I have copied and pasted part of a post that Debbie posted on another forum last night... thought you'd be interested to read more about this wonderful pair (when she mentions Sassy, she is speaking about hers and Amy's horse that has injured herself and has to be kept at the vet's... where Debbie cares for the other horses as well)... she said:
I could tell he was very excited as we neared town. I know he has some smell because he was sniffing out the window and got excited about ten miles out. I just know he was smelling home. First place we went was UPCO which is his favorite place to shop for treats. He usually goes down the treat aisle and sticks his head in every basket and sniffs untile he finds what he wants. I know he can smell because he went for those dang pig ears. Stinky things! He also lost control of his bladder in there. Was just walking and urinating as he walked. That was definitely a new one. The only time I ever saw him do that was when they put him on prednisone once. That lasted two days and I took him off. It took him nearly three weeks to regain bladder control. We don't do steroids anymore.
Tonight he was kind of funny and then all of a sudden about midnight, he got hungry, ate some steamed hamburger, a Beneful meal and a piece of American cheese. Geez I never feed him like that, but I was shoveling whatever he took an interest in right into his bowl. He even ate some of his dry food with the moist. Then he drank a lot of water and went back to the bedroom and fell sound asleep. His nose seems to have stopped the drainage and is looking more normal. He also let me clean his blowhole really well. He just loves for me to scratch on either side of it. I have found if I do that for a while pretty soon, I can scratch with the gauze and then get into the blowhole and he doesn't mind. If I try to clean first, he balks.
Right now he is snoring. He still sounds like a cartoon character when he snores. Anyway I have got to get to bed. I am exhausted and tomorrow I have to go and clean the barn for Sassy. I wish he would bring her home already. This is getting old and the gas is killing me. I will have to find someone to leave Jack with. It is just too hot to take him for that long a time. My mom is in Lawrence, so I have no idea who I can leave him with. I may end up taking him if I have to, I will just have to cut my time at the barn short.
Love you all, sorry this was so late. I know how you all worry.
Love and big Husky hugs,
Debbie and Jack
Saturday, May 31, 2008
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Well last night turned out to be a great adventure for me. I decided to stay at my mom's to care for her cats and also she has AC which I thought would make Jack more comfortable. I decided to take a shower after posting last night and ended up getting stuck in the shower. The door dropped and would not open. I was in the shower really cold (I am not used to AC) and in my birthday suit not less (how else do you take a shower) Finally bent a ledge at the bottom by pounding it with a shampoo bottle which allowed me to squeeze in two fingers and lift the door over the ledge. Freedom, but it came more than two hours later. It was funny to try and think if I could be in there until my mom came home on Monday. I had a water supply. Jack ladi outside the door and probably wondered what in the world was his crazy MOM doing now.
This morning we ended up back at the vet, being sedated AGAIN and having the granulated tissue and scabbing removed from the blowhole. it made not one wit of difference, it is closed from the inside. It has healed. Jack is ready for the healing. His drainage on his nose has lessened so I think the inside is healing. This week will be staple and suture removal and then pure healing after that. I have promised him no more anesthetic. He was so wobbly when he came home I had to carry him up 15 stairs into the house, but the vet closed at noon today, so it was either take him that way or leave him until Monday. That was not an option after all he has been through. So we got home somehow and he has been recuping ever since. What a doll and a trooper.
He is really sawing those logs right now but is careful to keep my feet covered. I can't sneak away that way. I did leave him for an hour and met my son and his girlfriend. I thought he could rest while I was gone, but I don't think that happened. By the way he is sleeping now, he probably paced the whole time I was gone. When he awakens, he should be back to normal.
Everyday I am so grateful for all of you who have helped and supported us and gotten us this far. I am anxious/nervous for that first recheck CT scan in three months which will tell us how successful this surgery has been. So keep those prayers going. He has been such a trooper, he deserves to be cancer-free.
Love and big Husky hugs,
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May 31, 2008 at 4:36:00 PM EDT
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Well we made it home despite the stormy weather off and on. the weather is just miserably hot and humid for this time of year. Jack was sick in the car so the trip had to be lengthened. We spent about an hour at a beautiful little roadside park outside of Brookfield and that seemed to lift his spirits. At least we made it home with no more illness.
This morning before I left I took him to the hospital to get some treats. He refused to eat anything I offered him this morning, but when we got to the hospital, he ate several biscuits which Coral offered him. I have the same ones at home but no go. Coral suggested that I bring his food and see if he would eat it there at the hospital, so I ran home and got it. When Coral offered him the food, he ate practically all of it.. I suggested she come to St. Joe for the weekend since Jack will only eat with her. She thought her kids might object. I was just glad he ate, however it does seem weird he would eat at the hospital. Whenever he has been there he is usually fasting. Go figure!
Tonight he refused to eat again, until about midnight when he all of a sudden got hungry. I shoveled dog food, cheese, steamed hamburger down his throat. Now he is sawing logs. I am seeing constant improvement in his attitude this evening. I think he is glad to be home. Me, too, although I do miss Amy and Paul. Will see them soon enough again. And tomorrow my son Ryan is coming here to see us, so that will be special.
Can't begin to tell you how much this chance for Jack means to both of us. We are just like peanut butter and jelly, we belong together. Thanks to you we have gotten a chance to stay that way.
Love and big Husky hugs,
Debbie and Jack
May 31, 2008 1:47:00 AM EDT