I just couldn’t resist, I knew going to the breeder to “look” was going to be very hard to do. It didn’t help that Breanne was encouraging me to bring Timmie home now but I had promised Brian I would not come home with one and I ended up breaking that promise. Brian rightfully so was quite upset with me as I had broken a promise and he had trusted me and I do hate the fact that I did that as I am usually good at my word. Breanne and I kept coming up with excuses of why we had to bring him home now and not later. One big one was that Timmie (the breeder had named him Sydney) was so forlorn. Of all the puppies (different ages) that she had there, he was staying away from the crowd of dogs and just laying in the corner. Breanne went over to encourage him out and she pulled him on her lap and just said “mom this is the one, you have to bring him home”. I then took him and cuddled him and he seemed so afraid and timid.. His name alone was a sign to us that he was the one – his name was Sydney – my dad’s name. I knew the timing was bad and that I should not be bonding with a dog right now what with moving and the upheaval of that but my heartstrings were tugging and I just couldn’t come home without him. And now a week later, Timmie has made us all fall in love with him – even Brian. Timmie is 5 months old and has been living with his litter mates all this time so having more human contact has just brought his little personality right out. He is definitely coming out of being some timid; we are now able to go for a walk without him taking a few steps and plopping himself down; now he looks forward to all his walks and is really doing well with his training. He has had a couple of accidents in the house but for the most part he is doing all his business outside and is really getting the hang of it. He has had Mavie to help him as we visit with BJAMS a lot and Mavie is showing Timmie the ropes. Timmie had a sleepover on Thursday night with BJAMS as Brian had his follow-up oncologist visit Friday morning. I have pictures of Timmie below.
Brian had blood work and saw Dr. McCarron on Friday and she is very pleased with Brian’s progress. All his blood work is totally normal except for a high bilirubin and she is not sure why his bilirubin is remaining high. She did the CAT scan and it showed his liver was normal, so she says it could be something totally unrelated to his lymphoma and really of no consequence but she is going to keep following it. She mentioned that it could be Gilbert’s syndrome but I haven’t had a chance to look that up to see what that means. So, Brian is all set to go for his first maintenance immunotherapy on Tuesday of the Rituximab.
Our little granddaughter, Selena, has been very very sick this week. She started with vomiting and diarrhea on Tuesday and has been very unwell the whole week. Breanne had to take her to the emergency department on Friday as she was so listless and Breanne was afraid she was dehydrated after waking up with a dry diaper and crying with no tears. They gave her an antinauseant and after she had a little sleep they gave her a popsicle which she ate so they felt she could go home as long as Breanne and James kept a close eye on her symptoms. She is only now starting to eat a little more but she is still very quiet and fatigues easily. Hopefully over the next couple of days she will start to get back to normal. I don’t like to see our little ones so sick.
Now here are some pictures of Timmie:
This is when Breanne pulled Timmie out from the corner.
Then I held him. Isn’t he just so adorable!
He needs a haircut badly!
This is Timmie a week later….nicely groomed!! He has visited with the vet and he is in perfect health as well. We all love him to pieces…..including Brian! Thank-you Brian for letting me keep my little boy; I love you for putting up with me!
