Good and Bad news

July 29, 2007 - Well, today was both good and bad, as suggested in the title of this post. When Maleah came out of her crate she had difficulty getting up.  She couldn’t walk properly and ended up not putting any weight on her left leg.  I’d hoped it was b/c it simply fell asleep, but long story short - it wasn’t.  I also noticed her ulcerated eye bleeding when I gave her the eye meds.  Double Bads!  So, I took her into the Emergency Clinic where, thankfully and by the grace of God, one of my vets was working!  Yeah!!  Very good, Good!  The diagnosis was a tick born disease!  UGH!! BAD!!!  However, it’s easy to treat and we caught it early.  GOOD!  Her eye, however, did look worse, and was bleeding, despite the 2 previous meds.  Bad.  However, tomorrow he will get a big time med that is supposed to do wonders, so I’ll stop by his clinic to pick it up.  Good!!  To boot he said that she looked much better than she did when I first got her - Good!!  AND…she’s up to 62.2 pounds!! that’s 14lbs she’s gained, total!!  Another GOOD!!!  So, ultimately the “goods” outweigh the “bads,” and she will be fine in the end.  I just felt terribly bad for her and kept thinking, “poor gal…she just keeps on taking the punches.”  But, she’s doing well and ate big at dinner, took her first round of meds, and is resting comfortably in her crate.  She’s so funny, though…she got mad at me today b/c I told her NO.  She turned her head away and ignored me…I mean REFUSED to look at me.  However, when I presented a treat to her a little while later…she loved me again!  Good!