Health Scare

We had a scare with Truman yesterday. He had diarrhea for a couple days so Tom took him in to the vet. With a diabetic dog you can never be too careful. When Dr. Mike was examining him, he said he felt a mass in his stomach and would have to x-ray him to check it out. The large dog x-ray machine was busy so he told Tom to leave him and come back in an hour. So Tom called me to let me know what was said and then went to lunch and ran errands for an hour. When he got back, after the hour that felt like a whole day, Dr. Mike greeted him and said it was good news. It turns out that the "mass" was actually Truman's bladder. Dr. Mike said that in his entire career he had never seen a bladder as big as Truman's, even on dogs twice his size. Ha! Of course we get a dog with the largest pee sack on record! So anyway, they gave him a shot and some pills to get him over the tummy bug and all is well.

Truman's Sight

We got some bad news yesterday at the veterinarian. Truman is not a viable candidate for the eye surgery because the retina is detached in the eye we thought we could restore. This is very common in canine diabetes. So having a blind dog has become our new normal rather than a temporary situation.

The upside is that he is a happy and healthy dog otherwise. While Tom and I are disappointed, Truman is taking it in stride. In fact he just wandered into the office while I am typing this and flopped down beside me. He loves his Mama.

We are going to try to think of ways to expand his world outside of the house and yard so he will feel safe in unfamiliar situations. He used to love to go to this park but I have been worried about taking him since the blindness set in. It's probably more my anxiety about the situation than his. I am hitting the web to do some research and will update the blog about his progress.

Truman a.k.a. Trubadoo

Truman shown in a rare casual moment at the beach in Florida. Note the horrendous nautical decorating style in the condo. It was like a surf shop from the 80's threw up in there.