Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Tonight's picture was taken on July 13, 2008. Mattie had his mouth open because he was showing us he had a loose baby tooth. It is hard to believe that this photo was taken only ten days before Mattie was diagnosed with cancer. He looks like the picture of health, doesn't he?












Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins. 

• number of people diagnosed with the virus: 3,035,231
• number of people who died from the virus: 132,041

It is hard to transition back home after being gone for a month. Mail and packages have piled up. Both personal and for the Foundation. We are still digging out. Everything needed to be done..... watering plants (though some died), grocery shopping (as we had no food in the refrigerator), and of course picking up Indie and Sunny! 

Though the transition is hard for me, it is even harder for my mom. She has gone from having me and Peter, to now just herself and the caregivers 4 hours a day. Peter and I can do the work of ten people, so we can make things look easy to do, but NOTHING we did in Los Angeles was easy. Which maybe why we feel sheer exhaustion. I have spoken to my mom today maybe 5 times because in addition to this health crisis, she moved houses. So it is natural she doesn't know where everything is. She wouldn't because I organized it and put everything away. I know where everything is and where I put things makes sense to me, but it may not to my mom. I refer to this week as the week of transition, and as such I expect for all of us to face many bumps along the way. 

Check out this happy face! Sunny was thrilled to see us and came bolting out of Pender Pet Retreat! Pender is a much better fit for Sunny than his last boarding facility. Pender is situated on beautiful land. They have their own wooded path to walk dogs and Sunny got three walks a day! Just like at home. His last boarding facility provided no walks! Sunny always came home very agitated! 

All the people working at Pender are professional and love animals. They kept my Sunny for a month and they grew to love and bond with him. While we were away Sunny got very anxious and it affected his stomach and he had blood in his stool. The vet on-site examined and  treated Sunny with antibiotics and probiotics. He is fine and feeling good! He even continued his physical therapy at Pender, so he did not lose ground after his TPLO surgery in April. It is a great boarding facility and so happy Sunny's surgeon recommended it to us. 

Sunny and Indie reunited at home! They gave each other a big greeting! It involved a lot of sniffing! Sunny got a big afternoon walk and Indie got some time outside on the deck. These are happy campers and what is wonderful to see is neither of them came home unhappy or anxious. Which of course was my worry.