New and Not New

I last wrote over a year ago.  Part of my blogging is about not blogging.  

What's new since then?  A lot that's not new anymore, some even notable.  A 70th birthday.  A change in the world. 

What sticks in my mind? Caprice. I worked so hard to keep her alive.  But she had to leave on June 24, 2019. Her Addison's was under control, her digestive issues were under control. She received acupuncture and took Chinese herbs and pills for all sorts of things. I arranged all sorts of food on my Fiestaware to get her to eat and was able to maintain her weight.  Michael constructed a ramp so she could continue to sleep with us when her weak rear end kept her from jumping up on the bed.  I protected the growth on her foot from her licking by putting little pink and purple socks on the food. She had dental work, supported by a veterinary anaesthesiologist,  brought in from Phoenix.  I would have done anything for that girl, but there came a time when I best thing I could do for her was to let her go.

I came back from an agility trial and found she had a swollen eye.  A long trip to the Emergency room resulted in a possible diagnosis of something I can't even remember the name of.  Possible treatment- large doses of prednisone.  As I talked to my vet the next day (Canon was having dental work done), she told me Caprice probably couldn't tolerate the treatment, and so I made the very difficult decision to let her go.

I scrambled to find a vet who would come to my house to release her.  It all happened so quickly.  And so now I am sitting at my computer, nine months later, weeping for my 13+ year old girl, who left me. 

I cried when I first met Caprice, and I cry now.