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Frankie: True Hollywood Story

Minor Surgery

Today I got a special bath. I love my new mobile groomer Steve. He always plays with me, gives me treats, and because I don't like the hair dryer, he actually towel dries me.

Tomorrow is a little scary, maybe more so for dad than me. I have to have a minor procedure done. My last visit to the vet found two tiny cysts on my eyelids that the Dr. would like to get rid of now before they have a chance to get bigger. They don't bother me yet, but Dr. assured me and daddy that this is common in my breed and may grow. At this stage is just a cosmetic surgery.

While I'm under they are gonna also pluck my ears, brush my teeth, express my glands, and check for the possibility of a 'infection' in my no-no area. See, I've been kinda licking a lot more than normal down there, and Dr. wants to make sure I don't have a fungal or yeast infection.

It's all pretty much routine, but daddy gets nervous anytime they put me under, and especially since they need to cut something by my eye. I will be in recovery all day, but I do get to go home and wear that silly collar for 24 hours. I guess the only upside to that is daddy will be home with me all night to take care of me. I like that.

Hot, Hot, Hot

Wowzers,

Even for Southern California, it jumped up into the low 90's in our neck of the woods the last few days, and will continue to do so for the the two before we get a small reprieve.

When daddy came home from work last night, we wited until after 7pm before we went for a walk, and even then I was panting hard when I got home, so plenty of water for me.

Daddy opted to sleep downstairs last night night on the couch, and of course, I kept him company. Our upstairs thermostat read 87 degrees at 9pm, and that with the ceiling fan on and windows open, so we cracked the windows downstairs, grabbed a few pillows and camped out. It was fun, but I'm kinda used to it as I sleep there during the day anyway.

We'll probably do the same thing tonight as well.

A lot of commotion at the house

Wowzers, tehre's a lot happening at my house this past week.

It all stareted last weekedn when Daddy noticed that some of the tiles in the kitchen felt warm. Well, of course on those cold mornings, it feels good on my four feet, but we knew something was wrong.

Long story short, our house has a slab leak and so an army of strangers came in with all their tools, and wrenches, and saws, and other nasty devices and tore up our kitchen and dining room.

Some of the furniture has been moved to funny spots that make no sense to me. My dinner bowl and water are in a different spot after 5 years, so I'm a bit confused at feeding time.

Today they have sealed off the kitchen once again with plastic sheets and have been working to fix all the walls they broke into just a few days earlier. What a mess!!

And so I don't get into anybodies way, I've been relgated to the backyard for the day....which is nice, but I wanna come in when I want to. I'm not used to being forced to stay out all day.

It's my understanding that these silly men will all be here again tomorrow as well to do something called 'texturing' to the walls. Hopefully it will all be back to normal in a few more days.