Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Back on Anti biotics

Oh well here we go again. Mr Beebs has had a difficult time walking once again and Sydney has taken to sniffing his penis which has always indicated something going on in that region.The vet says prostate infections can be chronic and given scar tissue in which to hide very difficult or impossible to kill. So back on cephalexin....a moderate to low dose enough to remove any pain he is experiencing from that infected gland.When Sydney stops drawing my attention to the area I will know its at bay. My dog Sydney with his awesome ability at sniffing out trouble is my best diagnostician! He has sniffed out numerous problems before and has been right on the money.
Besides all that I am busy reading legislative law books and animal advocacy research so I can get my game plan focused. I need to do this before school starts so that I devote the time I need to my studies and getting me that much closer to my political science diploma. I have a good feeling about 2009, in spite of the fact that my sister of 48 years is fighting off liver cancer at the moment. In many ways these tribulations have made me appreciate time and its rapid motion forward even more. We don't get it back so I want to treat every day with purpose. That's my new motto! Make it count Lori!

Monday, January 5, 2009

I feel change in the air...

I'm doing my homework for my beautiful dogs and everyone elses in Ct. No pet should have to be put down because there has been negligence, complications, or any other disaster that is no fault of the pet or its guardian I was just reading a case in CT in which these poor people had their vet work on an enormous hernia on their dog.The vet was not well versed in this procedure and the dog began swelling and the vet dismissed this as a natural occurance.The issue went on and on and the vet couldn't admit they were over their head basically.In the end after the owners begged to have the vet do something the dog went into shock and had to be put down.The vet had sliced into a vascular area and the dog literally internally bled to death. The CT AVMA suspended the vets license and the vet had to pay them $1000 in a fine. In the meantime the people who loved that dog payed all kinds of fee's to save their dog from this vets surgery and what they got is an I'm sorry. Tell their hearts that....
How can this be reasonable in this day and age? I was stunned reading the report and realized just what I am up against.'The cake and eat it too crowd."Not all vets by any stretch...because my personal vets saved my dog and I would do nothing to harm them or any other decent practitioner. However I can't help but see the injustice in taking the best care you can of your companion and yet the practitioner shares virtually no responsibility when they injure or bring about the death of your pet, leaving you and your family sobbing and asking why? No one sobs over the loss or damage to a table or chair ...maybe some do...but I suspect most see these beautiful creatures (our pets) as a blessing in our lives, no less than a family member. A being present in all our holiday photographs...after all we name them, we celebrate every new moment in our lives with them.Good or bad. How can it be that they share the same worth as a table or chair? Maybe for some...a very , very small percentage of people, but by and large the people I have come to know here at home and the nice people that continue to ask about Mr Beebs from states far and wide years after this disaster started. Ilove my dogs...and the law in 2009 does not reflect that reality.I am not alone .Todays animal law is a misplaced reality that must evolve if it is to measure who we trully are in 2009.
My dogs are not less...they are just different.