PeaPea!

So, Pea's been on Aunt Jeni's raw diet now for a month or two. She's doing extremely well! She's still getting 1 unit of insulin. So there is no change there. Which is fantastic. :) Otherwise, there's not much else to report. Just a quick update for all the peeps who love them some PeaPea!

Update on the Lumpy Bumpy

Okay, well. Pea's lump, per the vet, is nothing to worry about. He said it's a calcium (I think) deposit on her mammory gland. Well, except for the fact that it's no where near any of her nipples. I'm going to take her in to a vet in Milwaukee when I get back down there for a second opinion. I'd personally like to have it aspirated. But that's me. Can't ever be too careful.

Pea got some new collars today! One from each of our two favorite collars makers. K9 Closet and Sit Up n Beg. Check her out! BLING BLING!

Pea has a Lumpy Bumpy :(

See it there? Right smack in the middle? It's pea sized (ha ha), hard, attached to something under the skin, but still mobile. And not attached to the skin that covers it. So, tomorrow Pea goes to the vet to have it aspirated. We're keeping our fingers crossed. I'll keep everyone updated when I hear news. I'm thinking of trying to take a vacation day so I can be there when the results come out. We'll see how that goes. Any and all thoughts and prayers are appreciated.

On a better note, I spoke to a nutritionist this morning about switching Pea over to a premade raw diet. She said she thinks Pea would do well! So I'm going to take the plunge and give it a go. She also recommended a few supplements I should try with her. I've been struggling with finding her a food that I like that works. The food she's on now (Nature's Variety Instinct canned rabbit formula) works pretty good, but now they're changing their ingredients. Why can't a good company make a food geared towards diabetics? I know Merricks has a few "low glycemic" canned diets, but Pea only has three teefers! And Merricks (while I love the idea!) has huge chunks of stuff. I'd have to stick it in a blender first.

So I sent off an order for Aunt Jeni's rabbit and goat formulas. The nutritionist had never heard of the company, but was impressed with the ingredients and the website. It's full of yummy stuffs. I know she'll eat it. She'll eat anything. :) Hopefully it doesn't screw with her numbers too much. Wish us luck!

UGH! I've been so busy!

With work moving my job to Madison, and trying to get my house in order, hopefully looking to sell, life has been hectic! Sorry to all of Pea's followers/lovers. I'll try harder to get updates here.

Pea is great! Her "chronic" UTI cleared up all well. She's still as spunky as ever. She's currently being spoiled at Spa Momma! I miss the poops, but with me having to drive 3hrs/day plus putting in a full 8 hr day....I just couldn't risk not being home on time for her meal/shot. The other dogs are fine. My uncle stops by midday to take them out and walk them, plus they have a designated potty spot in their room.

There's not much to report. My mother says she's taken over the recliner. She knows right where it is, and spends all afternoon basking in the sunlight in "her" chair. She's still eating well, though I think we're done gaining weight. *sigh* As hard as I try....that last bit is just being stubborn. poo. She's much healthier that she was, though, so that counts for a lot. She's come a long way since last year. Wish us luck that this year goes just as well!

Pea sends monkey kisses!

xoxox

Woah! OCTOBER??

Wow. It's sure been a while, eh? Life's been pretty hectic. With the loss of my brother, to Pea's chronic UTI...not having a good Holiday season.

Pea is not doing so hot. Not to worry, nothing life threatening. She's had a UTI for the past month, at least. She's on abx, but golly if it's not a persistent bugger. She also is quite stuffy at night and sometimes during the day. My poor humidifier has been working overtime to say the least! She's still doing well on the Honest Kitchen "Thrive" diet, so that's fantastic! I'd like her to gain another 1/2-1lb at least. It just doesn't want to happen. I still see ribs, but thankfully they're a lot less prominent than they were.

Otherwise, I'm sad to say there's not much more to report. She's still as impish as ever. My other brother is staying with me for a while and said today how he had come down to make lunch and found her snoozing on the couch instead of in her 24" tall expen.... Yeah. No more "heat tent" for Pea. (I put a blanket over 1/2 of the top of the expen to trap in the heat from the radiator along the floor behind it)

Oh, you want MORE Pea stories?? Well, Pea sure likes food. ANY kind of food. And she'll do crazy things to get to it. Like jump out of her 24" tall expen right into my brothers-girlfriend's plate of spaghetti. Knocking the whole thing to the floor. Mental note...no more huge, snuggly, stuffed dogs in Pea's expen either.

Seriously, she is a flying monkey. When she's not jumping on to things, she's climbing up them. Up on the back and arms of the couch. Talk about a heart attack.

I'll be sure to update with more "Pea stories" when they happen. It'll give me something to write here anyways besides, "Nothing to report today". And since I'm off work tomorrow, I'll try to get some more pics to upload. :D

xoxox

S

Update on Pea's Eye Situation

Her lens fell to the back of her eye last night, where it's "supposed" to be. She really isn't in any pain from what I can tell. Her eyes are wide open, and she's as...spunky (to put it nicely)...as ever. We still have an eye appt on Nov 1st. I'll probably update after then with a post. Hopefully I'll get some more shots of The Pea this weekend when I have time, and the lighting is right.

Pea's Eyes

Pea has 2 different eye drops that she gets daily. One is tacrolimus to increase her tear production. And the second is demecarium bromide to keep the pupil in her "floater" eye constricted, so her lens doesn't bounce about causing inflammation. Well, this morning I saw Pea's cataracted lens was laying forward in her eye. This is bad bad. Verrry bad. Last time that happened it became so inflammed and caused her so much pain, she couldn't keep her eyes open. I ran to the kitchen to grab her drops. Hoping if I could get it to fall back, maybe it wouldn't get so bad. Well, of course....I'm out of drops. SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT. So I'm sure her eyes are going to go all crazy painful again. My poor girl. I've ordered the drops from the vet, hopefully they get here soon.

Which brings me to another thing. These drops are crazy expensive. So I requested a prescription to find out if I could go somewhere local to find them (Her eye doctor is in IL), and possibly get them cheaper...OF COURSE NOT! No one can get a hold of the ingredients (It's a compounded medication). Well, at least I can get the other one at Drs Foster & Smith (they're in WI too, and offer free shipping on their meds!)

I just want to have my own pity party. Don't mind me.

*UPDATE* I may have found a place in Milwaukee that says they can make me demecarium bromide. Thanks to the lovely ladies of SilverHounds for doing a bit of research for me. I've got an email into them to see if they offer them as liquid for eye meds!