My baby dog isn't really a baby.  He's a full grown miniature dachshund and I just call him that because, well, he's miniature.  Tuesday night when I picked him up to set him in my lap, he yelped in pain.  R came home from work and he picked him up to yelping too.  So I examined him, not finding anything particularly wrong...  but he was kinda listless and just not himself.  Obviously hurting, but not sure to what extend. 

Wednesday (yesterday) I worked from home, allowing me to stay with him and take him in to see the vet.  They told me to bring him back in on Friday if he wasn't better - or call earlier if worse.  I also did some research last night and learned all about IVDD - intervertebral disc disease.  Everything I read said "crate rest" for two to eight weeks, anti-inflammatories (eg steroids), pain meds... and possibly surgery.  But Visuddha was still eating, walking, being normal in every way except for a bit of shivering and that yelp if he was picked up wrong.

This morning he ate his breakfast, pooped on the deck and walked back in.  Hmm... maybe I should have carried him to the grass.  I sat at the kitchen table, which has a bench on two sides of it, with him laying next to me with his head in my lap.  I got up to go to work and picked him up to set him on the floor, and his back feet were too close together.  He then kinda wobbled to the left, took a couple weak steps towards me and ... basically sat.  He doesn't sit.  Crap.

I called the vet and they said to bring him in about an hour later.  Diagnosis confirmed: IVDD.  He still has deep pain sensation and some mobility, so his chances at this point seem to be good.  I have FOUR Prescriptions for him: steroid, pain relief and two anti-ulcer type meds to protect his stomach from the other two.  Ugh.  He's to be on STRICT REST for 14 days with no running, stairs, beds etc.  Carry out to go potty and recheck immediately if motor function worsens.

Visuddha was never crate trained, so that's not a very good chance.  He's resting next to me again now, with his head in my lap.  I'm not sure what to do with him tomorrow when I go back to work - and everyone else is gone too.  I cannot just let him be free, but I don't want to put him in a crate that he's not used to for 6 hours.  What to do, what to do.

I really am neglectful of this. Last time was six months between posts. Now it's been even longer than that. LOL Ah, well. My first post I was tired, second was sick. Sick and tired? Dang.

Anyway, BC has been out for a little more than a month now. Got Tialoo to 70 and working on getting rep and keys and whatnot. Got my talbuk via exalted rep with the Kurenai, and am revered with CE for the key for Steamvaults. That's cool. I'm not in any rush, even if sometimes I think I should be faster.

I also leveled Tiasu, but only up to 61. I'm still not sure about using destruction spec... think I might have to give the felguard a try by going demo again. Maybe I'll do a split between demo (with enough for the felguard) and destruction the rest. That sounds like a good idea actually. I think I'll give that a try this weekend.

In the meantime, I'm going to play my little draenai priest. She's been level 20 for a few weeks now, as I've been playing Tialoo almost exclusively. Zeesparrow needs some lovin again. I even think I'll change HER spec from shadow (cause everyone else does it) to disc and see what I can't do with that.

Other than WoW... I'm on call for work this week. Which reminds me, I should go turn on the pager. lol

Later.

As you can tell, I'm not really into journaling. I never kept a diary when I was younger. Although there was a time a few years back where I wrote... a Lot. I wouldn't necessarily consider that a diary. It was more like... ok so it was a diary. :P

Anyway, I was just looking at this and realized that I didn't like how it looked. So I changed it. Still just using a template, because I'm too lazy to invest the time in personalizing the look. I'm not a designer; I'll leave that up to my friend Kat.

Maybe I'll post again. And maybe it will be sooner than 6 months from now. We'll see. :)

This isn't much of an entry, really. But I can't STAND looking at a relatively blank website/page. There has to be something there... I mean... what's the point otherwise? So, this is just that. Something.


Bleah.