We finished up the school year on Friday and I have a whole summer of freedom to contemplate. I enjoy my job, but I enjoy sleeping in and persuing other interests too, so I am lucky to be able to get the summer off.
The summer is not starting out on a great note, however. About a month ago Shady started bleeding from her rear-end every time she had a bowl movement. I took her into the vet and Eric said her anal glands were really full. He cleaned them out and said that she shouldn't have any more problems, because big dogs don't tend to have gland problems. Unfortunately she continued to bleed. When I got back from Mexico I took her back in to have her glands cleaned again. Eric was surprised that they were already full, and he put her on an antibiotic just in case an infection was causing the problem. After about a day on the antibiotics I could tell that she felt a lot better, but she continued to bleed. We finished the antibiotics and I took her back in on Thursday because the bleeding continued and this time he finally found a tumor just inside her anus. My poor coonhound will be going in on Monday for butt surgery, and hopefully this will take care of the problem once and for all. Eric says that the chance of this being cancerous in a dog so young is very slim, but he also seemed surprised that she would have this problem at all. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I won't be losing another dog to cancer so soon. Keep your fingers crossed for the coonhound!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Monday, May 31, 2010
Look What I Found!
Shady and I took the steep trail up above the Fernwood Picnic Area this morning. We had hiked for about an hour and I was about ready to turn around when I noticed that Shady had taken little side trail. I decided to follow her for a minute and see where the trail went and just a minute later I stumbled onto this cute little old cabin.
Inside I found several pots, pans, utensils and a phone book. I'm not sure why the phone book is there, since there is definitely not a phone here.
Outside a pipe was streaming water into this little trough. I wondered if the water came from a spring, and since I was really thirsty I was tempted to try it. Since I have to work for another week I decided that I'd better not risk it.
This waterfall isn't in the Fernwood area, but I had the picture on my phone from last week and since it was pretty I decided to include it.
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