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Lover, the dog we watched for my friend literally chewed through the wires of her crate. Apparently, Bailey did this when she was in the hoarding situation because her teeth were extremely worn down and continued until she got use to being well cared for. I won't kid you it took months but she did settle. I do believe it was Prozac (could have been Paxil) that her vet put her on.
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thank you Kathi!!
Mag, you are too funny! Attaboy, Nacho. He couldn't resist himself from the smell of sweets. Mine got a hold of DD1's swim snack the first week with us. Thank God it only had a few dark choco pieces. She did throw up yesterday after she got into the trash can and chomped down on a piece of egg plants and egg shells. Tried to give her fresh apples and carrots and she turned them down for trash. Go figure
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Mags- I do a lot of work with electronic medical records for healthcare orgs, so I thought I would share the "isn't the EMR supposed to take care of this?" question. The intake process for most hospitals and doc offices is still pretty standard with the gazillions of forms on the first visit, and that will be entered into the system and become part of your chart. Once you go in the first time, you should not have to do that again, although during your subsequent visits, they may ask for input. The direct input happens mostly by the clinicians during the exams, the more "truly" electronic part for them.
Most EMR's have portals now where you can see info. I am not sure if you are allowed to change anything, including changes to your address, etc. but some may allow that.
I agree the lines for the surgeries is too tiny on most forms!
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Oh my! My Reba chewed my walls as a pup. When I started crating her. She did fine for a long time but eventually went wacko! Haha Now shes the sweetest dog ever & a clinger!
CB-Im good with that
Hm. Didn't think the link looked complete...but I was so wiped today! That was my personal, this is my update page. Not sure why other link didnt paste. Ugh.
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Chevy, sorry about Theresa, so soory. The will to live and the bodies ability to live are two different things. The will may strong to the last moments of consciousness. The body wear's out. When it wear's out in the final days/weeks, they're is a certain predictable pattern. Theresa is following the natural course of dying. Yes, medicine can prolong things. But the decision to accept that this is a natural course can be hard. Hard on family members and friends. Hardest on the designated health care surrogate to say " do no more, keep them comfortable".
Bless you Chevy for being such a wonderful friend to Eddie(?) and Theresa. You made their life rich with your caring. You'll see them again.
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Chevy, LOl You got a nickname -------a first, I saw that and did a double take..So funny So now simplicity is Smply. LOLOLOLOOL
Simplicity, if you can't figure out if Chevy is normal or not. She's abbynormal , but with a great streak of normal. AND this HUGE sense of comic ability that Saturday Night Live would die for.
Loverly, Kathy's right consider Prozac. Consider pumpkin pie filling for pushing through debrie.......check with vet................been there with dogs. God love them .
Simplicity unless you've heard otherwise , please, call Chevy , Chevy. So...funny CB. She has been giving people names since I've known her for about three years now. You are the first to give her a name....... Way funny. I expect now Chevy will give me a new name.......................
CHEVY>.............................
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Chevy and Mags, you guys are cracking me up with these naughty dog pictures! Hope your appointment went well, Mags.
Chevy, I'm sorry to hear Theresa is not doing better. Maybe the rehab place will be a better situation for her. Can you go visit her there?
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Probably something you know already, but are you filling those kongs with peanut butter? They make them by the trayful at the shelter and we used one with our crate trained dog. I have a friend who's dog learned to open the refrigerator. They had to put a belt around it and lock it. Obviously a smart dog.
Loverly, I hope you can handle the amount of exercise a Mal needs. And they're so smart they need jobs to do. They pulled ambulances during WWI.
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Jazzy, if only that is possible....
Ms. Wren, haven't bought one yet, but consider getting one soon. I tried putting a small amount of her food bits, which she still loves and can't seem to get enough( don't worry we limit her food portion based on her weight), in a small water bottle to keep her occupied while I went for my Tuesday class today. She figured it out. I need to review the video to see how her anxiety level was during the two hours. I might need to take her to the vet for the Prozac if she doesn't show progress. I have tried putting the blanket over the crate and put the old sleeping bag inside her crate with little success. I probably need to persevere and keep her crate covered. We just moved the crate to our dining room area near the bottom of the stairs where she likes to wait for us every morning. Hoping this will help her. The poor thing looks so confused earlier when she was looking for a place to lie down. She actually does not mind the crate as long as we are home. I might need to clone one of us to stay home with her all the time hahaas
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O no problem. I once just followed lazy typo hands on another support forum and it was BM lol I didn't make the connection immediately. I can already tell Chevy is a hoot! Normal is overrated.
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Yup, she is one of a kind. But then again everyone on here is special in her own way. Some are more eccentrically normal than others.
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lover, my Belgian sheepdog chewed the entire couch. After he got that out of his system he was fine..lolChevy, hope your visit with your friend goes well
Hi simplicity:)
My daughter loves making weird faces. She really is happy. First tri over. I have chemo tomorrow. Than next Monday when I feel better I am going to Michigan to spend a week with her
Ok. Happy birthday pics for Patty tomorrow:)
Hope goats is fine
Sweet dreams for all...night night
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Quick fly by post. Everything is just hunky dory in Texas. We missed most of the heavy rain, it was southeast of Dallas. I think we had about 4" of rain over a couple of days. First significant rain in at least of couple of months. DH and I have just had a busy 3 weeks or so. And I'm so far behind on here I will never catch up. I finally have an almost clear week next week so I might then. I have read some of the most recent posts but this last one dragged me back. Susan - I did not realize your DD was expecting. Wowzer. I am so, so happy for you. Has you SIL found out about his residency yet? I used to know what time of year they began, summer sometime? What a good time to go to see her.
I will attempt to do better. I think I left off about October 3rd. The great Sassy called me today to check on me. What a record conversation. BTW Sassy my ear still hurts from having a phone pressed against it for so long.
Off to find some hot chocolate and then bed, as soon as I unpile the clean clothes off it. DH is snoring on the couch already. I understand the moon is beeeutiful but I'm too chilly to go see.
Laters taters.
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OMD - I forgot to say howdy back to Patty. Love, love seeing you back here and sounding like yourself (who else would you be?) and will come spank you if I find you're in the hospital.
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Mema, wishing you good outcome and quick recovery on your cataract surgery tomorrow. Just make sure they don't send you home with this
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With all the dog stories I have to throw in 2. One night I came home from work and let the dogs out of their crates into the back yard. I flipped on the porch light and lo and behold there was something black hanging out of the wire hair terriers rear end. I grabbed gloves thinking it was poop.,gently pulled and it sprang back when I let go. I was pulling very gently but doggie yelped so I wrapped her up in a towel and was off to the emergency vet. The vet tried to keep a straight face....but couldn't. It was my daughters black thong underwear she had left on her bedroom floor with all the other piles that should have been in the dirty clothes. Vet said she had lots of strange things swallowed but this was the funniest. Gave the dog a little gas and removed....then offered it to my daughter. Lol
My other funny dog tale is that my 6 lb. shi-poo barks at me whenever I am getting dressed so that I will hurry up and crate her with a tiny reward for hopping into her crate! She is really getting kind of bossy
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happy birthday lovelife
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so pretty enerva.I guess everyone is sleeping...yeahhhhhh for you guys.. Booooooo for me
Goats, match day mid March. Move month June. Baby cakes due May. Anyone else tired lol
They are so excited and so in love with their little lime baby. They track it by food size.
Mags, best of luck. We r all in you pocket. Wear baggy pants
Ray Ray ..calling momma Ray...can we see you sons halloween costume??? Please
Rosie posie, how did you costume come out ? Would love pictures
Queen bee. Pm me if you are around Sunday if Monday or Friday the first week of November . Gotta get some pics of us and make these Florida girls jealous.
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Beatmon, that dog story is so funny! I'm glad the vet was able to get the thong out without too much trouble - poor doggie!
Susan, your mentioning the couch reminded me of another good dog story. One of my coworkers had a dachsund. One day she and her husband were at her parents' house, and the dog was left alone in the family room, playing with a ball. Apparently her ball rolled behind the couch, and rather than go around the back of the couch to get the ball back, the dog chewed right through the couch, Tasmanian Devil style. My friend felt terrible, because the couch was completely ruined. Her parents were pretty mad!
Goats, good to see you did not float away!
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cubbie, when I was leaving the house that day, I said to my dog, I promise I will get more bones....just don't eat the couch.....the silly funny but true thing that just pop out if our mouths...lo
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You know dogs...all he understood was "eat" and "couch".
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yeah I am a bit to wordy. Now the cutie we have now doesn't hear well. She gets the finger....not that one...shame on you. She responds to my pointer finger. Amazing how they can learn new stuff to communicat
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Goats and Susan, didn't see your post above mine. Love that silly expression on your daughter's face, Susan.
Goats, I used to share a room with my sister when we were younger. One of my job was to wash everyone's clothes and one of hers was to fold them. Well, she hated doing any house work so she was always behind in folding and putting them away. When it gets really bad, she would just move the clothes to one side of her full size bed and sleep on the other side. Glad you are ok.
Susan, Beatmom and Cubbie, thanks for sharing your dog stories....still laughing. Mitzi seems like an angel now that I've heard of your tales.
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Thank you Enerva for the beautiful rose.
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But I didn't think Theresa was that bad! I thought it would be like always, and this was just another bad time she was going through! I just can't imagine her.......Oh God, I just don't want to think she is "dying".... I just get chills.... She was supposed to be moved yesterday... Judy called, and we talked a long time... We can't let her give up... we have to get her back to San Marino, where she can take care of herself.... And walk down to her meals, and ........... Oh man....... I'm going over tomorrow..... I'll get her up, and we'll just act normal...... She's been down before, so we can do it again!
Yes Eddie passed away maybe 6 months ago? But she seemed to "flourish" without all that extra worry.... It's just her body... If they can just get her back on her feet.... I guess I just don't want to think about it..... It'll all be fine.
So Okay.... I can't come up with anything for miss SimpleStuff... And no, I DIDN't know who CB was...Ha! One time on the drinking thread, someone asked what I would like to be called... I said "Elisibeth Dahling".... So then my name was ED! Hah! In fact Theresa's Son, knew a gal named Elisabeth Darling... and I thought that was just so beautiful!
Cammi is still on that thread... She is a regular TART on her FB account! I mean she says things even EYE wouldn't say! She just doesn't know any better.... has no sense of decorum! Still has that ummmm "phone job" so she says.... How she can talk like a drunken sailor is just above my head... But we have to love her.... she needs all the help she can get......
Simply! Tell these gals about your Radiation probs.... I just KNOW they can help...... I can't, but I know they have "been there, done that."
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Love the pic Susan. Your daughter looks good for first tri! Love that look too!
Beatmom that is funny!!
By chance, anyone here know anything that will help with tightness from rad's? I have been massaging everyday, but when I do my stretches and exercises, I am really starting to feel how tight it is becoming! Cehvy said one of you may have idea's other than stretching/exercising? I'm still in the 'rag' phase of rad's. I'm dreading them taking my rag away
I also have a little hard bump next to one of my drain tube scars that hurts! Not sure if it may be a cord origin...Gotta talk to PT lady today
My 'under breast' is very sore and has been along with my sternum since surgery, but the 'under breast' discomfort is getting worse. Think there are cords going down to the drain scars not to mention scar tissue the cords may be pulling on...
Hope all have a great day and may all your discomforts *poo* away
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Sorry to hear about y'alls friend
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