Woosh! That is the sound of a galloping 82 lb svelte Chocolate Lab flying through lawns at 5:15 am. She keeps her nose to the ground and is managing to juke and jive like a running back working out of the option offense. Ellie is bright eyed and bushy tailed and really feeling just great and moving exceptionally well. Her repaired leg is looking strong and there have been no ill-effects from the Baytril. Actually the Baytril has turned Ellie into a member of the Jamaican Track and Field team based on her flat out speed. It is kind of funny when she is galloping around since once in awhile she skips a step with her repaired leg and it looks like she is pulling on a hand brake. Next up: The 110 meter high hurdles.
Today Ellie goes in for a urinalysis/pee culture from Dr. Ahmsberry at West Hills. Unfortunately she is going to have a needle stuck in there so they can draw a sterile sample. This gives me the creeps just thinking that some Lil’ Shop of Horror’s sized needle will be part of the process however, the folks at West Hills said Ellie was just fabulous with this procedure several weeks ago. Ellie’s pee habits seem just fine and there have not been any abnormalities in her routine or the color of the actual pee. I just hope that this is the wave of the future.
Since I was in and out and all over the place for four days it sure was nice to get back into the normal daily rhythm with Ellie. I missed the little knuckledragger. Here’s a crazy one: This past Saturday we took Ellie and my visiting buddy to the Farmer’s Market on the riverfront. This was the first return visit to the market for Ellie! She sniffed butts with several dozen dogs and generally stayed out of trouble with the exception of veering towards the homemade pretzel booth. Actually, I think I was subliminally leading her towards the pretzels but I blamed it on Ellie. Amidst all of the wandering and sniffing I spotted what at first I thought to be a mirage but what actually turned out to be The Hairy Democrat! That’s right, we actually saw him during the daylight hours instead of the normal 5:15 am at the coffee shop! We had a great visit and The Hairy Democrat introduced Ellie as the Greatest Dog.
Sadly, there will be just two more entries in Ellie’s Blog. The last one will be this Friday unless something big comes up that I feel just has to be documented. I have not told Ellie about this coming to an end since that would probably spurn a call from her agent resulting in some type of litigious action. The Canine Web Diva is just going to have to learn to adjust to normal life once again.
