Teddy has passed away

It's been almost a month now, but Teddy lost his battle with his immune disease. He was euthanized on August 24, and he was cremated and now sits on top of our television for the moment, as it is football season, and he loved to watch the games. I haven't decided if I want to bury his ashes, turn them into a lab-created diamond, or simply get him a better urn and leave him on the TV.

He will truly be missed.

From Teddy's mom 8-20-06

Teddy is very very sick. He is in the hospital now, and has been there on and off for about 3 weeks. He has something wrong with his immune system. His white and red blood cells are being attacked by his immune system, and if his platelets get below 20 he can start bleeding randomly and spontaneously internally. He has had 2 blood transfusions, a slew of medicines, and had 2 siezures. Unfortunately, if this new med for the immune system does not work Ted will have to be put to sleep. What started all the concern was we were out on a normal outing to Walgreens when I noticed he suddenly lost his vision. He had blood in his eye and it was from his platelets being so low. His daddy and I and all our friends and family are praying for him nonstop, but it doesn't look good for our baby right now. I ask if you are reading this to please say a little prayer for him, every little bit of prayer or good vibes and well wishes helps. Keep him in your thoughts and maybe we can have a miracle.

12-02-05

Gee whiz!! it's been a long time since I wrote anything! Not much has really changed. I have all but forgotten about my daddy, and now call Jenny and Walter Mom and Dad. Mamaw went to Florida for Thanksgiving (whatever THAT is...) and for a few days my cousin Darbie stayed with us. She's a standard size poodle, and HUGE compared to me. And while she tried to play with me, she only hurt me. She rolled me through the yard when he head-butted me, so I bit her on her cheek. She bit me alot too, mostly around my back and stuff. Mom yelled at her alot, so eventually she went home and Mom checked on her at her house. I only missed Mamaw a little, she smells funny and I don't like that tube she has. (She's on oxygen) Thanksgiving day here was fun. Mom got up early and cooked all day, and she even gave me some! My grampa and gramaw got to come over and eat with us and so did one of Daddy's friends, Jim. Grampa's my favorite, he pets me alot and feeds me stuff too. Mom spent alot of time fixing food and decorating the place, it looked like outside but inside, and she had lots of leaves everywhere, and even a pumpkin! Now we have this tree with lights and little circles hanging on it, and it's in the living room, right in front of the window. How am I supposed to look out of it if there's a tree there?? And this tree was set up in Mom and Dad's bedroom last year, because my other daddy was sleeping in the living room in a special bed. And just today, Mom took all the leaves out and put snowflakes and this picture of a lot of people looking at a baby on the wall. Man these humans are weird. I keep seeing the word Christmas, but I don't remember what it means. Anyway, it snowed here a few days ago, but it didn't stay long. It was pretty though. Gotta run, it's nap time.

5-11-05

A few days ago, Jenny took me out for the day. she thought I looked really sad, so she took me to the park. I got to chase birds and sniff things, look at ducks and little kids and sniff things. Did I mention I got to sniff stuff? Man, there were so many different smells going on, I thought I was in heaven! After we went to the park, she took me to Walgreens to see her friend Susan who works there. She put a sweatshirt in the bottom of the cart and I got to lay down and ride around. While we were there, she saw some dog treats and bought them for me! I was having a great time!! After that we went to a local pet store called Feeders Supply, and there were cats, puppies and other dogs there. Some of the dogs were in cages. I didn't understand why, but I think it's because they didn't have leashes, even though there were some on the wall right behind them. I also saw some fishes and a guinea pig. After we left there, we went to another pet store called Superpetz, and I got to make friends with a rabbit. She didn't look like the rabbits I've seen out in the yard, she was black and white and as big as me! And there was a big bird that was drawing a crowd, like he could talk or something. I also saw some snakes and lizards. After that we went home. But that was the best day I've ever had! I've never been so many places in one day before! And I had such fun!

Today I went with Jenny and Walter to Burger King, and then we drove home and ate in the shade ate the park, but I got sick in the backseat and I threw up. I dind't get spanked though. Thank goodness, I don't think they know about my backseat-carsickness. I only get it when I ride in the back of the car. When I ride in the big red van I'm fine.

That's all for now! Bark at ya later!

5/4/05

I know I haven't written in my diary in a while, but I have a very good reason... My daddy died on April 26, and I am still a little sad. Let me go back a little bit though so I can catch you up. Back in April, Robert got a tiny puppy named Ellie. She is a Jack Russel Terrier, and she is my cousin too. She's VERY energetic. We are good friends. She likes Walter a little too much for my liking though. Daddy went into the nursing home again around the second week in April. I only got to visit him twice, but I was happy to see him. We had sherbet together and he gave me some potato chips. And the lady that runs the place was so nice to me, she picked me up and loved on me and made feel really happy. I gave her a hug before we left. She smelled pretty too. Then about a week ago, daddy went back to the hospital. He was really bad sick. He had "new-moan-yuh" again! This was the third time with that. He also had a "UTI". That sounds like it hurts. Daddy also had a bad fever, 104 degrees. He was yelling at the nurses and throwing stuff at them. Daddy never gets that mad. The doctor at the hospital said daddy's fever was so high it was making him act funny. Not funny "ha-ha" though. Daddy stopped breathing, and they had to put a "toob" in his throat so a machine could breathe for him. Then at about 11:40 at night, daddy's heart stopped, and the nurses and doctors couldn't get it to start again. Walter was very, very sad. At first I dind't know what happened. He and Jenny came home from the hospital but they smelled like food to me, turns out they had just eaten dinner right before daddy died. I was happy, and couldn't figure out why Walter was so sad. He cried alot. That was his daddy too. Ma didn't get too upset. She started making a list of things that had to be done so she wouldn't forget. Jenny hugged Walter alot. A few days later, everyone got dressed up and went to the "few'n-rull home". Ma and Walter and Jenny were gone a really long time, and then Ma came home to rest and Walter took me with him to the "few'n-rull home". When we got there, he handed my leash to Jenny, and Jenny picked me up and took me to a box that had lots of flowers around it. Inside the box was daddy! I started to wag my tail and whine because I missed him. But when I sniffed him, he smelled different. He didn't smell right to me. When I touched his hand with my nose, he was very cold. and there was stuff on his hands, like paint... I wanted to get down and look at the flowers. They smelled really nice. I also got to see Robert and Frank and John and Danielle and Anna and Frankie and Robin and Katie...so many people were there sitting around in chairs and talking. Walter was doing alot better now. He was smiling and laughing sometimes. Then Jenny's dad and mom and grandma came. I never met her mom before. I said hi to grandma and her dad though. Soon it was time to leave. So Jenny picked me up again and told me to say goodbye to daddy, that this was the last time I would ever see him. So she let me sniff him again, but I dind't like the way he smelled, so I wanted her to put me down. I knew he was gone by his smell. So then we all went home and the next day everyone got dressed up again, but I couldn't go this time. This was the day they buried him. It made me sad that my daddy was going to be buried like I bury my toys in the yard, but that's what people do to their loved ones when they die. Daddy's bed is gone, and the living room is so much bigger now. I miss my daddy. I know he's not sick anymore though, but I still miss him. I'm sad. I think I'll go lay down now.

March 31, 2005

Today I got to meet my cousin Darby! She is a standard size poodle, black in color, and very big compared to me! I looked like a midget! When I tried to smell her butt I had to stand on my tippy-toes! Jenny took me over there to feed her and let her out because her daddy (Walter's brother John) was in Florida on vaction. We went outside and played and then came inside for a treat and some cool water. Darby's yard had a flight of steps to get from the deck to the grass, and I couldn't go down because I was scared. So Jenny took me down to the grass. They also had steps inside the house and I was afraid to go on those too, even those had carpet on them. So Jenny took me up them and down them. I had a really good time, I got to ride in the car with the window down and see my cousin for the first time! When I got home I rested for a while. And then I went out and barked at the neighbors. It's been a busy (but fun!) day.

March 19 2005

Well, Dewey doesn't belong to Robert. He said the shamrock foundation (the company that was supposed to find Dewey a home) gave him the runaround about Dewey and he decided not to take him. He also said he was way too big for his apartment. So no new friends just yet. Today Ma's other son Frank came in town with his two children and his wife. I like Frank, but I'm not used to being around children, and the little girl, Anna, kept following me and chasing me. I was tired when they left, so I took a nap. Jenny is bad sick. She is sneezing and coughing and everything! I stayed by her yesterday because I was worried when she didn't get out of bed for breakfast. She always has breakfast! I hope she doesn't have to go to the hospital like Daddy did. I think she's getting better though because she had breakfast today, even got dressed and went out with Walter too for a little while. I think I'm gonna take another nap now, I'm really tired from the kids today.

March 17 2005

Happy St. Patricks Day!...whatever that means.... Jenny told me today that Ma's other son Robert is getting a dog today! His name is Dewey, and he is a boxer mix. I hope he comes to visit soon. I really miss my Daddy. I haven't felt good ever since he's been gone. I also get the feeling I'll have to go to the groomer again soon, because my hair is getting sort of long again. A man came by yesterdayto fix Daddy's wheelchair, but Ma wouldn't let me sniff him because he was working on the battery, and she didn't want me to be shocked. I wasn't shocked though, because I knew he was just fixing the chair. What' s so shocking about that? Anyway, I got some new treats and I really like them. Most treats I don't like so much because they're crunchy. But these are soft and good. They look like little T-bone steaks. I gues I will go watch the birds for a while, since Daddy's gone that's about all I want to do.

March 11 2005

Daddy had to go to the hospital tonight. Walter and Jenny came home from the gym and Daddy's poop pouch had to be changed. When Walter was changing it, he noticed that Daddy's body felt hot, so he took Daddy's temperature and he had a really high fever. So Ma called the ambulance and they came and took him to the hospital. I heard Walter tell Ma when he came home from signing Daddy in that Daddy still has "new-moan-yuh"? And he also has "gas-right-us"? I hope those are good things and not bad things. I will miss my daily egg while he's gone. Walter says Daddy has to stay in th hospital until he gets better, because Ma can die if she gets "new-moan-yuh". Ma has a thing she wears to help her breathe. It makes hissing noises and she wears a hose on her nose. I guess if she gets "new-moan-yuh" she would stop breathing? I don't know about these human illnesses. I wish I could go to the hospital to see Daddy. I wish I could go there and sniff the place out, make sure there's nothing there that could hurt him. But Jenny says they can't take me there because I have germs. Daddy's got germs though and he's there! The place seems like it's CRAWLING with germs! Oh well, I sniff them when they come home and that's enough I guess.

March 10 2005

I was really bad today. I got spanked and although I couldn't hear them yelling at me, I could feel the vibration of Walter's voice in my chest when he yelled. See, what happened was Jenny and Walter, my two best buds, left me here to go get something to eat. And they didn't take me with them!! I was so mad! I ran around out in the yard before they left, barking and trying to let them know they'd forgotten me! So while they were gone I broke into their room and got in their garbage can. I was so mad at them I didn't care that I was doing something bad. I felt pretty good about it until I saw them pull in the driveway. Then I tried to put it back in the can really quick, but I couldn't stand the can back up, and then it happened... They came in the door, and I pretended like nothing was wrong. And of course where's the first place they go? Yep. They found my mess, my demonstration of my destructive side was all over the floor, and they were EXTREMELY mad at me. So I was punished for the rest of the night. I was kicked out of their room for a whole 8 hours!!! I scratched on the door so many times I thought I scratched THROUGH the door, and then I got spanked for that too. So I hid under Daddy's bed. And just when it couldn't get any worse, they saw me sniffing around in Daddy's garbage can because I thought I saw him throw a piece of cookie in there. And I got another spanking. I have a question though, why do they take my head and put my nose in my mess? I think I know what my own mess smells like, after all, I made it didn't I? I just don't get it. They throw stuff in that garbage can that still has some crumbs of food on it, and they don't even try to clean it all off! All that food going to waste! I figure they don't want it, so I'll take it! Well, anyways, after about 2 more hours it was time to go to bed, and Jenny opened the door and motioned for me to come in and get in bed. So I did. I was so glad to see my bed again that I started kissing and licking the bed sheet. I got spanked again. If I had tear ducts I could have cried. But then Walter gave me a big hug and I kissed him on his nose and things were better. I'll have to try really hard not to be so bad anymore, I don't like spankings.