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LIFE THRU TRIXIEMAE EYES

March 2012 Looking Brighter for me

Been a long time since Mom updated my Diary.and on a cloudy over cast cold for San Diego day. it just seemed like now was a good time to play catch up . First things first mom has my favorite music playing.while i snuggle on the couch in my Christmas blankie.Mom has an iPhone and this awesome app called "Lullabies" it plays all kinds of baby music and mom adds rain sounds and a warm fire crackling and thunder rumbling in the distance. it just so heavenly to me....i sleep like an angel.......
yup my mom is the best.....

so a month ago i had a very big dental surgery.it was to remove a upper molar that had fractured in half.and the infection was so bad in my mouth that it had forced the tooth to press up into my optic nerve of my eye
the pressure in my optic nerve was triple what it should be. well after getting it out and antibiotics and pain meds .i am up to my ole self again.it feels good to be pain free.

that pesky toodler mom dad grandson has hardly bothered me anymore.moved on to other things now that he will be 4 in May. thank Dog i lived thru it...
the relentless pulling chasing .
So there it is for right now.my Cussins disease is stable and im doing Well....... we could not be happier.
~Love Trixie Mae ~

HEALTH UPDATE 2/5/11------ NEW UPDATE FOR 3/23/11

*****************BRAND NEW UPDATE****************************
3/23/11

DR.H SAID TODAY 3/23/11
LOOKED ME OVER TODAY AND AFTER MY MEDICAL RELAPSE 10 DAYS AGO HE PUT ME ON METRONIDAZOLE 250 MG ,GIVE 0.25 2X DAY
http://www.ehow.com/about_5262986_metronidazole-mg-dogs .html

SINCE I BEGAN THIS I HAVE BEEN STEADILY IMPROVING.NO MORE BLEEDING OR URGENT PEEING.STILL LOTS OF BLOATING IN MY ABDOMEN BUT IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING.IT IS AN MEDICATION THAT FIGHTS INFECTION OF THE GUT ONLY.
this IS A START AND BY THE LOOKS OF THINGS A SHORT TERM TREATMENT. HAVING CUSHHING AND COLITIS MAKES TRIXS VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO INFECTIONS.SO WE ARE TAKING IT ONE DAY ONE STEP AT A TIME............





well the news is looking brighter, at least today the bleeding has completely stopped. That sure makes it easier breathing for mom and i both.Now the embarrassing news is .looks like a i will have to wear diaper for now on.. Cuss hings disease .and well i know where i am supposed to go.and when i am supposed to go and more importantly Where NOT to go.
But lately that just falls to the wayside.i squat and go every where if not diapered. Dr. said my kidneys just are making so much of something called cortisol.and it makes me have to pee right now.so this is so not Diva-licious looking...
so my quest is to see if anyone can sew mommy and i a diaper covers -washable lined and in girly soft materials. if so please let us know.i weigh 20lbs.and i have a potbelly lower half.classic sign of Cushions Dr. said..

ADOPTION 2010 : "MY STORY AND WHAT ADOPTION MEANS TO- ME"

WHAT DOES ADOPTION MEAN TO ME.?
TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION I FIRST NEED TO REFLECT BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN . I WAS BORN IN ENSANADA MEXICO INTO A PUPPY MILL... I DID NOT KNOW MY MOM VERY LONG AS I WAS TAKEN FROM HER VERY EARLY. BUT WHAT I REMEMBER IS ALWAYS BEING CROWDED AND HUNGRY. THERE WERE THESE MEAN PEOPLE WHO SLAPPED US AND KICKED OVER THE CAGES WE WERE IN .IT WAS SO FRIGHTING. ONCE I HAD MY PAW SLAMMED IN A CAGE DOOR.
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 6 MONTHS OLD I WAS TAKEN TO A ROOM WHERE THEY TATTOOED ON MY EAR. THIS EXPLAINED WHERE I WAS HOUSED. IN WHAT ROW WHAT CAGE, .AND WHAT LEVEL I WAS LIVING.
MY DAYS WERE EITHER HOT OR COLD WET OR DRY. BUT ONE THING REMAINED THE SAME I WAS ALWAYS FRIGHTENED ,THE ENDLESS YELPS AND ABUSE THAT WAS AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE
I WAS NEVER GROOMED OR BATHED AND MY HAIR WAS SO LONG WHEN I WENT POTTY IT STUCK TO MY HIND END. I WAS FLEA INFESTATION & MATTED AND FULL OF MANGE I HAD TICKS AND A BUSTED UP LEG. THAT HAD BEEN INJURED WHEN I TRIED TO JUMP OUT THE CAGE AN HAD THE DOOR SHUT ON ME.
I LIVED IN THIS HORRIBLE PLACE TILL I WAS 1 YR OLD.
THEN ONE DAY ANIMAL CONTROL CAME IN AND SAVED ALL OF US. THEY COULD NOT SAVE US ALL SOME HAD SUCCUMB TO THE HORRIFIC ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
I WAS THEN TAKING TO FOSTER CARE HERE IT WAS STRANGE TOO. THEY NEVER FIXED MY LEG HOWEVER I WAS FED AND ALLOWED TO RUN FREE IN THE BACK YARD WITH ALL KINDS OF FOSTER DOGS.I LEARNED HOW TO DRINK WATER OFF THE GRASS ON HOT DAYS. THE WATER BOWLS WERE KNOCKED OVER BY THE BIG DOGGIES A LOT SO I HAD TO FIND WATER WHERE I COULD.
THEY WOULD HOSE US OFF AND DRY US WITH TOWELS. AND LET US RUN TILL IT WAS TIME TO GO TO PLACES TO BE SHOWN FOR ADOPTION. THIS WENT ON TILL I WAS ALMOST 3.NO STRUCTURE NO DISCIPLINE I HAD A LITTER OR 2 PUPS WHILE THERE. THEY WERE ADOPTED OUT. NOW NO ONE WANTED 3 YR OLD MINIATURE POODLE WHO LOOKED A MESS.WITH NO SOCIAL SKILLS AND NOT HOUSE BROKEN.
THAT WAS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY JUNE 7 2003 MY 3RD BIRTHDAY. IT FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE A SPECIAL DAY.WE WERE ALL BATHED AND BROUGHT TO PETCO IN HOPES OF BEING ADOPTED. SEEMED NO ONE EVEN LOOKED AT ME EXCEPT ONE KID WHO LAUGHED AT HOW UGLY I WAS AND HOW PATHETIC I LOOKED.
JUST THEN A LADY WALKED BY ME. I FELT SOMETHING A CONNECTION TO HER I JUST NEEDED TO GET HER TO LOOK DOWN AT ME. OH GOSH IF SHE ONLY LOOKS AT ME I WOULD SURELY GIVE HER ALL THE LOVE I COULD.
MY HEART SKIPPED A BEAT I STOOD UP AND I WHIMPERED MY BEST CRY AND SHE LOOKED DOWN. PICKED ME UP AND ME THREW MY ARMS AROUND HER NECK AND BURIED MY WET LIL NOSE UNDER HER CHIN. OH MY SHE HUGGED ME SO TIGHT, IT WAS LIKE NOTHING I HAD EVER FELT BEFORE IN MY LIFETIME.
FROM THE DISTANCE I HEAR A VOICE YELL NO AUDREY PUT HER DOWN SHE NOT A CHIHUAHUA .WE DON’T WANT A POODLE.
A POODLE THIS IS POODLE .THE LADY WAS STUNNED. OMG I ALWAYS WANTED A POODLE. WELL IT WAS A DONE DEAL FROM THAT DAY ON. THAT LADY AUDREY SHE NEVER PUT ME DOWN LIKE DADDY SAID MATTER FACT SHE HOLDS ME ALL THE TIME NOW. WE STARTED OFF ROUGH IN THE BEGINNING .THE FIRST FEW WEEKS IN MY NEW FIRST FOREVER HOME.I PIDDLED EVERY WHERE .I CHEWED THE ELECTRICAL CORD THE TV CORDS THE WALL TRIM. THE PATIO ENCLOSURES THE CHICKEN WIRE THE COUCH A HUGE HOLE IN THE CARPET THE SHOWER CURTAIN THE TRASH. THE BED SPREAD THE CURTAINS THE BLINDS.YUP I WAS A REGULAR MARLEY DOG.
BUT WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT I WAS NEVER INDOORS .I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO ACT.
MOM DECIDED SINCE I HAD HORRIBLE SEPARATION ANXIETY TO STAY HOME FOR A MONTH WITH ME. EVERY TIME SHE WENT ANY WHERE SHE COME RIGHT BACK TILL I KNEW SHE WOULD NEVER LEAVE ME ALONE.
I STOPPED DESTROYING STUFF AND BEGAN TRUSTING. WE WORK TIRELESSLY ON POTTY TRAINING AND I GOT IT.I LEARNED TO GO WHEN I NEEDED TO GO AND I DID IT OUTSIDE. I WAS LEARNING AND NOT ONCE DID MOM EVER HIT ME YELL AT ME OR GIVE UP ON ME.
GOING ON 7 YRS HERE IN MY FOREVER HOME.
I'M LIVING THE PRIVILEGED LIFE I AM ADORED AND SHOWERED WITH HUGS AND KISSES. I AM NEVER HUNGRY OR FRIGHTENED OR ALONE.ADOPTION TO ME MEANS I FOUND SOMEWHERE I ADORE BEING WITH A FAMILY THAT ADORES ME BEING THERE AND THEY CALL ME THEIR LIL GIRL .I DANCE I AM A BALLERINA I DO TRICKS I RUN I PLAY I AM SO BLESSED .
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY LONG DIARY. IT ALLOWED ME TO REFLECT BACK ON WHERE I WAS WHAT HAPPENED AND WHERE I AM NOW.AND IT ALL IS BECAUSE A LIL LADY NAMED AUDREY MY MOM PICKED ME UP AND HELD ME IN HER ARMS FROM THAT DAY TILL FOREVER ENDS WE WILL BE IN EACH OTHERS ARMS AS BEST FRIENDS FOR LIFE. AND ABOVE ALL IT IS BECAUSE OF ADOPTION .IT GAVE ME A CHANCE I WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD TO FIND WHAT A LIFE FULL OF LOVE.SOMETHING THAT WAS ELUSIVE TO ME..
ADOPTIONS MEANS:
LOVING WHAT NO ONE WANTS OR CARES FOR WITH ALL YOU HAVE TO GIVE UN SELFLESSLY AND WILLINGLY AND LOVINGLY.
ADOPTION SAVED MY LIFE.
TRIXIE MAE MARSHMALLOW EARS