have noticed a little bit red urine which is expected and he has a rash that we think he somehow got at the vet (I’m not happy about that!), but he’s not in any pain or anything which is good and he eats/drink like normal.

The new diet that can help prevent him from getting stones isn’t exactly good for his potential pancreatitis problem. He has a special diet now with very low fat and the new diet we would have to put him on has a higher amount of fat so I’m not sure how we are going to deal with this, but that is a later problem, we don’t know anything yet so I’m not gonna worry for now. Today we will focus on giving Thor a million extra kisses and snuggle him whenever we can. In an hour we’re gonna take him for a long walk to the park and then just have fun all day, maybe give him his extra yummy treats:)

Last year I had two surgeries where they had to scrape out shit that was making me sick and now Thor might need a surgery like that as well. One thing after another. No matter how positive you keep your thoughts, how much good energy you send out in the world and how nice you are to others, you can never predict when something will happen to someone. There are many things we can plan for and control in our lives, but there are things we have no power over. My PMP was a rare and completely random chromosomal shitshow that I had no control over, and Thor’s stones isn’t something we had anything to do with, they appeared and now we need to help him get rid of them. The only thing we have control over is how we deal with bad news or bad situations. We can chose to freak out or we can choose to stay calm and keep thinking positive thoughts. If he needs surgery, then we will be here for him and help him to a safe recovery. My heart hurts, I wish nothing bad would ever happen to my little baby, but it is what it is and all I can do is to care and show him love ♥

September 29, 2019

Good Morning and Happy weekend! How’s the weather where you live? We are having a really beautiful weekend so far! Yesterday we had 27 degrees and blue sky, I LOVE IT! We started the day by driving down to Harbor Point. We bought coffee at a little cafe, continued driving down, parked and walked to sit right by the water. What a beautiful morning! Thor was like a little toddler with ants in his pants, he didn’t really feel like sitting down too much, haha, but we still got a very relaxed time in the sun drinking coffee.

We only stayed for about an hour and then we had to head over to a new vet for Thor’s appointment to get him microchipped. T didn’t make a peep when the vet lady put the giant needle in his neck I am so proud of him! I was the one holding him so he wouldn’t move and I stared right at it to make sure it was done correctly, but Jim was standing a bit away looking the other direction. So now if T ever gets lost (oh I hope not!) and a rescue team finds him or if someone brings him in to a vet, they can reunite us. T can now also travel internationally. We aren’t really planning on bringing him anywhere (cause he doesn’t do well on planes) but in case we would like to he can now avoid quarantine. 

Since we didn’t know if he was going to have any side effects (it’s rare that dogs get any but you’ll never know) we stayed with him most of the day. We went to the gym just for a little bit, then took T with us to a mexican place. After some chips and guac we continued to sit outside at Tigin. Such a hot day, it was nice to be outside. Back in the apartment we knew T was ok so we went to sit at the rooftop without him. So nice to just sit and do nothing. In the evening, J grilled us steaks, I then watched the Pearl Harbor movie and we went to bed somewhat early cause we have a full day planned today:)

Today is International Coffee Day, so this morning we went for a walk with Mr Fluff to get coffee. Jim is at the gym right now and once he is done we will bring some pellets, water and a travel dog bowl and drive to New York. We are going to explore Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown. We have talked about this since we moved here so I’m excited to go today. 

August 13, 2019

Hope you’re having a fantastic day! I woke up around 5 and couldn’t fall back to sleep so I’ve been a bit tired all day, but that’s ok. I had my blood test done in the morning, I really hope for some great answers tomorrow. For the past two tests I’ve been kinda more excited to hear what my doctor will tell me…or, excited might not be the right word, but now I have really tried something on my own that can help me get my level down so I’m of course curious if it helped. Didn’t see much better result last week so I’m really hoping for better news now. 

So, what did we do this weekend? On Friday we took Thor to the vet for his annual checkup and to get some shots. He was such a brave boy, very proud of him. And he’s a healthy boy. He has gained some weight just like his momma but he’s still tiny. J and I went to have a quick dinner out and then spent the night at home with T and watched the movie There will be Blood. On Saturday we had our normal donut delight coffee, took T for a long walk and then we went to the gym for an hour. When we came back Thor looked like a completely different dog, he was all puffy. We called the vet immediately who told us to send a picture of him. Seems to have been an allergic reaction to the shots from Friday. He has had these shots before and never reacted. I thought at first he had got bitten by something outside cause he did scratch his face a bit when we were out. Jim gave him a tiny bit of benadryl (allergy pill) and then we kept an eye on him for a few hours. Aww, my baby, he looked like a chipmunk, or at least half his face did. But he didn’t seem bothered and was happy so not too much to worry about.

He doesn’t look as bad on picture like he did irl. He was very very swollen

Later in the evening he looked so much better. We gave him a tiny bit more benadryl. We decided he was fine to be left alone so we took a taxi over to our friends house. We ordered pizza and had a real good time. The boys sat on the balcony for some of the time while us ladies snuggled baby George. He’s two weeks old now and so small and cute.

J bought the Google Pixel3 phone last week so we tested some selfie option:)

On Sunday we took it pretty easy. Still kept an eye on T who’s face was back to normal. J and I went to this Mexican place with good rating for lunch and it was really good! We sat on our terrace for awhile and then we went for a walk over to Mill River Park for Paws & Pints. That was not really what we expected. Sometimes they have these events in the park with food trucks and drinks and usually it’s a nice setup. But this thing meant “bring your dog to the park, get charged to register your dog to be allowed to walk in the Stamford parks or get fined a much larger sum of money later, buy a drink and stand in the fenced in dog area and look at your sweaty pups”. Thor was actually being a really nice boy in the park, proud of him, he had a good time. You never know with him so we always have to watch him. Eventually we took our drinks and walked around in the rest of the park instead. Back home we were too tired to do anything so we just hung out and did basically nothing for the rest of the day.