Gracie's List

Top Ten Things To Do When You're 

Not Allowed To Do Anything.

1.  Lay around and act sick.

2.  Act like eating is a chore...  (this will get you even more food and anything your heart desires)

3.  Think of ways to get out of taking your pills.

4.  Run and hide when you hear the pill bottle being opened.

5.  Eat the hamburger, but spit out the pill.

6.  Eat the cookie icing, but spit out the pill.

7.  Wait till Nurse Ratched is not looking, then spit the pill out.

8.  Practice keeping the pill from  getting caught in your fur after you spit.   For some reason, that's the first place Nurse Ratched looks.

9.  When you hear Nurse Ratched say "If Miss Gracie Phillip doesn't want to take her medications orally I'm sure we can arrange that she can have it some other way,"  Swallow hard!

10.  Do some magic tricks and change the focus from "Give the dog her meds"  to "Wow!  Will you look at this!  Look what Gracie did!" 

DON'T

Don't jump.  Don't run.  Don't lick.  Don't bite.  

 Just several more don't-do's to add to my list.

Now here's a don't for you.

Don't look at the next picture if you are squeamish.  

According to the nag Mom, these are my bladder stones that she has to take to the hospital lab to have analyzed.

And she wonders why I was peeing on the floor...??? 

 H-e-l-l-o!

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to rest.  Thanks for the paw-sitive thoughts and prayers.  XOXO  Gracie.

Surgery for Gracie and Vertigo for Me

Gracie will have her surgery this afternoon.  She shook all the way down there this morning...  Like..  she knows what is coming down.  

As for me...  

Vertigo...  

It started at the vets office and now I am just trying to hang on (literally).

I always try to stay away from medication.  But the doc prescribed Meclizine.  I took 1/2 of one.  Hope it helps.  

Please say a prayer for Gracie today...    

"For the love of Dogs woman...  I'm just minutes away from being called back to prep for my surgery today and you are taking PICTURES?"  

UPDATE:

GRACIE IS OUT OF SURGERY.  SHE IS DOING FINE.  HOPE TO GET HER HOME TOMORROW.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND GOOD THOUGHTS.