The weather is a real factor

Mr Beebs has had some very good days and they were always the days when the temp was around 60 and the humidity zero. Yesterday it was 83 and humid and he fell down constantly...
I guess the added stress of the weather compounds a general weakness he has now.
Besides all that...my nurse Sydney has to go into the hospital today to have his gums cut away from his teeth.Its a boxer condition and I am worried sick about him being in this hospital.Unfortunately its the only place my reg. vet operates out of and I trust him.
The fun never stops around here and the dogs are such a matter source of concern for me I have a hard time sleeping. Sydneys gums are growing right over his teeth and they look hideous...thankfully Beebs are not nearly as pronounces. Thank God for small blessings.
Anyway...I might have a great way to upend the existing animal property laws here in CT.The idea's are a by product of my college courses.Ya never know unless you try...
as Plato said "if not now? When?"

Everyday brings a new challenge

Mr Beebs is becoming more and more leery of getting on the stair climber so I can take him out to go potty.It has to do with his falling down alot lately. He's scared and so I am holding him up with a sling under his back end and walking backwards down a flight of stairs. I hope I don't fall myself.When Winter comes I'm going to be really in trouble once the stairs get icy or lick.I'm already thinking of ways to put straw below the deck so that we can go potty right at the bottom of the stairs instead of slipping and sliding all over the yard.

I also need to go back up to Mass. to get the wheelchair fixed. 4 hours of driving and 16 credits at school...its not going to be easy that's for sure. At least I'm used to challenges...

He had his 3rd adequan shot IM yesterday. Its hard to see whether it has had a positive affect yet. I hope to God it does.We need to strengthen that back leg.I canceled a pool treatment because I just can't afford another $700.00.I haven't been to a doctor myself in the last year and a half let alone a dentist.I massage his leg with this portable massager every night and he sems to be alot less stiff when I do that. Oh boy...its Sept 11th and in the scope of things this is an inconvenience compared to what some people are suffering today.

I'm tired...too tired to move

No Legal representation anywhere

What I find disturbing is that even the lawyers and law students I met at the Harvard Animal Law conference have not been able to get back to me either by returning an email or a call.I feel so out on a limb.
I took the boys to the vet today and Mr Beebs has had so many surgeries that it took the vet 15 minutes to find a usable vein in order to get a blood test done.Two assistants and him could barely find a place to get blood.His leg is horrible today and he is falling down every 20 feet or so.Its so painful to watch and the adequan injections don't seem to be doing anything.I dread another 4 hours of driving to fix the wheelchair situation but its our last resort for mobility.
My regular vet suggested I write a letter to the surgeon and state the facts and see what he will do.I'm not really sure I trust that man to do the right thing by me and Beebs.In fact its doubtful.
What his surgery and that filthy hospital has done to our lives has been hell.I have stair climbers, wheel chairs, slings, booties, meds. needles, massage tools...It has smothered our lives.It has had "cause and affect" a domino effect which is and has been damming from day one. I have alot of work to do if I wish to right this.I feel so alone and over whelmed .

The answer is no...Said the attorney

I am sitting here stunned that in this day and age in the Constitution State of Connecticut I can not get legal representation for a mis justice! I am beyonds shocked in that I offered to pay an hourly fee just to get some expertise advice or direction or anything and I have been left high and dry by the legal profession.
Why?? Because I don't have a leg to stand on the with the existing law in this state at the moment. In my wildest dreams I would have never imagined a day when I could be financially devastated by a professionals services and have no legal recourse nor the council of an attorney to guide me.It feels like I went back in time to the 1800's.This can't be.
All things point in one direction and that is ...from the bottom up. I must initiate a change from the bottom of our law up to a law that pertains to today's standards and protection.
When she she said "I kicked it around with my colleague's and I decided no".
I said...its because "I told you I had no recourse didn't I?"
She said "yes"...
"I could play around with it but I'm swamped so hang in there"
This is not the America I would have envisioned ion 2007.When you are begging attorney after attorney to help you in what is clearly a case of negligence.
Once I get over this new shock I'll contact some politicians I know.Perhaps they...can help turn this tide. Unbelievable.

up to Five CT attorneys and counting

So far I have contacted 5 different attorneys regarding the Mr Beebs case and have yet to get a commitment from one of them. So...apparently we as animal guardians and owners can't even get the paid help of the legal profession when things go very wrong with our animals treatment.
In this day and age I find it unbelievable.When I first contacted the last attorney she got back to me within the hour...but that was before she knew it was a case involving a dog. Now a return phone is last on her list of priorities. I know these people need to make money...but who can I turn to? I continue to study our legislative law everyday and have taken two political science courses in college.Perhaps I can find a few allies somewhere.
Beebs leg has been worse more than better of late. I use the sling alot to keep his back end up.
Every time he falls down and looks at me with the "help me look" in his eyes I could just cry.I hate that surgeon...I hate what he has done to us. I know hate is a strong word and I rarely use it but in this case I can honestly say I have no sympathy for him or what happens to him once I bring this before our State reps etc. I will afford the same treatment he has given me and my poor Mr Beebs. The wheelchair is still useless and because I have 5 courses right now I have little time to do anything.But I will get that remedied.

Hmmm...I need info

I have tried to contact the lady who's dog got MRSA from a hospital here in CT and she has not returned my calls.Maybe they are out of town maybe what I told her was so upsetting she can't speak to me. There was no doubt her vets are shufflinbg the diagnosis under the rug all the while her dog is on a collision course with ongoing infection and worse. I could not give her a sugar coated answer because something as dangerous as MRSA and all the other pathogens need immediate attention. The deeper I go into this the more it sickens me.
I wonder just how many hospitals have this problem and why we the consumers aren't told of these risks. My sister is furious as that same hospital is the one she takes her dog to and wonders just what kind of cleaning they do there now.
Mr Beebs has had several bad days and when I see him collapsing unable to move I think about that arrogant surgeon...and what he has done to my beautiful dog. One of my dearest friends said to me the other day...
"you're a lovely friend to have because I would never want to be your enemy."I hope that dear doctor rest up for the fight that he is in for along with the rest of his profession. Poor Beebs...
Maybe one day...this injustice will be corrected and the pendulum will swing back to center.At the moment we as pet guardians...or what ever you want to call them are being taken advantage of in the most disturbing way.
Not for long I hope.

one adequan shot so far

The stuff is expensive and is made from bovine trachea...after one injection with an inferior needle I saw no difference. The vet assistant gave me a puny little needle to use and its supposed to be an IM needle to it goes deep into the muscle. I'm thinking of sending his wheelchair back as well. He seems so uncomfortable in it.I don't think its a behavior issue because he is a very devoted dog and has always been obedient. The design is wrong for him .Too narrow and too tight around his genitals. I've tried putting a towel adjustment and I also noticed the yoke puts a great deal of compression on his spine.Over time I think it would compress the nerves and cause more pain. I may augment what is there by adding a bottom harness so that his back and neck aren't taking such a jolting action.Besides all that he's pogoing around at high speed pretty good its getting up and moving slow that are painful to watch.

I've resigned myself to giving him the best care I can and accepting it is a down hill slope from here. The amputation slowed its speed but so much damage was done I don't think we can ever go back to therapy work.The floors in hospitals are slippery and my own back and neck are taking a beating from hoisting him in the sling constantly.I'm pretty sad about that. I know lots of old folks would have been thrilled to see him but ...its just not possible at the moment.Unless i can produce a sling that takes the load off my elbow, shoulders and back I'll end up with a problem as well. Maybe I could come up with something...but the wheelchair is wrong i just know it. He's a good boy and he does what I ask. Period. So here we go again with money down the drain.

His nurse Sydney is totally devoted to his Dad and smothers him with love although Beebs would prefer he sleep in his own bed!