Latest News Flash on Fosser Brudder.....

he did pretty good yesterday, ate his meals with some gusto, gobbled down a couple of treats and didn't seem to have a high temperature.

Mudder got up this morning and gave him a little treat and his meds mixed in his dob ob p-nut butter and he ate it right down, the he got his VERY short sedate walk to take care of his business and she gave him his breakfast of his usual kibble and some yogurt for good measure. He ate it, which kind of indicates he was feeling pretty good then.

Fadder is home with both of us today, so he's available to play with me and keep an eye on Hunter.

Mudder and fadder are almost scared to hope our boy has turned the corner on the really bad days in this part of Hunter's treatment, it's been quite a roller coaster ride!!

Any good thoughts/pawyers you might wish to offer for our sweet boy are appreciated.

Love,
Cassie

Update on Hunter!!

He went back to the vet this morning with 104.4 degree fever. The vet feels with the timing of his feeling sick and fever, this is being caused by the heartworms breaking up and filtering through his lungs. This is also the cause more than likely of his higher than normal white cell count. So, the vet gave him a strong shot of steriodal medication to help the lung inflammation and wants mom to continue the pred tomorrow morning 5 mg morning and night for a couple of days and give him Pepcid AC to help him from getting stomach ulcers---OMD---something else for mom to worry about now. He will see the vet again in the morning as well. Puuuuullllllleeeeeeese all you furriends whisper a little pawyer for my foster brother, he's such a little doll baby, we sure want him to get well and feel much better.

Love,
Cassie-role

Hunter is going to the vet....

he woke up lethargic and not terribly interested in his breakfast this morning, so mom wants the vet to be sure something isn't going on that needs to be treated----after all, he just had his first heartworm treatment last Wednesday and while we've done everything that we're supposed to in order to help him recover, sometimes there are complicatons anyway--we'd appreciate good thoughts for my sweet foster brother!

Cassie

Dorothy Louise's Poll Question.....

she asked what each of her pals is most afraid of. Well, pups, I betcha ebery one ob yu who haz eber red my diawy knowz what skarez me de most in dis hole wide world! THUNDER!!!! I hate dat noisy scawey stuff. I can fewl a thunder storm coming hours be4 it aktually awwibes, and I'm usuawly hiding owt in bak ob de couch tingie long be4 it awwibes. I won't eben come owt to eat or to get a bewwy wub or tweetz az wong as it is tundering.

So, dis is my weply to Dorothy Louise's question.

Wubz,
Cassie-role

Fosser Brudder Had His 1st HW Shot Yesterday....

and so far he's doing pretty good. De vet wady saz he can stay in his ex-pen andnot hab to be cwated, and dats bedder dan staying in dat cwate all de time. He can't be wunning awound and getting all ober-excited dough.

He can't take wong walkies eder, so mudder walks him about 50 yards up de dwibeway and back.

I sure wub my fosser brudder, and he haz a wong way before he'z wid ob dose nasty ole heartworm tingies, but he seems tuff!! He will hab anudder injection on March 27.

Datz bout all de newz for today.

Cassie

My Fosser Brudder's HW Injection is Tomowwow......

mudder and fadder r more dan a widdle bit nerbous bout dis prosedure, but dey no dat wifout it Hunter will neber get well. I hab told dem dat wif all our wub and care dat he will be well soon, and den he can hab his own fureber home, wedder dat be wif us or wif anuder famlee woo will lub him as much as we du.

Our famlee wud bery much appresiate any gud tots or pawrayers for Hunter as he stawts hiz wong wode to recovery.

Wubz.
Cassie-role

My Fosster Brudder....

is such a sweetie. I wubz him wotz. He haz doze nasty ole heartworm tingies, dough, and hiz bwood work showz sum high wiber enzyme tings. He'z been on some medicine for a cuple ob weeks, but yesterday de enzymes were still high so dat nice vet wady wantz to do anudder test on him on Tuesday. He can't be tweated for doze heartwormz until his wiber is wight. Mudder and fadder are worried bout him, and dey just want hiz wiber to cooperate so we can get wid of doze worms and he can hab a long and healthy wife in a wubbing foreber home.

We'd sure appweciate gud tots and pawrayers for Hunter!

Wubz,
Cassie-role

I Hab a New Fosser Brudder........

His name is Hunter, and he'z a cairn mix dat de mudder n fadder agweed to fosser since he needed a home cwose to Houston. Yu see, dis widdle 3 yeer old cairn mix waz in a "kill" shelter and it waz his wast day be4 dey were going to have him PTS when Col Potter stepped in and said dey wud take care ob dis widdle fewwo. Hunter is sweet, wubbing, and a REAL jumping jack!! He also haz heartworms, and Col Potter is going to hab dis widdle guy tweeted for dem, so dey needed a pwetty calm and quiet home for him and dey tot our house just mite be what he needs. He is on doxycycline for 3 weeks, den he will be off of it for a week and he will get the 1st injection to kill the heartworms and he will have to be REAL quiet and calm for 4-6 weeks. My mudder, fadder, and me pwan on getting this little guy well and weady for his own fureber home, and who knowz, that home might be wight here wif us!

Pwese whisper a fu pwayers or some gud tots for my fosser brudder, Hunter.

Wubz,
Cassie-role

A Christmas Story....

A Christmas Story


December is the best month of the year at the Rainbow Bridge. For the dogs there is snow to romp in and the angels always have time to toss snowballs for them to chase. The cats enjoy patting at the snowflakes as they fall, and then curling up near the fireplace for a nice winter's nap.


But it is the lights that make this time so special. Winter on the Earth, their former home, is a time of lengthening darkness, and in December candles glow all around the globe beginning with Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, and continuing on right through the New Year's festivities. At the Bridge the glow of these candles is reflected in all of the trees, and in the hearts of every Bridgekid as they observe the month in their own special way; with memories of the lives, and the loved ones they left behind.


For most it is a time of quiet joy, but each year there are always a few who draw apart..
Near to midnight, "home time" on December 24 Charlie realized someone was missing from the Hale gathering. "I'll be right back," he told his siblings. He passed many similar groupings as he hurried down the well worn path, many friends called out to him, but he only acknowledge the greetings with a wave and continued on. The path ended at the Rainbow, and there he found a small group of newcomers, each sitting quietly, alone. One of these, the missing Sandifur, was crouched at the very edge, his stumpy tail twitching rapidly, as he stared at the scene below.


"You are missing the party, little brother," Charlie said.
"I don't care," replied Sandifur, "I don't like Christmas anyway. "


Charlie only smiled. "I felt the same way my first year. Do you remember your very first Christmas with Mom and Dad? Remember the new scratching tree they gave us that year, and the catnip mice? And remember all the good things we got to eat? That was a great time, wasn't it?" Sandifur nodded, still gazing intently below. "I want to go back."
"I did too, " Charlie said, licking gently at his brother's ear. "But we can't, baby brother. This is our place now." "But it's Christmas, and Mom and Dad miss us so much. Look, mom is lighting a candle right now, just for us and she is crying."


"Christmas Eve is her time to remember, little one, but tomorrow she will pass out the presents to all of our brothers and sisters, and she will be happy again. I want to show you something. Come with me."
Together the two kiddens climbed the arch of the Rainbow, and at the very top Charlie stopped. "Do you see that big silver cloud over there? Watch closely."


As Sandifur gazed the cloud began to swirl and gradually an image came into view. The clearing where he had left his family, and a larger gathering around the big, glowing pine tree. He could see the dogs, many more of them than when he had left, playing fetch and tug of war, and the kiddens, so many kiddens, sleeping in a heap, their soggy catnip mice forgotten in the grass.


Suddenly the kiddens all woke up, and the dogs ceased their play and stared into the darkness beyond the clearing, tails wagging in greeting.
And then, much to Sandifur's amazement, two humans stepped into the light."
"Hurry, Charlie, we have to go back," he said. " Mom and Dad, they're here!"
"Not just yet, Sandy. That cloud is our Window into Tomorrow.
Come back with me now, and join the others. The reunion will come. We have been promised."


Sandy reluctantly pulled his gaze away from the vision of the future, and followed Charlie. They found the others waiting for them at the base of the rainbow. "Is it time?" Charlie asked.
Terrie nodded, "They are waiting."
All of the Hale Bridgekids drew together, and looked over the edge, and along the entire length of the rainbow similar groups were gathered, all looking down at their former homes.


Suddenly the light of a million candles from the Earth met the glow from the Rainbow Bridge. "Now," Charlie whispered.


In unison three words were repeated again and again, and as they were spoken they merged with the bridge of light, flowing from the rainbow to the earth, and back again in ever increasing brilliance, and the colors of the rainbow merged with the light. "I love you," they all said, and the love entered every heart of the pet parents on earth, and the hearts of those who gathered at the rainbow.


"Merry Christmas, Mom and Dad," Sandifur whispered again, watching the lights slowly fade. "I love you. I will be waiting."


"I will look ahead for there is our tomorrow."




Marion Hale

For My SSP!!

Dear SSP,

You are teasing me, you sneaky dawg! I hab been a weally gud grllll and was eben nice to dat widdle fosser brudder, so I know you will tweat me weal gud!

You're wooferful SSP!!

Wubz,
Cassie-role