Thursday, February 29, 2024Tonight's picture was taken in February of 2009. Mattie was working on building a structure out of sticks but you maybe wondering what was Mattie eating!? Mattie was going through his cupcake phase at that point. In order to get Mattie to comply and work in his physical therapy sessions, his reward was a homemade cupcake. Literally in between hospital stays, I would go home, bake cupcakes and then take all of them to the hospital with us. Honestly I would have done whatever it took to support Mattie.
Quote of the day: A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his. ~ John Grogan
This was a photo of Sunny standing right by my desk. What was he doing? He was herding me to get up and take him for a walk. This was typical Sunny! Truthfully he was great for my mind, body, and spirit. Though I may have been focused on something, and most likely didn't want to walk at that time..... I always complied. However, once I got outside and moving, it was truly a wonderful bonding moment for us. I am glad (prior to my parents moving in) I walked Sunny daily. We never missed a day!
It was a day of one chore after the other! After getting my dad up, washed, dressed and down stairs for breakfast, I encouraged him to walk ten minutes. In the not so distant past, my dad could walk 15 minutes consecutively without a problem. However, today he couldn't even handle ten minutes. He still seems depleted and wiped out from his weekend cold. Needless to say, I will have to keep an eye on him, as an upper respiratory virus is going around his memory care center.
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