Clyde has had 2 awesome days. It has been amazing to see him get around, and really enjoy being amongst us again. He likes to lay by the wood stove, one of his favorite places. He is doing so well going outside to pee & poop without the help of the strap. He got a special treat the last 2 nights, a T-Bone steak bone, and oh did he enjoy that. Molly is doing great having him back into the family fold, and my dad & I both cried we were so....Happy.
He is very alert, just like he used to be. He has the most handsome look, and his hearing and sniffer is back on target. Today when he went out, he wanted to lay down in the grass, but it was rainy. I follow behind him, but he is doing so well without me. I put some aloe from my plant on his wound areas to help in less scar damage.
We have only 7 days to go and Dr. McCarthy I believe is going to be very happy when Clyde walks by himself into Deerfield vets office. I thank everyone who continues to keep us in your prayers, and Clyde and I send you all our Love.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Great Acts Of Kindness
Well everyone has been busy getting ready for Clyde's benefit, which was on sunday at the Itam Lodge in pittsfield. It was a wonderful day with great food, music played by some high school buddies and desserts galore. The chinese auction was awesome, some beautiful baskets and restaurant gift certificates and oh so much to bid on. Joan and her staff at Itam did a wonderful job. Everyone was enjoying themselves with conversation, 2 lab puppies to give you kisses and keep the kids entertained. For those of you who have never been to the Itam Lodge, it has a spectacular view of pontusac lake, and sunday was sunny & bright and absolutely a beautiful day. Everyone was asking about Clyde and the love that was shown was truly heartwarming.
The 50/50 raffle was over $1000 and 80 percent of the tickets had clydes name on it, and the ticket pulled was a lady who works at OTB in New Lebanon, and my dad sold her the ticket. The funny thing is her daughter who graduated high school this yr, won the scholarship that is in my moms name. How weird is that? Tammy was very surprised and happy when my dad presented her the money.
Today was a great day for Clyde, he went outside without the help of the strap and he did great. He is loving to come into the living room and be close to my dad and molly. Alisha came over and we changed his bandage, and he had a chance to lick his toes and than really did not want me to put a new bandage back on, can't blame him for that. My sister and brother in law randy left at 4:30 am to drive back to colorado. My sis came with a horse for my cousin and a 1/2 beef and 2 lab puppies. One was sold after one of the workers at the restaurant fell in love with the yellow male lab, named bullet. He is the minature version of Clyde, when clyde was a puppy.
Again I thank everyone who came, helped, donated. Clyde is a very lucky doggie.
God Bless! love from Clyde, Molly and me
The 50/50 raffle was over $1000 and 80 percent of the tickets had clydes name on it, and the ticket pulled was a lady who works at OTB in New Lebanon, and my dad sold her the ticket. The funny thing is her daughter who graduated high school this yr, won the scholarship that is in my moms name. How weird is that? Tammy was very surprised and happy when my dad presented her the money.
Today was a great day for Clyde, he went outside without the help of the strap and he did great. He is loving to come into the living room and be close to my dad and molly. Alisha came over and we changed his bandage, and he had a chance to lick his toes and than really did not want me to put a new bandage back on, can't blame him for that. My sister and brother in law randy left at 4:30 am to drive back to colorado. My sis came with a horse for my cousin and a 1/2 beef and 2 lab puppies. One was sold after one of the workers at the restaurant fell in love with the yellow male lab, named bullet. He is the minature version of Clyde, when clyde was a puppy.
Again I thank everyone who came, helped, donated. Clyde is a very lucky doggie.
God Bless! love from Clyde, Molly and me
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Rooted in Reality
I stop to think back about the Day of the accident, and know Clyde and I would not have come this far without the help of so many people and prayers. I know I would not have made it through this journey, not ordeal without it. Clyde continues to improve everyday and has had an absolute wonderful attitude through it all. I give the praise to the lord and to Clyde who have shown me just what true love can do.
Clyde had a great day today full of energy and playfulness. The one spot on his rod leg which has taken the longest to heal, is finally starting to close up. All I need to do is keep Clyde from licking at it, and opening it up again. Clyde continues to want to walk around the outside of his pen first and then go outside, all without the help of the strap for support. I think tomorrow i will move his pen closer to the living room.
I look forward to sunday and thanking those in person, who came to the event. God Bless everyone who reads this, and thank you from the bottom of Clyde and Mines heart.
Clyde had a great day today full of energy and playfulness. The one spot on his rod leg which has taken the longest to heal, is finally starting to close up. All I need to do is keep Clyde from licking at it, and opening it up again. Clyde continues to want to walk around the outside of his pen first and then go outside, all without the help of the strap for support. I think tomorrow i will move his pen closer to the living room.
I look forward to sunday and thanking those in person, who came to the event. God Bless everyone who reads this, and thank you from the bottom of Clyde and Mines heart.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Faith Gives Me Strength
Clyde was not too excited about the WD food, but he did get the first bowl down. I started to mix it into his other food, and that seemed to help him want to get it down. He has done very well with putting more weight on his rod leg. Even though he has muscle loss, Clyde has good strength. I do still assist him, but not alot, more for just his comfort. Yes Clyde is spoiled and at almost every wimper I am their for his every need. It might be harder for me to seperate, than it will be for him, but we will see what happens.
We tried on Saturday to change the bandage, but to no Avail Clyde was fussy. Well come to find out that he had to releave himself, so maybe that is why, but i think at this point he is just tired of the leg being wrapped. I am continuing to keep mixing the WD into his other food, until I think the poop looks firm enough.
Sunday we were successful on the bandage change and I even let Clyde have a lick or 2 at his toes, before I cleaned and rewrapped it. Clyde has been eating and starting to get back to a schedule, which will be nice. When we go outside he definately is showing to me he wants to be playful again. I have noticed in the house he wants to come into the living room with us, so he trys to go around the outside of his pen versus heading out the door to go pee. This is week 10 and it is hard to believe how well Clyde is doing in his recovery. He is getting bored and does not want to be left alone for any period of time.
Monday was successful in a solid poop, Yeah! Clyde is very playful and loves attention and if he hears the backdoor open, he immediately gets himself up and looks in that direction and whines until he sees who it is. His sleep has been great, even a snore now and then. My friend Brenda and her husband came by to give us a huge doggie care package and gift certificates to her restaurant to use at the event this sunday for our chinese raffle. They were so awesome to do this for Clyde and Me. All I can say is Blessings, Blessings and more Blessings. Kathleen came by today and we went over some things for sunday. Kathleen is an Angel of God, who's Heart is so Huge, and she is always helping others.
We tried on Saturday to change the bandage, but to no Avail Clyde was fussy. Well come to find out that he had to releave himself, so maybe that is why, but i think at this point he is just tired of the leg being wrapped. I am continuing to keep mixing the WD into his other food, until I think the poop looks firm enough.
Sunday we were successful on the bandage change and I even let Clyde have a lick or 2 at his toes, before I cleaned and rewrapped it. Clyde has been eating and starting to get back to a schedule, which will be nice. When we go outside he definately is showing to me he wants to be playful again. I have noticed in the house he wants to come into the living room with us, so he trys to go around the outside of his pen versus heading out the door to go pee. This is week 10 and it is hard to believe how well Clyde is doing in his recovery. He is getting bored and does not want to be left alone for any period of time.
Monday was successful in a solid poop, Yeah! Clyde is very playful and loves attention and if he hears the backdoor open, he immediately gets himself up and looks in that direction and whines until he sees who it is. His sleep has been great, even a snore now and then. My friend Brenda and her husband came by to give us a huge doggie care package and gift certificates to her restaurant to use at the event this sunday for our chinese raffle. They were so awesome to do this for Clyde and Me. All I can say is Blessings, Blessings and more Blessings. Kathleen came by today and we went over some things for sunday. Kathleen is an Angel of God, who's Heart is so Huge, and she is always helping others.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Days Of Rest
Well Clydes tummy is still not right, and his stools are just not what they should be. I called today to see about getting him on something, and they gave me a prescription for Metronidazole. They also suggested i go even blander on the food, and I started him on WD. I also called my Dr. and asked for a stronger prescription to get over this strep and bronchitis that I have. Together we will get better. Clyde has had a great appetite, so at least this is good. I think maybe he was stressed from everything since wednesday's visit and the bandage change and the guys delivering the chair, which Clyde thought he was going somewhere.
We should be doing a bandage change on sunday, since this one needs some help. He has showed me improvement everyday in his ability to get up and move about. Clyde definately is letting everyone on the outside know he is back. He has been gettting good rest too, snoring and getting into that deep sleep that will continue to help him heal. One more bump in the road, but this too shall pass and we will gain momentum for the homestretch.
I look forward to a beautiful weekend and a solid.......
We should be doing a bandage change on sunday, since this one needs some help. He has showed me improvement everyday in his ability to get up and move about. Clyde definately is letting everyone on the outside know he is back. He has been gettting good rest too, snoring and getting into that deep sleep that will continue to help him heal. One more bump in the road, but this too shall pass and we will gain momentum for the homestretch.
I look forward to a beautiful weekend and a solid.......
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Working On Our Insides
Well today was a better day for both Clyde and me. Clyde's tummy is not acting up and causing him distress as it has in the last few days. I also am beginning to feel like a human again, with strength and energy. Clyde ate and drank well today and around 2:45 had a better #2. I still will keep him on the hamburg & rice or Turkey & rice for a few more days.
I had Alisha come to help with the bandage change around 3:30, which turned out to be a good time since he had just gone outside and releaved himself. His bandage had lots of padding, and as I got into it more realized they had used tape directly on his skin again. As most of us would know not a good thing for Clyde. We had a bit of difficulty keeping him still, and I used a warm wash cloth with soap to help ease the tape off. It took a lot longer to get everything done, but we finally did and he ate and fell asleep. The leg looked good and his sores and drainage tract were gone since we no longer have the splint on. Everyday is a better day and I see improvement in clyde. When we go outside he is acting like his old self again, barking more at the kids at the school or the cars going by, basically letting everyone know he is back. Clyde has been more playful too, almost like feeling his oats to say.
He loves when people come and wants to be petted and show them all how he can stand on his own. I rearranged the space dividing the dining & living room a little so he can see into where we are, and i think he is getting jealous and wants to be with us. Clyde also can see molly when she gets onto the pull out bed and this is something he used to do also. I wish i could let him come closer, but i am afraid he would want to jump up on the bed.
We go back to Deerfield nov 4th and I might have to leave him so they can address his hernia at that time. Well i knew it would be sooner or later, and I know we will get thru that too.
Mike and Sarah came by to see Clyde and to borrow the soft sided cone since their yellow lab just had knee surgery. Things are going well for their dog, and maybe next spring we will all be taking the dogs swimming in the brook. All good things to look forward too in the coming year.
Have a Blessed Day and remember yesterday is gone, and tomorrow is a new day.
I had Alisha come to help with the bandage change around 3:30, which turned out to be a good time since he had just gone outside and releaved himself. His bandage had lots of padding, and as I got into it more realized they had used tape directly on his skin again. As most of us would know not a good thing for Clyde. We had a bit of difficulty keeping him still, and I used a warm wash cloth with soap to help ease the tape off. It took a lot longer to get everything done, but we finally did and he ate and fell asleep. The leg looked good and his sores and drainage tract were gone since we no longer have the splint on. Everyday is a better day and I see improvement in clyde. When we go outside he is acting like his old self again, barking more at the kids at the school or the cars going by, basically letting everyone know he is back. Clyde has been more playful too, almost like feeling his oats to say.
He loves when people come and wants to be petted and show them all how he can stand on his own. I rearranged the space dividing the dining & living room a little so he can see into where we are, and i think he is getting jealous and wants to be with us. Clyde also can see molly when she gets onto the pull out bed and this is something he used to do also. I wish i could let him come closer, but i am afraid he would want to jump up on the bed.
We go back to Deerfield nov 4th and I might have to leave him so they can address his hernia at that time. Well i knew it would be sooner or later, and I know we will get thru that too.
Mike and Sarah came by to see Clyde and to borrow the soft sided cone since their yellow lab just had knee surgery. Things are going well for their dog, and maybe next spring we will all be taking the dogs swimming in the brook. All good things to look forward too in the coming year.
Have a Blessed Day and remember yesterday is gone, and tomorrow is a new day.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
My Treasure
Clyde slept okay saturday night, but i on the other hand did not. Clyde has had an appetite even though his tummy has not been good. I continue to give him hamburger & rice which seems to have stopped the bad gas he has had since wed. What sometimes we might think to be impossible turns out to be possible. What i mean by this is that i was not sure i would be able to handle all of this, but with the lord on my side and the help of many you can achieve anything. I continue to stay positive in my journey with Clyde on the road to recovery. My daily prayers to the lord are answered in watching clyde recover. Even though their is muscle loss, clyde continues to pull himself up, which gives me strength. I must not forget to mention molly who now sleeps next to me on the pull out couch downstairs so to be near Clyde. Molly has been a very good girl through all of this, and is very vocal in letting everyone know she deserves attention too. Molly is trained now to bring me her marrow bone, so i can fill with peanut butter. I don't believe we will be doing stairs this year, so i guess i will be the fire tender for the cold nights ahead.
Today Bonnie was to help with bandage change, but Clyde was not having any part of it, come to find out he had to go #2, which he hadn't done since 3:30 pm saturday. Clyde still has some diarhea, so i have not been giving him the bone supplements. We did however get to trim his toenails, which i haven't done for at least a month or more. Clyde usually was so active running, that he wore them down naturally. Clyde ate a good dinner and it is almost 9 pm so I am hoping he will start to rest. I know tomorrow will be a better day for my Brown eyed boy.
Hope everyone has a blessed week!
Today Bonnie was to help with bandage change, but Clyde was not having any part of it, come to find out he had to go #2, which he hadn't done since 3:30 pm saturday. Clyde still has some diarhea, so i have not been giving him the bone supplements. We did however get to trim his toenails, which i haven't done for at least a month or more. Clyde usually was so active running, that he wore them down naturally. Clyde ate a good dinner and it is almost 9 pm so I am hoping he will start to rest. I know tomorrow will be a better day for my Brown eyed boy.
Hope everyone has a blessed week!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
At Ease
Well we had a few restless nights due to Clydes tummy not feeling so well. I continued to give him yogurt and hamburger & rice to which resulted in calming down that upset tummy. Clyde has done well with getting up and adapting to how the legs are feeling. I think he is doing very well and today we had a poop, Yeah! I finally went to the Dr's myself to find out i had strep and bronchitas, so antibiotics for me now. I can already start to feel the difference. The irritations on his rod leg seem to be healing since they shortened the rod and moved the pin.
Clyde is so good with our routine after potty, he lifts his leg while laying down so mom can clean and dry and put desitin to prevent chaffing. We made an appointment for Nov 4th which will be the 12th week, and they will remove the rest of the rod. Today we will change the bandage on the splint leg which no longer has the splint, but the bandage will give him support still.
We always have at least 3 pack rat sales here at the house, but decided not to do one this Columbus Day. My kindergarden teacher contacted me to donate some items for our sale in the spring to help with Clydes surgery bills. People never cease to amaze me with the generosity being put forth to us. Our spaghetti supper is coming up Oct 25th 12-5 pm and I believe we will have a great turn out. I look forward to the weeks ahead and getting Clyde to the point of swim therapy which will help those muscles get strong again.
Clyde, Molly and I send our love and thanks to everyone....God Bless!
Clyde is so good with our routine after potty, he lifts his leg while laying down so mom can clean and dry and put desitin to prevent chaffing. We made an appointment for Nov 4th which will be the 12th week, and they will remove the rest of the rod. Today we will change the bandage on the splint leg which no longer has the splint, but the bandage will give him support still.
We always have at least 3 pack rat sales here at the house, but decided not to do one this Columbus Day. My kindergarden teacher contacted me to donate some items for our sale in the spring to help with Clydes surgery bills. People never cease to amaze me with the generosity being put forth to us. Our spaghetti supper is coming up Oct 25th 12-5 pm and I believe we will have a great turn out. I look forward to the weeks ahead and getting Clyde to the point of swim therapy which will help those muscles get strong again.
Clyde, Molly and I send our love and thanks to everyone....God Bless!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Praise God
Tuesday was a good day for Clyde. Glad that he has been getting good sleep, to prepare for wednesday's doctors appointment. I have my neighbor Alysha helping with Clydes transport to Deerfield for his 8 week checkup. Clydes appointment is at 9:30 Am, so we plan on having him loaded by 8:oo Am. It was a good thing we gave ourselves sometime to get their, due to construction and busy traffic. Clyde as usual when he knows we are going somewhere gets so anxious and we can hardly keep him from jumping into the vehicle. We arrived at 9:40 let Clyde pee and was on time for Dr. McCarthy who came into the waiting room around 10 Am.
Dr. McCarthy took Clyde to prepare him for Xrays, which means they had to sedate him first. They removed all but 2 pins and attached a smaller rod. The rod leg had 5 pins total at the start of the process. Dr. McCarthy also removed the splint, but kept the leg wrapped to still give some support. The rod leg is actually the better of the 2 legs, so they want him to get more flexability on the splint leg, before they remove all parts of the rod. As we knew he would have muscle apathy, but otherwise Dr. McCarthy believes Clyde is doing well at this point. We will go back at week 12, which will be Nov 4th. Due to the sedation medicine Clyde had lots of discomfort all through the night and most of it was spent outside. He is whinning alot which I am sure is the combination of upset stomach and discomfort from now having to use his legs more himself.
Today I made hamburg and rice for Clyde to help with his tummy being upset. He is resting a little better today and know this will improve over the next few days. For all that he has been through he has been such a trooper. I again thank God for helping me to cope with all of this. I know i can never repay Bonnie, kath, Christi, Holly, Alysha and My Dad for all the support they have given Clyde and Me through this journey. I also need to thank so many others that have continued to keep us both in their prayers.
We love you all......God Bless you Angels!
Dr. McCarthy took Clyde to prepare him for Xrays, which means they had to sedate him first. They removed all but 2 pins and attached a smaller rod. The rod leg had 5 pins total at the start of the process. Dr. McCarthy also removed the splint, but kept the leg wrapped to still give some support. The rod leg is actually the better of the 2 legs, so they want him to get more flexability on the splint leg, before they remove all parts of the rod. As we knew he would have muscle apathy, but otherwise Dr. McCarthy believes Clyde is doing well at this point. We will go back at week 12, which will be Nov 4th. Due to the sedation medicine Clyde had lots of discomfort all through the night and most of it was spent outside. He is whinning alot which I am sure is the combination of upset stomach and discomfort from now having to use his legs more himself.
Today I made hamburg and rice for Clyde to help with his tummy being upset. He is resting a little better today and know this will improve over the next few days. For all that he has been through he has been such a trooper. I again thank God for helping me to cope with all of this. I know i can never repay Bonnie, kath, Christi, Holly, Alysha and My Dad for all the support they have given Clyde and Me through this journey. I also need to thank so many others that have continued to keep us both in their prayers.
We love you all......God Bless you Angels!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Catch Up
Well Clyde has been doing well, but I on the other hand have been under the weather and had just enough energy to take care of Clyde. The last Blog was tuesday, and alot has happened since then. I did finally talk to Dr. McCarthy and he is looking forward to seeing Clyde this wednesday. He believes we might be able to remove all the pins on the rod leg and possibly the splint. He thinks if we remove the splint we would just keep it wrapped for support, which we would leave for 2 weeks with a change or two.
Clyde has many visitors that stop in too see how he is doing. Clyde is also getting his bark back and again acting like his old self. If we go outside in his pen area he has to bark at the cars or the kids he sees, letting them all know the Clyde Man is back. His tail is so cute it wiggles when he gets excited to see someone or has to go out. Clydes appetite has been great through all of this, and his hair is coming in nicely. I had alysha come friday and help me change the bandage since it was not the best wrap job i have done. Things went smoothly and Clyde did great.
Saturday i still did not feel well, but mustered through the day. My great niece alesha had her homecoming dance and was i was to meet her at the school at 10 pm so she could spend the night. Clyde was very excited to see her, and had lots of kisses to give her. I still did not feel good, my throat was very sore. I went to bed after a few conversations with alesha and awoke in the morning to let Clyde & Molly out. Clyde is getting back to our normal schedule, which will be good for all of us.
Alesha helped me make a good breakfast for everyone. Bonnie was coming to help change Clydes bandage again, and we were going to cut his nails. Well we got the bandage changed, but with a little bit of a struggle. I thank bonnie for always having the calmness for the 2 of us. I will be very glad to not have to change the bandages anymore, and I am sure Clyde will be ecstatic that their will be no more picking and prodding going on. Clyde has become very spoiled, so this might become a problem for me, when it is time to separate from each other. I do look forward to hopefully soon taking him for swimming therapy.
I am accepting of what lies ahead as long as I continue to have God by my side.
Clyde has many visitors that stop in too see how he is doing. Clyde is also getting his bark back and again acting like his old self. If we go outside in his pen area he has to bark at the cars or the kids he sees, letting them all know the Clyde Man is back. His tail is so cute it wiggles when he gets excited to see someone or has to go out. Clydes appetite has been great through all of this, and his hair is coming in nicely. I had alysha come friday and help me change the bandage since it was not the best wrap job i have done. Things went smoothly and Clyde did great.
Saturday i still did not feel well, but mustered through the day. My great niece alesha had her homecoming dance and was i was to meet her at the school at 10 pm so she could spend the night. Clyde was very excited to see her, and had lots of kisses to give her. I still did not feel good, my throat was very sore. I went to bed after a few conversations with alesha and awoke in the morning to let Clyde & Molly out. Clyde is getting back to our normal schedule, which will be good for all of us.
Alesha helped me make a good breakfast for everyone. Bonnie was coming to help change Clydes bandage again, and we were going to cut his nails. Well we got the bandage changed, but with a little bit of a struggle. I thank bonnie for always having the calmness for the 2 of us. I will be very glad to not have to change the bandages anymore, and I am sure Clyde will be ecstatic that their will be no more picking and prodding going on. Clyde has become very spoiled, so this might become a problem for me, when it is time to separate from each other. I do look forward to hopefully soon taking him for swimming therapy.
I am accepting of what lies ahead as long as I continue to have God by my side.
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