Yesterday morning was lovely; mindfulness led to a feeling of peace and calm. However the two issues that have been a challenge this week continued. Further battles with the new phone all afternoon left me really quite stressed. This was then followed in the evening by discovering that Archie appears to be doubly incontinent.
I phoned our vet first thing this morning who said that it was clearly something specialist and that he would arrange an appointment to see another vet. Within 5 minutes he had phoned me back to explain where I needed to go and to say that I could take Archie straight over. So we set off.
The new vet asked a myriad of questions, explained that he would need to take x-rays and blood tests and told us to return at 4 pm this afternoon. As you can imagine we have had an extremely stressful day. We returned this afternoon to be shown an x-ray of his spine demonstrating that he has broken the final vertebrae above his spine. I assumed that that would be the end of the road. However apparently he has contracted something called discospondylitis, something I’d never heard of before. It can be caused, and has been in this instance, by a bladder infection that passes into the spine. Given that he is very young there is a possibility that he could recover, so he is currently sedated and having large doses of antibiotics at the new vet’s surgery. He will remain there until Saturday on a strict diet, crated and having his medication. The vet will then review the situation.
The new phone saga persists. Having copied across all of my contacts yesterday and sent texts to inform people of my new number I can no longer see my contacts. I can however see all the messages that I sent yesterday with all the numbers that they went to but there are no names associated with them. I am in despair, though I have found someone locally who may be able to help.
I have done very little crochet over the last couple of days. I am going to be doing some this evening. I find it very calming and relaxing and I am certain that it will help reduce my levels of stress. Before Christmas I said that I wanted to do a few things for myself and that’s what I am focusing on. I had found a knitted dress pattern that I quite liked but I wanted to do it in crochet and I wanted pockets. So that is what I am currently doing.
Until tomorrow …
Tales from the Sheshed France 
Zenna I’m incredibly sorry to hear about poor Archie. He’s a strong, young dog and that will surely give him the best outcome possible for him. I’m going to remain positive and send him Reiki to halo him remain an inner calm and regenerative state of healing.
You phone is an added distraction and cause of frustration for you at the moment but hopefully your new found help will be able to sort it out for you. Fingers crossed for that.
Hold on to the inner calm you felt yesterday, it is still there inside and retrievable. I love the idea of your dress pattern and can’t wait to see it. Find peace and calm and resolve in your crochet tonight. Sending love. Xx
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Thank you. I’m trying to be positive. The crochet is going well xx
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Poor you – awful when our pets are poorly/ injured 🥲. Puts phone problems into perspective (even if it doesn’t sort the problem – which is frustrating)
‘Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference’ comes to mind!
SO techie needed – will probably sort it quickly – and it will be worth the time released to embrace your new dress 🤷🏼♀️
It’s got really blue here- and cold! Keep warm, enjoy and hibernate. Spring is just around the corner. 🤗🤗🤗
Thinking of Archie and wishing him a speedy and full recovery 🙏🏽🐾🐾🙏🏽
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Thank you Sue xx
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Oh noooo Zena I’m so sorry to hear about Archie sending him positive vibes and doggy hugs. Buddy sends his doggy love too. He is made of good strong stock. Take care xx
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Thank you. We are trying to be positive but are preparing for the worst . It will be months of recovery if he survives. xx
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