New kid on the block
Well.... after 4 to 5 yrs of sitting here feeling like I was dying, I finally got a diagnosis of iron deficient anemia. Got a transfusion two days after diagnosis, and a host of symptoms I've had for at least 4 to 5 years totally disappeared immediately. So I am eating iron pills and feel like a new person. Still tire easily but so, so much better than I've been for far too long.
What's this got to do with animals? Shortly after all this came out, I was contacted about a rescue dog. Finished CH, dumped when he was no longer a cash cow. The guy I got him from had him a couple of years and his life circumstances changed.
Before my transfusion I would not have even entertained the idea of another dog, as I couldn't walk from the kitchen to the living room without half blacking out.
Long story, short version, he's here. I came to find out his bloodlines go back to the lines behind my own dogs. It's amazing to see the similarity in looks, and the personality and habits that he has in common with my dogs. The dogs from these lines are no longer with me, but having him is like having a part of them back again.
Took him to the vet, and he has a slow heart rate and missed beats... the vet brought up that one of my other dogs had this same thing. It had slipped my mind. I just looked at him and said that this dog goes back to those same lines. He said it's a small world.
Anyways, he is 11 yrs old and I don't think he is going anywhere else. For all he has been through, I think he deserves to be spoiled for whatever time he has left. So he is staying. Forgot to mention, back when he was making $$ for someone, he was debarked. I am really not happy about that. I could never do that to a dog.
So many things had to come together in a short period of time to make this happen -- the Lord does work in mysterious ways.
What's this got to do with animals? Shortly after all this came out, I was contacted about a rescue dog. Finished CH, dumped when he was no longer a cash cow. The guy I got him from had him a couple of years and his life circumstances changed.
Before my transfusion I would not have even entertained the idea of another dog, as I couldn't walk from the kitchen to the living room without half blacking out.
Long story, short version, he's here. I came to find out his bloodlines go back to the lines behind my own dogs. It's amazing to see the similarity in looks, and the personality and habits that he has in common with my dogs. The dogs from these lines are no longer with me, but having him is like having a part of them back again.
Took him to the vet, and he has a slow heart rate and missed beats... the vet brought up that one of my other dogs had this same thing. It had slipped my mind. I just looked at him and said that this dog goes back to those same lines. He said it's a small world.
Anyways, he is 11 yrs old and I don't think he is going anywhere else. For all he has been through, I think he deserves to be spoiled for whatever time he has left. So he is staying. Forgot to mention, back when he was making $$ for someone, he was debarked. I am really not happy about that. I could never do that to a dog.
So many things had to come together in a short period of time to make this happen -- the Lord does work in mysterious ways.
