Sam - Sam got pretty excited this morning before our walk. He even barked b/c he was so excited and I wasn't getting the leashes out fast enough. He's walking pretty slowly and we're not going far but he seems to love his walks as he always has. He is still eating well too. I can tell that he doesn't feel great so we'll monitor him closely. He goes for another acupuncture treatment tomorrow. What I didn't mention when I posted yesterday about him (and I'll try to make this short.) This was my Friday: left for work about 10am concerned about Sam. At 11am, found a nail in my tire. Talked to Don at noon to meet me at tire shop around 1pm so I could use his car. He told me Sam wasn't doing well. I stopped by the house and he was right, Sam wasn't doing well. My tire looked fine so I decided to finish all of my dog walking visits and then go to the dealership and I left a message for my vet to call. I finished my jobs and asked Don to take my car to the shop. I couldn't stand being away from Sam. I got home around 2:30pm and Don took my car in.
My mom was on her way to my house to be here because ALL OUT CHIMNEY SWEEP was coming at 3:30pm. Don was gone so I'd asked a neighbor to help me put Sam in my car. He couldn't walk and I can't pick him up. When Kerry from ALL OUT CHIMNEY SWEEP gets to my house, I explain my situation and he immediately asks if I need help putting Sam in the car. He and his co-worker very gently picked up Sam and put him in the car. Don got home while I was at the vet with Sam and as it turned out the bill from ALL OUT CHIMNEY SWEEP was less than what they had quoted. AND to top it all off, they called us on Saturday to check on Sam. I am still unbelievably impressed by them. If you need your chimney inspected, I highly recommend them. 704.553.1908
12 years ago today, I picked up Sam from the Humane Society of Charlotte and brought him to my house. I will never forget introducing him to Sloan and watching the 2 of them chase each other around my backyard. Actually Sam chased Sloan.... Sloan was always the chase-ee, Sam was the chaser. I have pictures from that day that I wish I could figure out how to scan. Sam's face was all yellow. Now it's all white and distinguished. We love you Sam I Am, our 14 year old guy.
I am procrastinating. Sam has a vet appointment in about 40 minutes. He hates going to the vet. His symptoms from his Cushing's disease are getting worse. (He was diagnosed in Nov 2010.) We decided to treat him holistically when he was first diagnosed. He was on Chinese herbs until we thought perhaps they weren't gentle enough on his stomach. So we took him off everything. Now I think we are going to put him on Trilostane. The vet wants to do some additional testing just to make certain something else isn't going on with him.
