Wednesday Woes

Hello everyone,

Phew...what a day, where do I start?  This morning started with Jim waking up with a really bad toothache, he went to the dentist early and was told he has an abcess and prescribed antibiotics.  A couple of hours later he was ill in bed with flu-like symptoms and has been there up until about an hour ago.  This afternoon after walking Jake, I let him outside and then came up here and went online.  Later I went downstairs to find him hobbling around with a very bad limp.  I couldn`t tell which leg was troubling him at first but it turned out to be his front left.  He doesn`t have anything in his paw but it`s obviously very sore, in fact Jim told me later that he heard him bark and a yelp but as he was half asleep at the time he didn`t pay much attention.  I`ve been wracking my tiny brain to think what might have caused it, did the rat bite him? Did someone throw something at him?  and then it came to me in a flash.  When the wind blew one of our panels down, Jim dug out the old post that supported it, leaving a deep hole by the old fence that is behind the panels.  Jake must have seen a cat through the fence and while barking his head off his foot must have slipped down the hole.  I suppose he has the equivilant of a twisted ankle...poor love.  I`ll keep an eye on himover the next couple of days, restrict his exercise and hopefully he won`t need to see a vet.  She`d only prescribe rest and Rimadyl, a strong anti-imflamatory medicine that Hannah used to have and I`d prefer it if he can manage without it.

           

Jim`s fishing went well yesterday, though not as well as last time.  He did catch a 10 lb carp but you`ve seen the pics before so I won`t be posting it.  He took my nephew Adam who is 15 and a keen young fisherman himself.  Jim and Adam get on really well and have a good time together although Jim has to laugh at some of things that Adam says.  He wants to go to veternary school and he already knows the anatomies, in Englishand in Latin of various species including fish. He was telling Jim the Latin for the lungs, brain and stomach of the fish and I`m sure given half the chance he would have dissected one there and then...lol! 

I went with Kerry to the Baby clinic this afternoon to get Roman weighed.  He has only put on just over 1lb since March but the Health visitor said this was normal and not to worry because he was quite overweight before and he is balancing out nicely now, plus he had that nasty virus which wouldn`t go away and he`s moving around now.  However, she wants to weigh him again in three weeks when Kerry gets home from Russia just to see if he`s gained any more weight by then.  For reasons best known the the NHS, the baby clinic has been moved from our Dr`s surgery to a community hall nearly a mile away.  There`s plenty of room at our surgery so I can`t see why and even the HV isn`t too sure either..sigh.

                    

Anyway I`m off to check on my ailing hubby to see if there`s anything he needs.  He`s not eating or drinking anything stronger than water so I doubt I`ll be gone long.  For now though, have a nice evening, take care and Bye Bye. :o)))

DOGS LIVE HERE

If you don't want to be greeted with paws and swinging tails don't come inside because dogs live here.
If you don't like the feel of a cold nose or a wet tongue, don't come inside because dogs live here.
If you don't want to step over many scattered toys, don't come inside because dogs live here.
If you think that a home ought to smell of perfume, don't come inside because dogs live here.
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