Enough is Enough...

Tomorrow will be 1 week since Phil's strange sores cropped up. We still don't know what it is. He had a biopsy yesterday, but we won't get the results back until after Christmas, most likely. The vet tells me not to worry, he feels sure it is some sort of allergic reaction, but for the life of me, I have not changed anything in my house. I want it to stop. Phil has suffered so much & enough is enough allready! This is what Phil looked like last night after his biopsy...

This is what he looked like when I got home from work tonight...

Hubs said he just started breaking out about 15 minutes before I got home. Please, if anyone has seen this before...Please drop me a comment. We are deperate to find out what is wrong with our Sweet Philly Boy.

Reece makes the News!

Yesterday, I picked up our Sunday Paper & was both surprised & delighted to see our Youngest Grandson Reece in a color photo on the Front Page! He does not consider Santa a BFF, but he sure made buddies with Duke.

Author: Duay O'Neil
Source: The Newport Plain Talk



Duke, the internationally famous Golden Retriever who appears in Bush's bean commercials, made a special holiday appearance at Bush's annual Christmas party for employees' children on Friday afternoon in Chestnut Hill. Two-year-old Reece Myers, son of Brad and Chasitie Myers of Dandridge, slowly made friends with Duke at Bush's annual Christmas party for employees' children on Friday. Duke's surprise visit delighted the dozens of children and parents attending the event.

Doot-Doot-Doo Lookin' Out My Back Door...

I live in the Great Smoky Mountains of East TN and we are so accustomed to the mountains that I usually never give a thought to the view from my back door...EXCEPT, when it Snows! Then I find myself staring outside most of the day at the Beautiful Snow Capped Mountains.

This is the view from my back door...

...And this is the view from my kitchen window...

Enjoy the View! :)

An Update & a Thank You..

I wanted to give a quick Update on my Phil. He is not out of the woods yet. He went in on Saturday & the Vet ran a CBC which came back normal & two Xrays which showed his spleen & other organs as normal but with some congestion in his lungs. He was given 2 injections & 2 scripts. I have to take him back in the morning for biopsies of the awful bleeding sores that are still afflictling my boy & worrying the life out of me & his doctors.

Just in case he's developed a food allergy, Phil is eating chicken breast & rice. He really likes this meal! :) It's good to see him eat & not vomit.

Even Chief has been worried about Phil & has stayed close by his side, but very still, so not to disturb Phil while he is resting.

I would like to give a Big Heartfelt THANK YOU for all of the Kind thoughts, Prayers & Emails asking about my Philly. I will keep updating, hopefully with Good News Soon. Thanks so much!

One Sick Puppy....

Oh Dear! My Beautiful Philly Boy is Sick! He was fine when I went to bed on Wednesday morning around 1:30 am. He & Chief were snoozing on the couch & when I turned out the lights, Phil followed me to my room, but decided to sleep in his own bed, instead of on mine. No probs...he does this sometimes, so off we go to ZZZZZZZZ land.

Well, I wake up around 5:30 am & Phil is in bed w/ me, but he's shivering, so I cover him up & snooze until the alarm goes off at 6:00 am. When we get up, I notice 3 or 4 large whelps on Philly's back. Hmmm...something must have bit him? I wonder...he has such fair & sensitive skin, the least abrasion makes a place on him, so I go on about getting ready for work. I come out of the kitchen & get the shock of my life!

Within 15 minutes time, my Philly boy is broken out in horrible bumps on top of bumps all over his head, muzzle, neck, legs, toes...his whole body! And some of them are starting to bleed!

I am feeling pretty sure it is a bite or allergic reaction...Could he be allergic to Chief? Hubs asks...Trying to lighten my worry w/ a joke...(Not the time for corny jokes hun...I'm Freaking Out here)

Soooo...off to work with me he goes...Vet says just as I had thought...probably a bite, but not too serious...he gives him a big dose of benedryl & the bleeding stops & the bumps seem to lessen, or at least stop forming more...We feel this is going to do the trick.

At home that night...the bumps come back with a vengeance! Again within 15 minutes, Phil is broken out worse than ever & bleeding again.

So...today he is still broken out awful, but now on an antibiotic & a steroid. We are hoping this will take care of his hives, poor baby. If not, it's back to the Vet tomorrow... And... I did kill a large brown spider in my bedroom this morning when I was getting ready for work. Still don't know if that's what it is, but Phil is not sleeping in his bed for the time being, just in case!

Thanks so much for all of your kind words & emails, checking on my Philly Boy. I appreciate everyone's concern for my buddy. I hope he is back to his Beautiful Bully self SOON!

Christmas at Dollywood

My Hubs Company Christmas Gathering was at Dollywood this year. I always love to go & see the lights there...Just Beautiful! But Boy Oh Boy was it COLD! I had on every polar fleece top & long underwear I could find. hehe

Our Youngest Son Brad works at the same plant, so his family was there too!

Our 2 year old Grandson Reece had a blast & was really into the Reindeer & Elf displays...LOL!

Enjoy the Lights & Merry Christmas to you!

Bringing My "Work" Home with me...

Wow...it's been a while since my last post! A lot has been happening around here. I work part time at a Vet's Office & now have a New Family Member, adopted from our office.

Meet Chief...

He was brought in with injuries to his front legs after being hit by a truck & was abandoned by his owners at our office. After a month in our kennel run & no contact from his owners, our Very Kind Vet allowed me to take him home to "foster" (instead of sending him to the shelter) until I could get him into a rescue.

Well, after being at my home for a week, I noticed a limp in one of his back legs & took him back in for a recheck with one of our Dr's....Just my luck...he has a knee that pops out of place & will need surgery. Wow...poor guy has 3 messed up legs! I took a deep breath & blurted out..."I'm Keeping Him then!"..."after I talk to my husband that is..."

Well, as you can see...Hubs was easy to convince that Chief should stay on with us. We both knew that the chances of getting him a home, or even into a rescue w/ a bum knee, would be down right impossible. His future would be bleak at best.

Chief is a funny fellow. He likes to play & he loves to sleep on the couch...on his back. LOL! He is a comedy show on 4 clumsy legs.

I guess you could say that we have officially "Gone to the Dogs" around here. I didn't plan on another dog, but none of the others were planned either & I don't know what I would do with out them. Sometimes things just work out that way I reckon. Welcome to the Family Chiefie-Poo!