10/21/12

Well, day 2 of Rico chaos. The girls actually slept in a little bit this morning, which was welcomed. As soon as we were all up, Olivia and I got ready and brought Rico back to the vet. He didn’t eat anything all night (not really a surprise), but drank his whole bowl of water. Hopefully that’s good. There was still a lot of blood in his urine, and he was still very lethargic this morning. But, seemed a little interested in his surroundings. And, cried on the car ride, which he usually does, but didn’t do yesterday, so that seemed good too!

Christian and Amelia made breakfast while we were gone, and we ate right away. I got right to my Sunday cleaning chores…laundry, dishes, kitchen clean up, sweeping. The usual. We had some lunch, and the girls went down for their naps just as the Vikings game started up. We sat, relaxed and watched the game together. Another win, YAHOO!! I sure hope the streak continues and we have a great season!!

When the girls woke up, we stopped at a local gardening market to pick up some carving pumpkins. We had a buy one pumpkin, get one free coupon, and this place is actually really fun. They have a TON of pumpkins to choose from, so we wandered around for a bit, picking one out. They have goats to feed (who, apparently were the only goats in the world that weren’t hungry) and a big pumpkin jump house for the kids. The girls got their play time in (PS, the weather was AMAZING), we bought a couple pumpkins and we were off.

The clinic closes earlier on Sunday, so we had to pick Rico up. They said he was still responding well. They lowered his pain medication dosage, and thought maybe that was making him more tired and mellow. He was drinking well, they did an IV flush and got some fluids in him. He showed some personality (and REALLY perked up when he saw us), so they were really happy to see all of that. His urine is still pretty tinted and cloudy, and he’s definitely nowhere near back to normal, so they want him back in the clinic tomorrow (which, they expected all along). Hopefully tomorrow will be it though!

We picked up some Pizza Hut on the way home because we were all in the mood for some bad, greasy, fulfilling food tonight. It was delicious, and it hit the spot. Rico stayed in the kennel again (still hooked up to the catheter), but was moving around and definitely interested in what was going on around him. Stress, to the max! I’m not sure what we’re going to do financially about this yet…I haven’t even started thinking about that. I’m hoping we don’t have to dip into our line of credit! I JUST paid Christian’s off on Friday and we were finally clear, and just down to the tires. Money, evil.