Carpet Cleaning and Dog Home from Vet

Nikki, our German Shorthair Pointer, came home from the vet late this afternoon. She's been there 3 days. She had surgery for a bowel obstruction on Tuesday morning. We've visited her each day and she's gone from not feeling good at all to being so happy to be home. She needs to take it easy, eat some special food for awhile, and take some meds, but she is as good as new. That was scary.

She vomited off and on over the weekend and we took her in on Monday when it became clear she didn't just have a bug. Today I got out the steam cleaner and cleaned up four rooms. Is it just me, or is that steam cleaner getting heavier? That was a lot of work.

Yesterday I took Kohlbi to a woman recommended by my breeder for grooming. I won't even say how long it's been since I worked on him. The groomer used to have Sammies and now has Siberian Huskies. She did an awesome job. He was starting to blow coat, so I suspect she got 25-30% of that hair out. I will take him in again in about a month to get the rest of his undercoat out, and then take him in on a regular basis just to keep up. It's nice to have that option, as it is a lot of work to bathe, dry, and comb him out.

Tomorrow is Cycle 1, Day 15 and the plan is to get both medications infused. Hopefully, nothing will stand in the way. Then Monday I'll have the last study drug infusion of this cycle and do blood work on the way to the airport on Thursday. So, I'll have 9 days of no infusion or hospital until after we get back from San Diego. WOOHOO!

I really have felt pretty good this week since my study drug on Monday. I just don't know if that is a good thing or not. But, I will enjoy it as long as it lasts. My face markings are starting to fade a bit now. But, it was an interesting experience.