"Tony" Thought Journal 3.0

Tony Page said:
This past Friday night I got maybe an hour of sleep. My dog Tia was crying to go out at hour and a half intervals all night. I let her out and I followed her and she attempted to have a bowel movement numerous times without results.

We had a schedule appointment with the Vet the next day, Saturday, He instructed us to take her off the bland diet she was on and put her back on to her regular food.

When we got her home she was panting heavy, I believe from the vet visit making her nervous. She did not want to eat. My wife and I decided to let her settle down and try feeding her later.

Tia finally ate some dog food, she seem normal the rest of the night. This morning she wasn't interested in dog food, but did take a dog treat. I let her out she did have a bowel movement but it was diarrhea. Needless to say the wife and I are very nervous about her condition, she seems to be acting okay.

We are not sure what to do.

The internet says her stomach Maybe sensitive and to feed her foods that are easy to digest.

Is another change of diet going to make her worse?

I did purchase a bag of low fat dog food that I wanted to gradually mix into her regular food. She has pancreatitis which may be the reason for the diarrhea I don't know.

I think we're going to have to call the vet again to get some advice.
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Poor Tia! :( They developed problems as they get older too, and it is hard to watch them be sick. I know you have most likely tried a lot of foods, but Purina makes a Lamb and Rice and Lamb and Oatmeal food in canned and dry food. It is for sensitive stomachs. I don't know if you feed her canned or dry but maybe the canned will be easier on her stomach. 🤷‍♀️ It is hard when they can't tell you where it hurts.:cry:
 
Krystal Shay said:
How is Tia doing, Tony?
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She appears to be back to her old self, however I change her diet a little bit to add more low fat and easy to digest foods. I'm mixing the new foods with her old dry food, she's been eating both with no problem.

I'm also giving her low fat treats, and I stopped giving her table scraps. I used to love sharing my food with her. I kept a list of foods that were not healthy for her and would not give her those.

We have a vet appointment for this Saturday as a follow-up and to give her med shots. She got her rabies shot the last time we were at the vet.

On another note:
This morning I saw one of the feral cats that have been living on my property, I took a photo unfortunately the cat's face was behind some branches of a shrub but it's a pretty color I thought.

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@Beth Gallagher
"Ditto" your description of your mood describe my disposition lately.

I've been in an ornery mood. My wife is so tired of my complaining and my mood when I told her I want to "run away," she said just don't take the good suitcase.Haha 🤔 Thinking about it, been a long time since I "run" anywhere.

My thoughts keep going to "why am I still here, I'm useless." I guess I got to find something to ignite my inner spark besides a three-page to do list.

The next time you play hooky from SOC you're going to need a permission slip from me. 😄

I hope you start coming back from your mood swing. Maybe we both need a challenge.
 
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Tony Page said:
@Beth Gallagher
"Ditto" your description of your mood describe my disposition lately.

I've been in an ornery mood. My wife is so tired of my complaining and my mood when I told her I want to "run away," she said just don't take the good suitcase.Haha 🤔 Thinking about it, been a long time since I "run" anywhere.

My thoughts keep going to "why am I still here, I'm useless." I guess I got to find something to ignite my inner spark besides a three-page to do list.

The next time you play hooky from SOC you're going to need a permission slip from me. 😄

I hope you start coming back from your mood swing. Maybe we both need a challenge.
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"Don't take the good suitcase." :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: You are one of my favorite people, Mr. Page.
 
A week ago my wife and I had an appointment with our new Doctor.

My wife had a blood test which showed her reading were high on her Lipid panel.

Her total cholesterol was high by 20 mg., her LDL and Non - HDL was high.

The doctor wanted to prescribe Lipitor, my wife didn't want to take medication she wants to try correcting the high cholesterol with diet and/or vitamins. She doesn't like trying new drugs she has a high sensitivity to a lot of prescriptions medicine.

I will have to do some research, I know psyllium husk and Omega3 oils are good to lower cholesterol. We'll have to work on diet and the foods to stay away from.
 
The story popped in the head after I saw a thread about a day in the life of a 10 or 11 year old. I didn't post it there because the story is longer than a day.

When I was about 11 years old my father did the groundwork so that I could get into the Green Point Little League. We lived in Williamsburg in Brooklyn, they did not have a little league. My father wanted me to play baseball so bad that he used my aunt's address who lived in Greenpoint so that I could join the League. I tried out and made a team. However before my first game, my father was diagnosed with tuberculosis, he was hemorrhaging from the mouth. He never saw a game in my first season.

As an 11 year-old I overheard my mother and uncles talking about my father's illness, and I came to realize that this could be a deadly disease.

My father would not go to a hospital, he felt it would be a death sentence. Dr Rosen, a specialist, explained to my mom what to do to keep him at home if that's what he really wanted. We had to clear out all the furniture except for the bed, the nightstand, a lamp, and a radio. She had to disinfect the room initially and then every so often after that. My brother and I stayed with my aunt until my father got healthy. I did visit him after every ball game, I went over how the game went and of course talk to him about how he was doing. I was not allowed to enter the room I had to stay in the doorway.

My mother had this belief that as long as my father was eating he would not die. Everyday she'd make him breakfast before she went to work, would come home from work to make him lunch, and then of course she was home at night to make him supper. Another thing she did, just about every day, she would bring him home a vanilla malted. My father was a thin man about 130lbs., after 6 months of being on his back and my mother's food plus the malted when he did get out of bed and Dr Rosen gave him permission to start taking walks, he was over 200 lb. Took my father a while to get strength back in his legs but he was feeling good and getting stronger every day.

I was there when Dr Rosen told my father "your wife is the best nurse you could have had."

My father spent a lot of time listening to the radio when he was on his back. His favorite show was the "Guillermo B Guillermo," William B Williams. That's where he first heard the Les Elgart Orchestra, who happened to play Bandstand Boogie, which was the theme song for Dick Clark's American Bandstand. I still listen to Elgart today.

My second season my father saw every game, came to every workout, took me to the batting range to practice. He was not allowed to pitch batting practice to me for fear of tearing the spot where he had hemorrhaged.

It was just great to have him back in my life.
 
Tony Page said:
@Beth Gallagher
"Ditto" your description of your mood describe my disposition lately.

I've been in an ornery mood. My wife is so tired of my complaining and my mood when I told her I want to "run away," she said just don't take the good suitcase.Haha 🤔 Thinking about it, been a long time since I "run" anywhere.

My thoughts keep going to "why am I still here, I'm useless." I guess I got to find something to ignite my inner spark besides a three-page to do list.

The next time you play hooky from SOC you're going to need a permission slip from me. 😄

I hope you start coming back from your mood swing. Maybe we both need a challenge.
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At least the wife still has her sense of humor. Jake an I try to keep one although sometimes are more trying than others.
 
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