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Tally-talk

Through and through

Hey! I haven't posted in a LONG time! but here I am, as usual, with news about my latest injury.

See, mom & dad have been really busy with Bela and Aullido who have been sick. Aullido had a tough month and got a tumor removed, then had emergency surgery for a bladder stone, but is doing much better.

Bela, however, is not doing so well; due to her age, she has heart, kidney and intestine problems, and they compounded to give her a nasty pancreatitis. She had to have surgery (extremely risky but she survived). But now she has tubes going into her and I'm worried that she's going to die. Since I'm just a doggie I don't know what I can do, Bela has been with me since I arrived here almost 4 years ago.

Anyway, the other day dad was walking us in the park when I felt a stinging pain in my hind paw. I immediately lifted it and kept walking! can't act like a sissy while Bela is fighting for her life! I said nothing about the incident.

Turns out I stabbed my paw with a nasty thorn (I didn't know palm tree leaves had thorns). It was HUGE, and went into my foot and out the top. When I lifted my paw the thorn came out clean, but I had a nasty, dirty wound. It didn't really hurt too much so I stayed like that for a couple of days, until dad noticed I was limping (it started hurting when it swelled, and it did look like a huge balloon, about 4 times its normal size).

He said a couple of dirty words and then took me to the vet, where they cleaned and drained my wound, on both sides (top & bottom) of my hind paw. Now I have a nice sock-like bandage but the doctor still won't let me run and jump! and I have to wear the dreaded CONE when mom & dad are not around.

Life's not fair; but at least I'll be able to run and jump again in a few days. Let's hope Bela gets better and goes for a walk with us too.

See ya soon!

Bela is back!

Hey all! so Bela spent a whole day at the vet and when she came home she was FURIOUS. But she was also tired so she just went to bed and slept until the next day. She has a funny bandage around her head! Mom & dad yelled at me a lot to keep me away from Bela, but I just wanted to make sure she's OK! Anyway, she got out of her operation just fine and is now resting comfortably at home. Aullido and I are so glad she's back! and so are mom & dad. Hopefully Bela will tell how it went once she's feeling better!

Woof and see ya!

Bela and surgery!

Hey all! I'm pretty worried today! Mom & dad were checking Bela because her right ear looked funny. They found she has a hematoma (blood pocket). Now, Bela has had this problem before; long before I was even born, and she tells me it was very nasty, they put a tube in her left ear which had the problem once, but it didn't work and they ended up having to stitch it.

Now it's happened again and Bela had to go to the hospital to get her ear treated. She went yesterday to get checked and the doctor said she'd need to have the same procedure done. So today dad took her to the hospital very early. Mom & dad are worried because Bela is quite old and any surgical procedure done on her carries a risk. Luckily she has excellent doctors (they even saved my life once!) so we've got that part covered.

I worry a lot when Bela is not home. We spend most of our time together. So today while she's away, I'm keeping my paws crossed for her, and I hope all my pup pals do the same! I'll let you know when she's back, hopefully later today!

See ya!