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Originally Posted by YorkieSue You all are toooo much :-) and I thank you one and all for caring. This is day two (shhhh, dont want to speak too soon) with Dixie still being the Dixie I Knew before a week ago Thursday. She let me groom her, brush her teeth, put her top knot in and touch her belly. She HAS ALWAYS been a bit unstable (inbreeding? Lousy breeding? puppy abuse before I bought her? Taken from her Mommy way too soon? The ans. to all of these is "YES, all of the above") but this last loooooong episode has been a genuine nightmare. But I am almost done with day two of sort of relaxing around her again--not too much, but better--sigh.
Some nice gentleman wrote and told me how to get Dixie's photo on my postings but I still cannot seem to do it. I do have her in the album on this site (4 photos to be exact and they are really cute) but I don't seem to be able to downsize the photo enough to get this forum to accept it on my postings. Any suggestions?
Thank you all again. I was feeling soooooo much better after yesterday that I finally booked an RV site in upstate NY for a week. I have a brand new RV in my garage that Dixie's behaviors have prevented me from using :-(. Dixie is my baby and I do revolve around her much to the consternation of some of my friends..but who cares? They would do the same for their children and she IS MY CHILD.
By the way, I am only 15 miles from the CT border here in Yonkers, NY. But I do have a sitter for Dixie--I finally pinned that down today and this wonderful lady will stay IN MY HOUSE FOR THE WEEK I am in the hospital. I am so thin that I might make a miraculous recovery. I don't like to leave people feeling curious. Here is the deal.
I JUST survived throat cancer and retired from the NYS teaching system. It was a very long haul and I did not have Dixie when I was going thru this but I did have MY OTHER LITTLE LOVE (that will always be my dog of my lifetime), PHoebe, who was dying when I was diagnosed. To cut to the chase, the day I had my last radiation treatment, Phoebe Snow died. I was shattered but tried to be philosophical..she HUNG ON UNTIL SHE KNEW I was going to survive--the she let go. I will NEVER, EVER GET OVER Phoebe Snow--I will miss her until my own dying day. Enter Dixie. When I knew I was really 'kicking some serious tail' with the throat cancer, I treated myself to a new Yorkie and drove 900 miles to South Carolina to get her--Dixie Cup that is. And that is how I got this little maniac that has challenged me from day one --Yikes!!
And now, they have discovered a 'hot spot' on my left lung. No one believes it is cancer and everyone believes that it is NOT. My lymph glands are clear and well, I feel just terrific. They would not even consider operating if I hadn't had a history of cancer--this 'spot' is so miniscule. Then cannot biopsy it because it is too small and so the only other other option is surgery. Unfortunately, the surgery is major even for this teeny speedbump on my lung--and even the surgeon is sorry that he has to go in there and get it and MAKE CERTAIN THAT IT ISN'T CANCER. It isn't, of that I am confident. Anyway, it's big stuff and that is why I needed a sitter for Dixie Cup for the week. I will be just fine and my ONLY CONCERN ON THIS EARTH is that Dixie be happy, safe and stop aggravating herself so much LOL.
Ok, hope you all didn't mind the details of my life but you all have been so wonderful that I wanted to share with you as though you were 'family'--hey, the support I have rec'd on Dixie's Dilemma (DD) is more than I ever would have gotten from any family anyway. LOL.
And that's all the news that's fit to print for this day. Thank you one and all. And please, some help on how to post that picture???? Thanks Sue |