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well - I just finished giving Kateydog her last IV bag of subcutaneous love. She's really been a trooper about these IVs and injections. She's been in good spirits - even back to barking and she slept up on the bed in my arms last night. This morning when the alarm went off for the gym - she got up circled - and then snuggled in even closer! Who am I to deny her snuggletime - so we turned the alarm off and I slept till 7am. Two hours more sleep and some serious snuggleage with Miss Kate. We got up - took our walk up to Alamo Square - and when we got back - did the IV. We'll head to the vet tonight for a 720pm appointment with Dr. Fong. I'm hoping we'll get the green light to try food again. I'm figuring since it's been a week since she's had anything but a few blades of grass and some rice - she'll be ready to eat whatever is put in front of her. But - - it'll require some extra supervision - and feeding her slowly.

On another note - San Francisco Parks is giving Duboce Park a facelift - construction is starting today...

Kateydog and I always enter the park from the bottom right of this drawing (see right) - on Potomac. They are going to take the park and cut it in two. The "knoll" is currently - the favorite place for dog owners to bring their dogs - but in the planning process - it was not included in the dog play area part of the park. They are goign to cut the park in two with a new sidewalk - and then erect a sort-of fence around the bottom section with dividers and rope fencing, more decorative(?)than anything else. Curiously - the place they really need the fence along Duboce where the N train runs down the left side of this drawing? no fencing.

Dog owners will simply go to the knoll anyway. the lower part of the park turns into a mudpit in the rainy season (coming to to us SOON). at peak hour (5-7pm) there can be 40 or more dogs and owners playing in the park.

I did attend the hearings last spring. This is all being done despite the fact that dog owners outnumbered "concerned parents" 8 to 1 at the hearings - they won the battle to get nearly 1/2 the park made for "children/adult play area" and they have named "The Knoll" a transitional area/pets on leash. Yeah - we'll see how long that lasts.

Which is weird - because - well - I've lived here coming on a year (at Duboce Park) and the kids LOVE the dogs - and already have their own fenced in play area... (strangely fenced in - just like the dog area will be). Interesting. Well - we'll see how it all turns out.

ganked from pinkfish: BRAINS

Zombie parody of SHOES LOL!

7 interests thingamajig

So - the affable and adorable David V. in Denver annoyinghandle picked 7 of my "interests" from my profile and asked me to elaborate:

• bathing with a man
• codependency
• esoteric psychobabble
• compassion
• toaster pastries
• sweat
• and tulips.

( behind a cut if any of this interests you )

Kateydog's 8th birthday

Today was Kateydog's 8th birthday - she is back to being energetic and even BARKED when I brought her home from a walk. We got to the vet - and we're goign to start her again slowly on food starting in the AM. She's had water this evening - and kept it down. I asked to doc to keep her on anti nausea meds through the 10 day of bland diet - - because I'd like to see her keep down as best she can. She's snoring on the couch next to me - but I know she's eager to get a bowl of rice and cottage cheese in the AM. I will be glad to see her getting back to normal. The doctor said all indications were - that she's ready. He gave her a full bill - on the condition that she keeps the food down the next couple of days. Rice and cottage cheese for 5 days - then i can add small amounts of dog kibble after that - at 10 days - kibble with rice - and at 15 days - back to normal kibble. I know Miss Kate is really looking forward to all this. She's been a REAL sport.