Monday, January 20, 2025

Have a Safe, Hoppy, and Reflective Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Look at me - look at me! Surgery after surgery - and yet one paw goes in front of the other. We overbun.

Let me drag Bob Hoover into this - "If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible." Then we get up, shake it off, and carry on. The dream survives.

His cold is letting up a little, he feels better, and cookies are spilling quickly. We're extracting as many treats from the biped as we can. And I'm drinking up as much pineapple-flavored water as I can.

We'll art and loaf, and we'll keep you posted!
- Charlie

Sunday, January 19, 2025

The Bunday Evening Thumps

Good evening, Everybun!

We keep hearing more winter stuff is heading our way. It's been a nice, cloudy day, making you feel winter-ish. My hoomin threw in the towel and resigned himself to light arting and loafing. He even dragged his sorry duff to a hoomin v.e.t. He wanted to go and meet a few new bunns at the rescue, and even that will have to wait.

Charlie is doing well, getting spoiled with fruit water. Today, we're trying pineapple juice. She seems to like it and slurps it up quite readily. Hopefully, she'll get more water this way than she usually would. The other option is doing sub-q fluids. Hopefully, we won't have to resort to that. Of course, we're sitting on pins and needles to hear about Charlie's lab results.

And last but not least, it's a long weekend for my hoomins, so we're grateful for the extra cuddles and doting.

Goodnight and good luck!
- Gus

Saturday, January 18, 2025

Espresso, Charlie, and Gus Update

Hellos, Everybun!

Charlie's checkup yesterday went pretty well. We have a consensus on monitoring that little hernia "situation." All things considered, the surgery would be risky, and she may never need it.

A fresh set of X-rays showed no changes as far as kidney stones are concerned but showed a buildup of urine sludge. Charlie was gracious enough to oblige with a sample that went out to the lab. The sample was cloudy, with a lot of sediment at the bottom.

So, the immediate plan is to make her drink lots and lots of water. We started flavoring the water bowls first with crushed raspberries. This morning, we are trying apple juice flavor. And my hoomin promised to get some pineapple and others. We'll see what sticks.
And she's getting extra water from a feeding syringe.

In other news, my hoomin came down with a cold and feels like a death on a stick. I do not know what the thump that means, but I reckon it's not pleasant. And it is not THAT thing. He made sure to test for it.

The plan is simple: drink plenty of fluids, chillax, and do art.

We'll keep you posted!
- Espresso