Livin' the Crazy

Looks concerning doesn't she? Welcome to my daily "oh my God, are you OK?!?" It's been a rough few days for our super duper senior. Unexplained, rapidly growing mass near her thyroid (now reduced with steroids), unexplained fever, high blood pressure, (that then went too low with meds), "something" behind her left eye that's caused blindness, some neurological deficiencies in a back paw (mini stroke?), and naturally a lack of appetite and abandonment of litterbox etiquette. (grateful we have throw rugs absolutely everywhere!) Her appetite and litterbox manners are back this am, and she even climbed up on the counter demanding treats. She's been on deaths door a few times in her long life, and I'm here again to give her body the option to stay, to the extent that we can do so comfortably and still retain her quality of life. 🩶🤍

This is the face that convinces me to retrieve fries for him AT LEAST once a week. It's the only tried and true way to get meds in him when his appetite wanes. He gets just enough for the meds and to kickstart his appetite. 🥰

Murphy gets to (under protest) take over Enzo's acupuncture appointments. It was so tough walking in that room without him. 😭💔🩵 To his credit, Murphy was more tolerant of the needles today. I like to think Zo had something to do with that. 😇 🐾

The day I feared more than any came to pass this weekend and my sweet sweet blue eyed boy had an ivdd flare that he just couldn't recover from, and I made the agonizing decision to let him go. I take a tiny tiny bit of consolation that he's been reunited, pain-free, with Sonny, Daisy and Romeo at the rainbow bridge, but our selfish hearts are shocked and broken beyond what I would have thought possible. We'll miss you forever sweet Enzo (especially little Liv, who's thoroughly confused by your absence). Please watch over us and check in when you can. 🩵💔🩵 7/1/14-7/20/26

The pup with eyelashes I'd give my right arm for, turns TWELVE today! Happy Birthday Enzo! It's been a challenging year with a cervical ivdd diagnosis, but we are (knocking on ALL the wood) almost two months past our last flare up... So we're hoping beyond hope (bolstered by oodles of supplements, red light therapy, and acupuncture) that we can put this traumatic chapter to rest. 🤞 🤞 🤞

(Not sure why my captions aren't captioning when I post of late but... Belatedly...) Liv and I learned mahjong last weekend!