[My] Life in Wisconsin

Showing posts with label veterinarian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label veterinarian. Show all posts

Vets, Food, and Sick Dogs-




She smiles!

Good Morning All;
Casey brought Punk back to the vet yesterday-
She has an infection in her ear- (Punk, not Casey) 
 hehehe  
... Just not of the bacterial variety- She is now being treated for a yeasty infection in her ear.
Gentocin and Miconazole Drops- 5 or 6,
twice a day. 
Go figure- Only Punk.
This was brought on by the antibiotics she is on for her sebaceous cyst. 
Dare I ask "what next?!?"
No. I'd better not. hehehe


Love a dog- he loves you always
Ain't it the truth!
And the quote:
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
A. France
Honestly I have problems with those who do not love animals; even if they are allergic.


I have the TV on the background-
And now have to ask, "What recession?" !?!?
Yesterday, someone paid nearly 120 Million dollars for Munch's "Scream"
Methinks I should now put all of CaseyAnne's signed first grade artwork up for sale.  
hehehe

Last week, Casey and I were very curious about what was down the lane by the woods-


Whatalumpawhat?

I took the picture from up by the house- (Whatever it was, it only appeared in the afternoons)?
Finally we took a drive back there.
Turns out it was a lump of ground, turned over by the plow- and only showed up when the sun hit it right. (No wonder I never saw "it" coming or going)!! hehehe


I do see these guys coming and going all the time!  


Breakfast for the birds!

Yes that is my driveway- I had Randy scatter the old seeds out there so I could watch what might come and eat them.




trotting turkeys
2 more walking through the west field!



Thief!
Still another around the back of the garage too.


Besides those, I have only seen a few sparrows pigging out. And they barely even move when I am out there with them! Even Punk gets real close before they fly off.
No fear.
The crows actually show more fear than the sparrows cardinals, chickadees, robins -or the other birds. No wonder crows prefer dead meat, they are lazy cowards.
(Hey, I know people like that)!  hehehe

 - - - Punk had to hold her 'potty' until the wild turkeys were out of sight too. She wasn't too happy about that.
She did look kinda funny with her legs all crossed up behind her though--- hehehe


Now about that mini chicken casserole I wound up making the other day.
Was hungry for lunch and pulled out a 'new' (to me) variety of mac and cheese. 


Kraft Mac and Cheese/Broccoli  ??????????  Broccoli???

Rotini and Cheese with Broccoli- But I had to laugh when I pulled out the 'broccoli'.

No, really?
That's
the broccoli?!?   (& Yes, that is my thumb holding onto the little package)!

So after I got through laughing at it, and while I boiled the rotini, I defrosted and cut up a big chicken breast, and added some frozen peas. Then cut up an onion, and also added a few pimentos. A bit of cream, a little leftover corn; and then the cheese packet.
While it wasn't half bad, I would not recommend making a casserole from this.
Truth be told I would not even recommend buying the package in the 1st place.
But yes, I am still laughing at those "little troll broccoli's"!  

Tons of water outside with the storms we got yesterday, and this morning too.
And lots of noise that accompanied the rainfalls too.
Punk had been lying at my feet earlier while I read... One particularly LOUD thunderclap woke her up fast! She sighed and just looked at me as it rolled on and on...
She had been laying with her bad ear down. (That must have sounded awful on the linoleum).
She is asleep on the couch now.

Time for me to close and to begin with my day. After all I have to get Casey's artwork for sale. hehehe

I hope all is well with everyone!

Have a 'wunnaful' day! (Even if it hurts)!   

XOXO
Me

PS
Yes the pic of Punk is an old(er) one-
But yes too, she WAS smilin' already by yesterday afternoon!!!

Trip to the vet
From an email (I think)-
Punk really is almost this bad!!!   hehehe    

Lumps are not good.



Good Morning All;
Warning! This story may be a bit too descriptive for a few of you.

If so, too bad.    Just kidding- Hey, just look at the pics then.  hehehe  

A long week last, for the Punk-
On Tuesday I had felt a spot of hard fur on her side- Like she had gotten into some syrup or jello- 
But saw nothing out of the ordinary, even as I brushed her!
She has had a lump on her back for a while- Doc said it was nothing to worry over, so I never gave it a thought.
Besides, the hard sticky 'evidence' was ½-way down her rib-cage, and nowhere even close to the almond sized lump in the middle of her back..

On Wednesday, she was twisting around, flopping even- 
My first thought was "she's showing off" (Not that she does that a lot).  hehehe   

As she did it again, and recalling the stick, (among other 'mishaps' she has had), my next thought was "What next?



Slouch

I can see in these shots that her almond 'lump' was getting bigger and bigger...
And her smile was getting rarer and rarer.

So tired she seemed-
But she has been getting a workout too as the weather has been so much nicer.  
I just thought my [sort of] fat dog was pooped out...


Punk sick
Nice to sleep alone-

But sometimes you just want to have a friend nearby...


Punk was using Sputty as a pillow 'til I grabbed the camera...


These twists, jerks and 'sighs' continued...

Good grief, was she epileptic? 
Or did she just keep reacting to me saying something to her with a smile on my face about her strange calisthenics?

By Thursday, her jerking around alerted me as I finally realized that the lump on her back had opened up...

I used a warm wet washcloth to clean it up the best I could, and it began to open up even more!
That warm washcloth drew out some pretty funky crap, and her fur came right off!

1.  Blood. 
2.  Water-Ooze? (Not like pus though, real runny).
3.  And little bitty white circles.  They didn't seem to move of their own accord, or I would have been forced to barf.
4.  I trimmed the hair from around it; then used the Hexaseptic Flush Plus I have for her.

I repeated this every few hours throughout the night-  
I even called Casey about 10:30- (Hey, she's the one with the veterinary background- much more than I have).

I called Dr. Spires early Friday morning.




"You Can NOT be serious!"
 hehehe   
She was not at all thrilled when I asked her if she wanted to go see Doc Spires.  


Now I see the swelling...
Just one more shot- I should have noticed that swelling...

As he thought, it is a sebaceous cyst. Rare for them to open up too.
He shaved it better- finding two more little cysts near to it...


Sebaceous cyst

I should have put a nickel up there so you could see how big it is. 
(About the same size as that nickel)...
The little pinhead size white balls were fat! hehehehehehe

And it is still a bit swollen, but looking better after 4 days on the antibiotics; and I am to continue using the Hexa stuff a few times each day-


Punk, home from the vet

She didn't even beg for the chicken from the mini-casserole I'd made yesterday.
Still catching up on that sleep. (Damned antibiotics). hehehe

With our weird weather last month- (In the 80's mid-March), then back to below freezing again for the past few weeks- (at night), my tree blossoms have been as weird as the weather...


crabapple tree- 1/2 flowered out

Only half of my flowering crab has blossomed out. 
Blossoms are on the north side, and the south sides. But NONE on the East or the West?

My daffodils are turning up pretty- and I have had a few vasefuls in the house already!

daffodils
This is the little patch out in the west lawn.
More behind the house and out by where my garden... was.

Miss Polly called yesterday afternoon, and even got to speak to Casey!


Miss Casey, yakking to Miss Polly!
Casey with a Wink, and the Sput!
* Polly and Rich are dealing with his ALS diagnosis as well as can be expected.
I cannot imagine what they must be going through, even after speaking to Polly
Those are not shoes I would care to walk in.
My heart, my love, goes out to both of them.

As soon as Casey leaves the chair, Sputty immediately decides it is time for his bath.



"S'cuse me, but I am bathing here!"

"Bathus-Interruptus!"

My own bath will be postponed a while today, as I have to get outside and mow again. 
Last week, I did not even do the west lawn- and barely even finished behind the house by the clothesline.
Oh UGH.

Hope all is well in your little corner of the world!
Love to all.

XOXO,
Me!

PS
As I write, I am also thinking some very good and positive thoughts- burning sage, and saying prayers for my friend Jerri...
Some of you may know her as "CubbieFan"

Jerri is at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, this morning, receiving results of yet another 'opinion' as to whether she will lose her leg. Her knee has been infected for 3+ months now- 
This destruction, because of the RECLAST POISON she had received.
Like me, she did not do her homework ahead of time; and like me also, she is paying an awful price for drugs that do not work.

Please, won't you keep her in your hearts today, and do the click (on her name), to leave her a message in her guestbook on here?


Casey. Punk. And me too.

Good Morning All;
I have been sitting and standing and trying to catch up on some laundry- 
The way my back feels, (and in a new spot), is that I am waiting for this next vertebra to crack. (I know this 'feeling' too). 
I am so careful. 
I wish the feeling would just go away- or crack already. 
It's much like having a very bad kink within.

I had gone to my pain appointment much earlier this month; having changed the time myself to accommodate another appt in the same building, & not wanting to make 2 separate trips. Mistakenly I had thought the doctor she had given me was one that I had already met, and liked. 
My bad.
As it was, a 'new' [to me] doctor walked in, stated that he was going to change my meds, took my cane and told me to walk. (Keep in mind that I was having a particularly bad back day to begin with). 
I would not walk without taking his hands, and taking some very tentative steps (in case this bonzo decided to pull away his hands as my support).
Then he tells me to sit. 
He repeats himself- BECAUSE I WASN'T MOVING/SITTING FAST ENOUGH!
Oh shit, (I could go on and on... But to save you the letter I wrote to my regular doctor, I won't).
Suffice to say this guy was an ass. 
He had not even LOOKED at my chart when he chose to  change my medication regimen!! WTfH???
I am still furious at being treated like dirt by someone who doesn't even KNOW me!

And yes, I held on to that letter for 2 weeks, rereading it to make sure I still felt the same way. 
I did, and do.  And yes, my doctor now has it.

Unfortunately since I can barely move, I have to call in and make another appt- an earlier one than the one I now have, because this regimen is NOT working for me.
I could blame it all on the fiasco about the death of yet another superstar who doesn't know how to read a Rx bottle, but this was weeks before her death- 
And it's shit like that that really upsets me. So I won't go even write about that crap.

Not much other news...

Punk is still sick- Not really 'sick' sick- but barfs every now and then. Vet said it is a birth defect in her throat- But I am wondering WHY this would only present itself now??? He had no answer for that, save that she needs to lose some weight. (But she has weighed the same now, approximately, for a few years)...

Let's see...
Oh, in case you missed it, I posted about Casey's next surgery in my calendar here... Poor kid. 
What I didn't write is that her Paps came back bad, and now she will also be having a colposcopy.
She has more courage and love than most people have in their little fingers.

I hope all is well with everyone. 
Forgive me please for not writing, and not commenting on your own blogs. I see many pages of new stuff that I cannot even get to. 
*sigh*  - I will never catch up.

XOXO
me

Wisconsin's NEWEST Hero! Mr. D.Thomas Busch!!!


I told ya so!!! (here) You REALLY should've watched it...  hehehe

Good Morning All;
After 2 more doctor appointments
yesterday, I am not feeling any better.
Due to my migraine, I had to call and cancel my appointment for the 6 shots to my back on Monday.
No big deal. I can still move- just not as fast.
(But that's OK, the guns are still loaded and within reach).
Had to bring Punk to the vet yesterday also... She will be alright, but has 2 dental caries that need to be fixed/pulled.
How come EVERYBODY but me gets to have THEIR teeth pulled?!?!
But this all has nothing to do with my blog-
Besides, Casey is sicker than me and Punk put together.


Read on,  ♪ "on... Wisconsin
"   ♪





Tue Jan 03, 2012 at 04:57 AM PST

Pulaski WI Marching Band 'Sticking to the Union' in Rose Bowl Parade
(Update)

by AnnieJo


The Pulaski High Marching Band, of Pulaski Wisconsin, made an awesome statement in yesterday's Rose Bowl Parade.

It was quite an honor for the Red Raiders from this small town (pop. approx. 3000) northwest of Green Bay to be marching in 80-degree weather in Pasadena, while their proud community looked on from windy 18-degree Wisconsin. (Me, Shivering).

The TV coverage started as they marched along playing "On Wisconsin," looking properly Badger-like in their red uniforms.

And then they got to the grandstand, at about 1:15 in the YouTube ... listen to what happened.
You Tube Link is HERE.
(I can't see it, but I hope it posted correctly)???






There once was a union maid, She never was afraid
Of goons and ginks and company finks
And the deputy sheriffs who made the raid
She went to the union hall, When a meeting it was called
And when the company boys came round
She always stood her ground



Listen to the announcers -- they have no idea what's going on, what the tune is, what statement is being made here. 
"They just stopped in the middle, this band, and they're gettin' down!" says the announcer. 
Oh yes, they're gettin' down --
(Me, ROTF)!

To Union Maid, written by Woody Guthrie!

Oh, you can't scare me,
I'm sticking to the union
I'm sticking to the union,
I'm sticking to the union
Oh, you can't scare me,
I'm sticking to the union
I'm sticking to the union
till the day I die


The cheers as they finish the song are great. 
I bet there were more than a few people in the crowd who realized what had just happened. 
"The crowd likes them!" declares the announcer, blissfully unaware.  (Me, ROTF)! & "duh!"

I hope it was the musicians themselves who selected this song, who planned this action. 
It would be reminiscent of the students from East High in Madison who determinedly marched out of school down East Washington last February to swell the protests at the Capitol.

My favorite verse of the song is one that was added in the 1980s, and is included in the Solidarity Singalong songbook.

You women who want to be free
Just take a tip from me
Break out of that mold we've all been sold
You got a fighting history
The fight for women's rights
With workers must unite
Like Mother Jones, bestir them bones
To the front of every fight!

The struggle continues here in Wisconsin.  Two more weeks to get those recall signatures -- rumor has it that we're over the top with the Walker sigs, but we're not stopping now! 
Onward to a million! (Me, "WOOT~WOOT)!


P.S.  UPDATE BELOW

Update:

Oh, my stars and garters. 
Type up a quick little protest-music diary before breakfast in the morning, come back after work to find a full-fledged public relations brouhaha in the works.

Hat tip to Gangster Octopus in the comments for alerting me to the fact that the uproar over this diary has caused the Pulaski school superintendant to release a statement disavowing any political content and claiming that the band director only knew of the song as "Red Wing."

Personally, I only knew the song as "Union Maid" this morning before breakfast.  There have been many fine comments since then with more information on the Red Wing version of the song.  There's probably a whole other diary to be written on the various versions -- the original Red Wing lyrics about the sorrowful Indian maid (interesting bit of white-America cultural arrogance to set such lyrics to a polka!), a parody about Charlie Chaplin, several more with risque lyrics that have the pretty Red Wing taking a Bowie knife to the privates of those who would molest her.  Or, apparently, one can play it as a polka and ignore the lyric-echoes altogether.

Taking the band director at his reported word, perhaps he's learned something about the origin of the Red Wing piece as well.  Or maybe we're seeing the playing out of a plausible-deniability strategy.  I don't know -- I haven't spoken to anyone in question here.  I'm just blogging from a distance, based on my observations from where I stand.

If there are still things to be learned about the repertoire, I should point out that it was reported on the Solidarity Singalong Facebook page that the Pulaski band also has in its repertoire, and played along the Tournament of Roses Parade route, "Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."

Those would also be known as "There Is Power in a Union" by Joe Hill (more recently recorded by Billy Bragg) and "Solidarity Forever," written for the International Workers of the World by Ralph Chapin in 1915.

However you want to interpret the selections, there's no denying that the Pulaski Red Raiders Marching Band did a fantastic job in the parade, and represented Wisconsin well.  If you would like to donate to defray the cost of their Rose Bowl trip ($300,000 all told!), please do so at the following link:



Pulaski Music Boosters -- Donate Now!
(h/t to my partner in protest and in life, A FIB in Cheddarland, for the link>)

Originally posted to AnnieJo on Tue Jan 03, 2012 at 04:57 AM PST.

Also republished by Badger State Progressive, Protest Music, J Town, Democracy Addicts, and Daily Kos Labor.



All of the above taken from Daily KOS- (Do the click).
And all links should work.


Now, as I have already stated elsewhere:


And remember that CaseyAnne was PHS Captain of the Color Guard for a few years! 


"Seriously Folks, I ♥♥♥ Mr Busch!!! 
And now, I ♥♥♥♥♥♥ him even MORE!
You GO, PHS!
Wisconsin and God love Mr. D. Thomas Busch!!!"


XOXO
Anne  (Me, "WOOT~WOOT")!!!!     
aka "I told ya so"

Photo Gallery, Tournament of Roses Parade 1/2/12, Photo Gallery Images
http://www.pulaskimusicboosters.com/tournament-roses-parade-1212

Intruder Alert! And a Visit To Gritters-


Casey, reading; at her 2nd doctor appointment,
Thursday-



Hi Everyone! Time for me to play a bit of ketchup again-
Wow! It's Sunday already!
Hard to think that so much time gets past me, and so quickly now too.
Still reading, and trying to keep up.
That doesn't work too well. hehehe
Please let me know if I have missed anything earth-shattering?


Got a kick out of Punk the other day-

Clearly she wasn't paying attention...



What'd'ya mean "turn around"?
Whatd'ya mean "turn around"?



HAHAHA That's funny!
HAHAHA! That IS funny! 
(She also said to tell PeachieBaby that she is planning on writing a blog... soon)!



We have been busy, between doctor visits and all else.

I had to pick up Punk's allergy meds the other day- And as Suzy Q and hubby Glenn live close to Dr. Spires, we stopped there for a while...


Casey and Sue
CaseyAnne and Sue-
My apologies Gritter, I can't remember what you called your Mothers Day plant.
(I am still in love with it though)!

They took us out by their deer- Casey immediately fell in love with this little girl-


Casey Loving Deer
So sweet she is! (Both 'she's' that is)! hehehe


Glenn feeds her raspberry leaves...

Glenn and Deer

We had such a nice visit- taking them away from their chores for quite a while, but so great to see them both on their turf too!
hehehe
They have been here already to get apples and pears. More soon too.


Upon our returning home -to see the fields are being harvested!


Cnv0374



And to note a certain invasion as well...

Cnv0375
This makes my mouth water!!!


The other morning, chilly, so all the windows had been closed as soon as I'd woke up, Punk began to growl.
Then a bark or two. (The bark she uses for her intruder alert)!

I'd thought that Sue and Glenn were here to pick up the apples and pears for their deer...
No truck, so I checked the yard. No company either.
But Punk sure was itching to get outside.


I checked the middle lawns...

Lo and behold!!!!


Cnv0355
How Punk 'heard' him is beyond me!


And that guy wasn't alone either...



Cnv0353

He'd brought the whole family!
hehehe




Cnv0357

One of them making his way up the old barngrade...


And OH, wouldn't they be good like this???

Cnv0359
hehehe
That is my rotisserie chicken.
Not one to shoot out of season-


Casey and I have been visiting duplexes and going to a few showings-
Some, (most) are not empty, so tough to go into other peoples things...  But that does not stop me from checking for water under the sinks, and below the tubs and toidies too.

Nice neighborhoods too...
So we will have to see a few more yet.


Cnv0362
Casey, making notes and writing down everything unique about each one of them.
We will see a few more next week too.


We have heard nothing about her latest blood test results- yet.
But will keep you all informed to what those tests tell us.

I have to run- Already I am channel hopping between football games...
My Packers play at 3:15 so Casey will be out then. And there will be NO further channel hopping then either!
hehehe

I have already done my wash, walked twice around the place, (up to almost 3 miles a day if/when my back and head permit). Happy to have the pedometer!

I picked some cantaloupe and squash-
Cantaloupe is pieced and in the fridge- Squash is on the oven. Smells yummy too!

My love to all.
Hope you are having a 'wunnaful' Sunday!

XOXO
Me


Peanut Butter 'Pupsicles' -and Blight


  Tomato with Late Blight.
"This is from the same disease that caused the Irish potato famine of the mid-19th century.
There is no cure, and if a tomato or potato plant shows so much as a sign of late blight, the plant is a goner. It kills quickly; affected tomato plants will abruptly collapse.
The Green Bay area has received more than 17 inches of rain since June 1, about 9 inches more than normal. The humid conditions are ideal for late blight spores, which then travel on the wind or through other methods.
(Photo and words from here. CLICK).


Good Morning All.
Another hot and sticky day here, and I don't like it one bit.

Storms already, the sky a beautiful red when I woke- Even without the radar images to know the rains were coming...
"
Red sky at night, sailor's delight- red sky at morning, sailors take warning"
It is usually true too!

So is "rain before 7, clear by 11"-
Ugh. See, that means sunshine. On an already too hot and too humid day. Highs to be near 90, the heat index much higher than that.
Afternoon skies may bring more strong storms. The forecast changing a bit from yesterdays- Today they say the storms will be more north perhaps, and  more of the "hit or miss" variety.
I already have a new dune on my basement steps- (I did not get any clear caulk yet).

If the storms hold off, Cousin Buttercup will be coming late this afternoon, on her way back to Colorado and to her teaching job- She will stay overnight, having spent her summer in Sault Ste Marie, MI
I will make some stew for dinner.

Did a bit of shopping last night as the sun went down. Gee, could have bought some caulk then. Duh!

Punk is feeling much better so there is no way to leave her home.
hehehe

While at the vets, she received an injection to counteract her nausea- When he was done with his exam, he also sent us on our way with 2 prescriptions. One for nausea and one for a possible tummy infection.
(Metronidazole, 500 mg- 2/day; and Metoclopramide, 10 mg also 2/day)...

Her appetite is still lacking, no more inert alarm that makes her demand to be fed at 5AM and 5PM. But she does eat- I have kept her on a softer diet for now, and she has also eaten some of her 'Taste of the Wild' food- Just not as much.

No more 'real' bones for her.
She does get her red rubber kong bone.
I put peanut butter inside of it, and pack in a butter and crunchy peanut butter sandwich too. Then I freeze it good and hard! She absolutely LOVES her peanut butter Popsicle! Promptly plopping it in my lap when it needs a refill too.
hehehe




"MINE! -Now GO AWAY"

"Leave me alone!"


"Mmmmmmmmm"
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Two days ago I had the 5 o'clock news on. The weatherman was saying how much rain Suamico was getting...
WHAT?!?

Though a bit cloudy here, there was no rain-

Suamico Storm
Looking eastward toward Suamico-

We didn't get a single drop out of this little storm that had come straight south from the Lakeside, over the Bay of Green Bay.
Suamico was also 10 degrees lower than we were at that point... Lucky dogs!

The humidity does make for some pretty pictures- early morning and at dusk too.



Fog to East- ½ hour before sunrise
I took this foggy one shortly before sunrise yesterday.

Casey will find out next week how her iron is- or how well she took in those 6 infusions from May and June.

She is still battling fierce migraines, almost on a daily level- sometimes several in one day. I think this is some reaction to those infusions...




CaseyFace!

She came out a few days ago with friend Marsha from game. I had been cutting lawns for 2 days straight and had neglected anything on the inside of my house. Oh well.
As I finished up the mowing, Miss Marsha even found a shell hanger from my rummage sale.


Casey, Marsha, and shells
The picture doesn't show it all- It is over 4' in length-


Unlike the tomatoes, the rains have been good for the cored fruit here...


A Zillion Red Apples Already-
There are a million apples- Some even now already on the ground.
Will have to see how many- Either they go to Sue and Glenn for their deer, or I will make some fresh applesauce. (I know Casey will be voting for the applesauce).
hehehe
It will all depend on how many are on the ground.

I'd better close for now.
I hope you are all safe and sound (and cool too).

Love to all.

XOXO
Me



Critters. Cabbage. (and Speed Limit Signs)?




Good Evening Everyone;
Rain. Rain. And more rain! If it didn't bring with it this godawful humidity, (dewpoint into the 70's), it would be even more welcome.

I spent only a few hours outside today, mostly getting out there before the sun is up, or as close to sundown as I can-  But this was still early enough so out I went to pull weeds and to transplant a few things.
By the time Casey got here at noon or so, I was completely drenched with sweat. (Oh that shower felt mighty good)!  I'd even thrown a few seeds around, but out mostly to pull weeds. The rains make weeding so nice, and they come out so easy.

A walk to the woods reveals the young cabbages are doing well-


Furple Cabbage


Rock Cabbage

As are the tomatoes...

Tomatoes Blossoming!


Sunset Tuesday
You can feel the humidity with each breath.

Even at sunset
Time to clear the line-

Back Door



Punk had her annual exam and vaccine consult yesterday morning. And boosters to her rabies vaccine, kennel cough, bordetella, DHPP,  Lymes, and Lepto.

Of course, Punk being Punk, also needed her anal sacs expressed.
(Hey! I know people like that)! hehehe
 

"Oh no, you doe-wint!"
Punk saw him getting those gloves on... (and her tail disappeared)!

After a few intimate doggie dances with Doc Spires, it was learned that one of her glands was normal -(the size of a lima bean).
The other was the size of a golf ball! Glad I asked to have him check that too, although if I had waited it might have been part of the exam? Hmmm...

Leaving there early enough still, Casey wanted to stop at Burger King for a breakfast sandwich.

Oh the things you learn in one days time... Methinks Burger King in Suamico has a bit of a rodent problem.
 
At the drive-up, Punk learned that no matter how hard she pressed it with her face and head, the front windshield would not pop out to give her access to the gopher that had crossed in front of the car...

Varmint #1 at BK

But that patience is a virtue too-


Varmint #2 at BK
Turning her head just a tad, to be treated to yet another varmint-
This rat that ran from the garbage area was too gross to even look at. (Casey and I were exchanging the camera at this point so no pics of said varmints). Sorry.

At least those creatures were outside.

As we drove home, Punk, still reeling from the rodents at Burger King, (and
her previous violation), decided that she didn't like the speed limit sign?


Punk didn't like the road sign


OK, maybe it was the guy that was peeing on it...

speed limit sign
hehehe
OK, that is not my picture- It came from an email a while back-
(I just couldn't resist sticking it in there either).


Back to the speed limit signs on our own road...

Casey and Punk are thick as thieves some days, and if Punk doesn't like the sign, then the sign must go.

I pulled over, and Casey promptly got out to fix Punk's problem...


PUSH BABY, PUSH!


-and sent Casey out to take care of it



If that doesn't work, then give it a good kick (or ten).

When upper appendages won't work, use the lower
Or 20, or 30...

Then comes SUCCESS in all of its glory!

Oops! You bent it!
Oops. She may have bent it a little... 
hehehe

Not that she cares.

Raspberry Casey
ROTFLMAO!



Life goes on...

I hope all are doing well through this insufferable heat and humidity- and I hope you have access to an air conditioner, even if it's at the mall.

Love to all.

XOXO
Me

PS
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