On The Island

The vet called us in the morning saying there was nothing too bad about the blood test but she may need the pain killers changing (it was only a trial!) not sure she really needs them or it may be something to do with her pancreas…maybe, maybe. We have made another appointment with her for Wednesday to see how she is without the Metacam and see how she is doing. She is still recovering, sleeping a lot.

I went into Deal to do a bit of shopping.

Ellie still wasn’t well and not interested in food so I made an appointment with the vets.

It was a Kent Lavender Ladies lunch and there were only five of us this time but it was really nice and cosy. We met at Taddy’s Barn.

I left a little earlier than the others as we had the appointment with the vet. Eleanora said Ellie’s heart, lungs and temperature were all good and she wanted to take a blood test. I have to say Ellie did perk up a little when she saw the treat jar, which she is very familiar with! No, she didn’t have one. We were given probiotic paste and told to stop using her pain killers and instead to give her half a Paracetamol tablet instead.

I started giving her a little more food when we were home and she ate a little more. Mal spent another night downstairs with her.

Poor Ellie was still very quiet but then she hasn’t eaten much. I hate seeing her like this.

Just a short plod to the field opposite.

I am getting over a kilo a day, fresh Piccolo tomatoes. Mal laughs because I have let the plants turn into a bit of a jungle but it has  worked! Just think all of these from just two tiny tomatoes!

I had to laugh at one of my acers is helping out one of the tomato plants!

I have them growing up the plum tree as well!

I gave Ellie a small portion of her own food. Later that evening it all came back and Mal spent another night with her downstairs.

Ellie was in and out of the house through the night, bless her. Mal only took her across the field for a brief time in the morning and I gave her egg and rice , just a little for her breakfast.

It rained a lot but Ellie just slept most of the day.

We watched a good Hammers game in the evening…they won.  Mal slept downstairs again with Ellie. She didn’t want to go upstairs, she wanted to be near the garden, I am hoping she recovers from all this very soon.

Back to work day. Not very busy in the morning but much busier after lunch.

Ellie’s stomach was not good in the evening but she came up stairs with us. She then barked at 11.30. I always know with her (the cleanest dog I have ever known) that she wanted to go into the garden. As she had diarrhea , Mal volunteered to sleep downstairs with her, so that he could let her out.

Time to leave the caravan and we stopped at the Marsh country park for a coffee on our way. I have to say the coffees at £3.95 each were tasteless. We won’t be going there again!

An easy journey home after a really nice relaxing break and then time to water everything in the garden and allotment. I couldn’t believe the huge amount of tomatoes I had on my jungle of tomato plants. They really have gone mad this year.

A walk along the beach at Greatstone. It was almost empty as always.

Ellie just keeps walking and in the end we have to call her back as she forgets she has to cope with the return walk!

From there to Dungeness to the Snack Shack which has to be our favourite place for fish. I was really pleased as they had lobster on their menu, I even shared a bit with Ellie. Delicious.  It was so nice sitting on the beach there in the sun.

Back to the caravan and a very relaxing afternoon.