Last night the housemate came home just before midnight. I, of course, was nearly comatose (my early-to-bed habits are often mocked by friends and family), but the note of fear in Ed’s voice cut through the fog. “Gina … Gina! I need help,” he said from next room. “Sorry! It’s Torky!” The house burning down [...]
The housemate’s dog, Torky, came home yesterday afternoon. Her surgery last Friday was successful, and her prognosis is darn good. The mass removed from her hind paw (along with most of her large pad) was aggressive and malignant, but even more important, it is now gone. The surgeon was very happy with the clean margins [...]
Torky has surgery today to remove an aggressive, malignant mass that has take over the largest pad on her right rear foot. Backstory here, but I’m happy to say we’ve raised all but maybe a few hundred bucks of the cost, and I’m good for that if need be. Ed went over the surgery with [...]
As I wrote earlier, my housemate’s dog has a pad that just won’t heal, despite a handful of veterinary visits, multiple courses of antibiotics and months and months of wearing protective footwear. Torky’s owner has no money and nothing to sell to get any, so I’ve been struggling with what to do with a dog [...]
Something glitchy happened when we duped the old PC blog over here, and it’s crashing and crashing. So, we took it down. Fortunately, the entire old blog can still be searched at the old site. Hey, happy Monday. :) – Also: People who donated to the Torky fund are getting e-mails that purport to be [...]
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