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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>To start, I send my most heart condolences to the Valerie family regarding the loss of Bo. I wish I had the lingual prowess of Lea, she said it brilliantly, (and this is not sarcasm, instead, real admiration of Lea's prose), but I will give my humble two cents.<div><br></div><div>Val, I have long admired your devotion to Bo, and you were remarkable in his caregiving. I am so sorry for your loss, and I know you and your family are grieving greatly, but you have the love and support of this drool community to lean on, lean on me whenever you need.</div><div><br></div><div>You posted about Bo's pee pee suit, and I was almost tempted to ask for it for Jellybean, but she is a girl, and the suit is a boy's suit, so there, enough said.</div><div><br></div><div>What a week…</div><div><br></div><div>On Tuesday, I brought Jellybean to the Vet for routine anals and a pedicure. Of course she pooped in the waiting room, and another person there said, have a fecal test done. Well, I routinely do annual fecal tests in July, so I thought why not. The receptionist gathered a sample, and when I called the next day, Jelly's Vet said, let us retest, there is a possible indication of larva, but he was not sure whether it was a false positive. The recheck was no charge, btw.</div><div><br></div><div>Given the fact of a possible larva infection, I spent the day collecting fresh poop from all the hounds, and I managed to get it all done in one day. Next day results were all negative. WHEW!!!!</div><div><br></div><div>So given I was a little off because of this unexpected event, it got worse. On Wed., around 2 pm, I had all dogs ready to go out, and Nigel provoked a fight with Pierre jr., over a treat. Nigel is OK despite Pierre's effort to fight back, but they had collars on, and I broke it up pretty quickly. Jr., on the other hand, was lanced.</div><div><br></div><div>I called the Vet office, and I was soon on my way to have him treated. It was not horrible, we have been through worse, and for a change, I was't hurt either. Pierre has two nicks on one ear and five on the other, but he didn't need stitches or sedation.</div><div><br></div><div>BTW, my sister was in San Fran, and on a flight delay, and she did sent an email check in to see how Mom and the hounds were…</div><div><br></div><div>Instead of Larva, I wrote, Jellybean maybe has Lava. </div><div><br></div><div>She won't let me live it down, and it is our joke for this week.</div><div><br></div><div>healing drool and love to all in need.</div><div><br></div><div>Jax and the pax</div><div><br></div> </div></body>
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