Catching Up With All

It's been a busy week. It went by extra slow too. Or maybe it went by so slow because us along with the rest of the Dallas area as well as the Houston area has been anxiously awaiting the big NFL weekend. Houston plays tonight and Dallas plays tomorrow. As I type this the Seahawks are taking on Atlanta. Am I rooting for the Seahawks or the Falcons?....you might be surprised. Of those two teams sadly my husband has ZERO tolerance for one and the other hasn't seen playoff action in awhile. Based on those clues one should be able to crack the code as to which team is more preferred to see win in this Dallas home.

Time for a Brad update. He recently had an MRI on his knee that he injured back in December. Yes, he took his time before deciding to have his knee checked. He wanted to see if it would heal on it's own before seeing a doctor. Perhaps, its a husband thing? Anyway he finally went to the doctor and he finally got the MRI done and he finally got the results. None of those things were easy tasks. He really had to do major checking up on the doctors office. Which is rather odd to me. Usually they are more on top of things. He had to keep pursuing them to get everything done. I'm happy to report there is no need for surgery at this point. He will have to do some physical therapy and is not allowed to do any extra exercising or tennis for at least 4-6 more weeks. If his knee doesn't respond to the strengthening exercises from his physical therapy sessions then surgery might be pursued.

Now let's catch up with Simmie. Oh my Simmie! He suffered a few more seizures this week. He's currently in his foggy-unbalanced state. However, seizures have ceased for nearly 2 days now(yay!). As for walking him during the course of the day, those walks are short. Sometimes super short. This morning I took him out briefly then brought him back home and left again with Cody in tow. I will say this too, we have drizzly-chilly weather right now, have had for a couple days now and the drizzly-chilliness is supposed to stick around for at least 4 more days. With weather like that waiting to greet Simon outside, plus his overall foggy-unbalanced feeling, it's no wonder he'd rather pass on a lengthy stay outside.

As for Cody...where should I begin? He's good overall. He's just such a bully. He has earned a new nickname..."bully-dog". I think I've mentioned this before on the blog but Cody has been permanently banned from the trio's sleeping quarters. It's now the sleeping quarters of a Si-Pi duo. We can't trust Cody to not have an issue with a sibling during the night so it's best for all if he sleeps in the living room. Storm became very bossy and overpowering in her old age so I guess we are somewhat experienced with this. He has basically gone blind in his right eye so that throws him off some. I get it, he's dealing with losing his eyesight in a somewhat natural way and his hearing is pretty much gone too. So yeah, I'd be grumpy too! He's still sweet in a cranky-sweet manner. Yes, there's such a thing as cranky-sweet. He's cranky but he'll forever be my sweet Cody-man. He has this sweet little thing he does to nudge his way thru to get close to me. Some of the actions Cody displays towards his siblings I don't believe he sees them as aggressive or mean. I think he thinks he's keeping them in line, after all he is the oldest!

Life with two aging pugs, one with a syndrome that causes him numerous issues including temporary blindness and one that is naturally going blind as well as losing his hearing, add in an endearing-sassy cat and things are never dull. Piper has lots of energy yet loves to lounge around with Simmie. She puts herself to bed each night, following Simon. Brad finds it quite humorous. He's never had a cat like her before. LOL!

Dealing with aging pugs is harder than dealing with puppy pugs. Puppy years are challenging yet exciting. They have their whole lives ahead of them. Not exactly the same way at this stage of their lives. I've cried off and on a little in the last 14 days as I continue to adjust daily to the needs of the pugs. I'm still hopeful Simon will recover fully. He hasn't been able to completely recover like he did back in September. In September he cycled through the syndrome in about 10 days time and showed no symptoms until the last week of December. This time around he keeps cycling through the syndrome, moving through good days and not so good days. But full recovery, looking at the syndrome in the rearview mirror hasn't happened yet. Needless to say my anxiety level is rather high. I get up at least twice during each night to check on him. However, before going to bed I am totally obsessed with checking on him. Once the three of us come in from the last walk of the day he puts himself to bed and I become obsessed with checking on him right up until I go to bed. He has a crazy mommie!