Tess, Treasure and I drove to Westport yesterday to see our favorite vet. I was hysterical, the dogs thought it was a nice day for a drive. Tess was sedated and David looked at her larynx (no sign of paralysis or any growths) and x-rayed her lungs (which were "hard" but just old dog lungs). He says she doesn't have what we thought she did, instead he's guessing she might have a fungal infection called blastomycosis. Oh swell. Could my dog have a simple limp? Oh no, we have to go for an infection that costs $200 worth of urinalysis to diagnose. I was terribly relieved and cried a lot. Today I'm trying to collect $200 worth of urine from a most uncooperative dog. I collected 1/2 a teaspoon this morning, called Westport to see if it was enough and they said no, they need about 2 tablespoons. Yikes, see you next week, folks. I'll keep trying but man is Tess not helpful. I had hoped to get the sample to them today to hasten diagnosis. oh well.
Meanwhile I went to the gym every morning with Carol--we had a lot of catching up to do. Walking on a treadmill is different from walking on the streets of Washington. No sore knees, no shin splints. I have lost a total of 14 pounds but seem to be stuck. Gee, I wonder if the raspberry jam from Marylou has anything to do with that? Man oh man is that stuff delicious!
Tomorrow I'm due t meet Julie in Keene for coffee. If we believe the weather predictors we won't be able to drive there but I'm optimistic. Apparently we're getting maybe 3 inches of snow or maybe 10 inches of snow. or maybe rain. but no, snow. It's snowing right now but it's not the big flakes I expected. Temp is 35 so that doesn't make sense.
I still don't have water in my house. No news on that front, nor do I expect any change in that for a few weeks probably. We still have about a foot of snow on the ground. OK, so maybe it won't be a few weeks, but a couple at least. I'm going to RI for Easter--should I just go there now, where water comes out of the faucets? No, I like being at home.
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