Memorial Weekend....

My swelling over the past several days continues to get worse. My face is swollen most of the time now, and there is more in my back legs, chest and belly area. Rides help it go down in my face a little bit, but the swelling doesn't stay down for long. I'm really tired too. When I go up the steps, I have to rest two times until I get to the top. But, mom and dad coax me to go up at night to sleep because it's cooler upstairs. It is so hot outside for me now.

On Saturday, my face was huge when we woke up because it didn't go down much Friday. Mom and dad and I went for a ride in the morning. We went to the farm again and saw the animals, and then we watched two horses. One of them kept running back and forth in the field. Then we found a creek and sat and listened to it and watched squirrels playing. Dad forgot to take the camera along, so we don't have any pictures. Saturday afternoon, mom and dad went away for a big part of the day. Mom's sister Shelly, her daughter Shelby, and Shelby's friend Amanda came to stay with me when they were gone. After they got here, Shelly was crying because it made her sad how my face looked. Shelby and Amanda brought dolls along to play with, and they fed me treats. Shelby held green beans in her mouth instead of giving them to me with her hand. She likes to do that. One of the neighbors called and told Shelly that a skunk was in their yard and was nose to nose with their dog and then was running after their kids. They wanted to warn us to be careful when we went outside. But, we didn't see any skunk when I had to go out. Mom and dad came home for a while and fed me, Tigger and Roo. Tigger didn't want to eat though. Then they had to go away again, and Donna stayed with me later. She was reading, and sometimes she read out loud to me. And, when it got cooler outside, we sat outside for a while, but then I heard gunshots from the gun club and I wanted to go inside. She gave me treats too. I missed mom and dad because they were gone, but I got lots of attention and treats from everybody who stayed with me.

On Sunday, mom and dad had lots of errands to run. They took me along, and we had the air conditioning on in the car. I sat up a lot while we were driving, and every time we stopped at a place, one of them stayed in the car with me. My face went down after that, but it swelled again a few hours after we got home.

Today I felt about the same. Dad was clipping my nails, and he cut one too short, and it was bleeding for a long time. Dad kept holding the styptic pads on, but it kept bleeding. Mom was really upset at first, then she calmed down. She then held the pads on and pushed harder and held my foot up the air. It finally started slowing down, and she got it to stop. Then she took wet cloths to clean the dried blood out of the fur on my foot. She was being so careful so she wouldn't bump the nail. They were afraid it would start bleeding again. After she was done, she laid her head down next to mine, and I was licking her face and hand. I don't usually do that to her. She started to cry then. She said she knew I was saying thank you. Dad went away in the afternoon to a picnic with his relatives, and mom stayed home with me. I was happy when he got home. I don't like it when he's not here. I feel better when everybody is at home.

Till next time...

Love,
Casey