Year: 2019

We had a much happier Ellie minus doggy babygro!

We have booked three days at our favourite hotel, Powdermills in Battle, it has been an annual event for us and Ellie, years ago we used to bring our other dogs.

The traffic was horrendous, we were sent on a diversion to avoid Dover and several more road closures so a short journey turned into quite a long one. I think it will do Ellie good having some gentle exercise.

On arrival we checked into our room and then had sandwiches out in the garden, in the sunshine. It really has beautiful grounds. The owner walked past us with her dog and Ellie started barking at it…not a good start and I have never known her do that. I guess she must feel a bit traumatised by recent events.

We have a lovely room with a very pretty view.

Early evening we walked around the lake, I had to chase Ellie as she got the sniff of a squirrel, she must be feeling a bit better.

Later we drove out to the Black Horse, Telham, another very dog friendly pub. They loved Ellie . Wow, excellent food too. The staff were lovely and the customers all chatted with us too. A good choice. I had grilled sea bass. So good.

Thought for the Day – “The coolest people I’ve ever met have the most colourful pasts. They have lived lives of risk, made bad choices, learned lessons, explored and they are not afraid of being real. Tattered tapestries woven of similar threads, they’re my kind of people – my favourite shades of crazy.”

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We had a good day at Demelza and I know I didn’t need another dress but it was lovely and so I bought it!

Heather bought a few things too.

I left work a little early as we had to take Ellie for her 5 day check up. Trish pushed the injury around a bit and said “oh she has quite a of of bruising.” Ellie didn’t like  being pulled around at all and wouldn’t stop shaking. I have never seen her shake like that. She has fluid under the wound and so we have water tablets to give her, thankfully we can leave the dressing off as it has healed inside. We have to go back next Monday to have the staples out and to be checked again. Trish will ring us when she receives the results from histology.

A good result for the football in the evening England won 5-1.

Thought for the Day – “You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It’s just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.” ~ Paulo Coelho

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I can’t wait until Ellie gets back to fitness and her walks. I am really missing them. She is only allowed across to the field, a very short way and we want to make sure the wound is healing properly. She stands at the far gate hoping she will be allowed to go further and then we have to coax her back home!

Today we walked her around the cemetery, a bit further. I then had to take her babygro off to wash it which meant of course we had to watch her all the time to ensure that she didn’t start scratching the stitches! The short walk tired her, so she slept for a while.

Mal went to the allotment. Ellie and I sat in the garden in the afternoon. We let her have her dressing off for a while as she slept in the sun in the garden.

Have you noticed items when you are shopping are getting smaller?  Muller Light Yoghurts in a 6 pack were 175grams each pot. The last ones I bought were 160grams. The manufacturers just don’t care and most shoppers don’t notice.

Thought for the Day – “Don’t ever save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is the special occasion.” ~ Mary Engelbright

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We took Ellie across the road to the field and all she wanted to do was roll in the cut grass, which in turn pulled off half her dressing. That’s the trouble when you undo the babygro but she can’t go to the toilet with it on! Back home and another new dressing. The trouble again is not being able to push the tape on to her skin because it is all swollen and bruised.

Last Monday I found Lou a dress in the  shop which may be suitable for her and Josie’s theatre trip for the “Sing a long a Greatest Showman.” I hadn’t seen her and as Ellie is still needing rest so we won’t be seeing them tomorrow, I took the dress over for her to try on. Yes, it fits so that is good. Also good that the “posh frocks” are on sale at the moment! I just have to keep my eyes open for one for Josie now.

Thought for the Day – “No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as your dog does.” ~ Christopher Morley

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Another night with Ellie downstairs bless her. We have had to put a new temporary dressing on her. It’s difficult because it is swollen and we can’t press the tape down in case it hurts her.

At last, we took her to the field across the road and she went to the loo. I had started to get worried but she wee-ed a lake!

I managed to find some new wound dressings at Boots. In the afternoon I went into Deal to the hairdressers. Katie’s salon was very quiet. I don’t think people are spending much money because they don’t know what on earth is going on any more! People are fed up even thinking about Brexit.

Ellie slept a lot again while I was out.

I watched  the Great Continental Railways Journey as it was in Istanbul. I love that city and we used to visit often. Later we watched the England game, a good result 5-0.

Thankfully Ellie managed the stairs to sleep by the side of the bed as she always does.

Thought for the Day – “My fashion philosophy is, if you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.” ~ Elayne Boosler

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Ellie didn’t want to go out at all in the night but just slept in her bed but at least I knew she was OK.

She was obviously very hungry in the morning, ate all her food and had her Metacam (pain killers) tablets. At least she wagged her tail a couple of times in between sleeps.

I went to the pharmacy to buy some large plasters for Ellie as the one she has on, is hanging off. They didn’t have any.

We walked her in the field opposite as she hasn’t been to the toilet since returning from the vets…..nothing! She is restricted with walking so we came back home. She won’t go in the garden either.  I guess she will when she is ready. Meanwhile she sleeps!

I slept downstairs with her again in case she wanted to go out during the night. Again she didn’t but came and slept right next to me.

Thought for the Day – “A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad.” ~ Robert Wagner

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The vet told us to give Ellie an extra small amount of food late last night and now she has nothing except water as she went in for her op.

We didn’t eat either as she knows she always eats when we have finished. So, we dropped her off, saw Trish the vet who again explained things so we completely understood and Mal and I went to Westwood and decided to have breakfast out. I looked for a spring/summer jacket, couldn’t find one I really liked. We wanted to go to Tesco but that will  be another day as it isn’t re opening until tomorrow because the roof blew off in all the high winds last week!

We phoned the vet who said all had gone well and the lump is being sent away to histology. She said Ellie woke up hungry…what a surprise! She had already been given a small amount to eat.

Thankfully the vet had doggy baby gros, a great improvement on those awful collars of shame (Elizabethan collar).

But she was feeling very sorry for herself and obviously sleepy from the anaesthetic.

She slept for the rest of the evening and also managed to eat her dinner. We tried to see if she would go to the toilet in the garden, that involves opening the baby gro, but she wouldn’t.

I decided I would sleep downstairs with her, so Mal brought the spare bedroom mattress down. I just thought if she wanted to go in the garden during the night, it wouldn’t be easy, even if she had managed to climb the stairs at all.

Thought for the Day – “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”

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