Month: June 2025

Work for the day. It was very hot but thankfully there was a bit of a breeze coming off the sea.

I saw an Orangutan in one of the other charity shops and knew Ellie would love it so I went and bought it for her. And yes, we are spoiling her!

And so it continues giving Ellie the pain killers and Mal carrying her up and down stairs at night and in theory the rest of the time with her resting and just going into the garden when she needs to go to the loo or when it is cool enough to lie on the grass in the shade

In the evening I caught up with the tennis.

Ellie had an awful night, panting and moving around which of course kept  me awake. Mal sleeps through anything.

We spent most of the day in the house with the air con on. Mal did go to the allotment for a while and I went and attended to the flowers on Torin’s grave, trimmed the rose bushes both sides and gave them a good water.  I bought some new artificial flowers for the grave as fresh ones aren’t lasting in this heat. The problem was Ellie was watching us all the time and if we went in the garden she followed us and then it was too hot so she would come back in! Too much walking.

I just hope the orthopaedic surgeon  looks at the X rays and makes a decision very soon.

A day of trying to get Ellie to move as little as possible. It was very warm and so Mal dug the air conditioning unit out from under the stairs. Wow, that soon cooled the house down! We have had it years , in fact we bought it before we moved to Cyprus for our Goldie at the time, Barney for in the caravan we had! Yes and it is still going strong but I guess that is because it is rarely hot enough.

In the evening we sit in the cool in the garden and play cards with a glass of cider! Ellie lies on the grass.

Ellie had to be at the vets for 9am for her X ray. Of course they use general anaesthetic, a little worrying in an older dog but Sorrel said her heart was good.  We hate leaving her but she saw Megan and so wasn’t too bad leaving us. We were then at a loss as what to do! Mal should have been running a course but it was cancelled.

A quick shop and then back home to wait for the phone call when to collect her.  We went at 1pm. She was so pleased to see us but a bit wobbly, so Mal carried her into the car. It wasn’t until she lay down at home that we noticed they had left the needle in her leg!!! We then had to take her back so the nurse could remove it. She apologised profusely probably because I told her we didn’t expect that when we have just spent over700 pounds!

I later remembered that they said the vet would ring us with her bloods result…they didn’t!

As usual, once home , Ellie was hungry, of course she missed her breakfast! In the evening I started her on the strong pain killers and we have to wait to hear from the orthopaedic surgeon, the result of the X Ray. But they think it is her cruciate ligament, we hoped it wouldn’t be.

 

 

We had the appointment with Sorrel at the vets and she agreed with us that Ellie’s leg has got worse. She moved it around a lot and thinks rather than her spine, it is the cruciate ligament. Oh no!

We made an appointment for the following day, the sooner the better. I did get quite upset, poor Ellie.

Back home and she relaxed in the garden.

Later in the afternoon, we discovered Freddie frog appeared in one of my flower pots again.

 

I went into Birchington as Penny bought me a lavender plant and I forgot to bring it home on Monday so I collected that and then went on to Westwood, all very early and did some shopping while it was quiet.

Our next door neighbour asked me if we did the Postcode Lottery. I answered, no we don’t. She then told me she has just won 10,000 pounds on it! I am very happy for her, they have a son with a lot of problems, so I hope they enjoy it.

People are complaining about the high cost of vet bills. We looked it up and Denmark and UK are the most expensive!

I read this morning about St James’s Park planned memorial park for the late Queen Elizabeth II. I thought that would be so nice until I read that it is being paid for from public funds and an estimate of 46million pounds!!! I thought this country was broke???!!

Lunchtime I went for physio on my knee. She did more soft tissue massage and told me to continue with the exercises and signed me off! She then said if it started to get worse to go back to the GP and get another referral.

We have managed to keep Ellie rested most of the day. She isn’t used to pooing in the garden and barks when she needs to go, so we have to tell her it is OK!! She is too well trained and her habits are difficult to change!