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Yes, we are currently mere shadows of ourselves as we have become trapped in DIARRHEA HELL!
For two months Tidda has been suffering from increasingly frequent bouts of diarrhea. For the most part, she seems to be feeling okay and enjoys her walks, is hungry and plays. I on the other hand have been reduced to stumbling in a trance from one colon emergency to the next, randomly having to drop everything and take her outside or, worse, having to get up at 2 a.m. to take her out. And then again at 5.
Stool samples are negative for Giardia, negative for worms. She's been on probiotics and prebiotics for 10 days and has had several 24-hour fasts, now mostly getting rice and home-cooked chicken broth. She's losing weight and does seem to be a little less energetic.
The 12 day wait for the vet appointment has been the longest 12 days ever. It's no longer episodic but just continuous diarrhea. I wanted to bring her in as an emergency on Saturday but then she seemed slightly better and the vet "no longer had any same day visits available" that day. To be honest, I might be suffering more than she is. They said I'm doing everything right and she should get better.
Ever since the pandemic, the vet clinic has been chronically understaffed and overburdened and I've heard it's due in large part to the extreme local housing shortage as they can't hire people if there is no affordable place for them to live. Another issue is that I have constant problems buying her regular food as intermittently it's just not available due to the supply chain problems that are affecting pet foods. It's a real stressor for me. I'm going to see what the vet thinks about the possibility of making my own food for her.
Yet, Tidda is her sweet and good self. I'm trying to emulate her in that regard. I tell myself we will get through this and she will get better. Life just never seems to get any easier, though.
Wish us luck for the vet visit on Wednesday!
Sunset catches me on a bridge taking this shot at the Seven Ponds Nature Center in Dryden, MI. Autumn color in Michigan is something.
For those of us not trained in the studio, sometimes we have learned to improvise. My hat's shadow brought out the color in these yellow trout lillies at Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Michigan, May, 2021.
Rouen / Seine-Maritime / Haute-Normandie / France
Album of France (the north): www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157713208...
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
USA
Best view in Light Box-
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View of a tree lined river in Yellowstone. This image was taken from the road which crossed over the river.
Kiev 4A (1982)
Helios-103 53mm F:1.8
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mi galeria en Color www.flickr.com/photos/samycolor
Mi Galeria en B&N www.flickr.com/photos/samycollazo
Arista Edu 100
Kodak D-76 1:1
Lightroom 3
Epson Perfection V500 Scanner
Ripponden
This shot was taken on the footpath which runs along the side of Ryburn reservoir, it was a potential candidate for a previous Saturday challenge, straight line shadows, but as a few of us discovered, nature doesn’t do straight lines, so it never got used.
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A perfectly Spring weekend - raining while the sun was shining, muddy, warm, windy, sweet smelling, colors popping, new babies everywhere. Hope yours was lovely, as well. :)
Handles from my kitchen furnitures. I like it when you suddenly discover new and different points of view, from things you see every single day.
Done for Toneless Tuesday
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Terrace at 11.371 ft - Mont Blanc Courmayeur Italy
Terrazza a 3.466 m - Monte Bianco Courmayeur Italia