Day: May 8, 2013

well.. remember a while back that I chatted about changing the tv room around because Franklin fell off the couch..  and my son had measured so that we could build a ramp..

well.. we haven’t built the ramp.  Franklin does not go up on the couch anymore unless we are there and help him up..  which is ok.. he has a choice of three comfy beds on the floor that he likes.

But.. I just have to share.. this is what I came home to about 6 weeks ago when I left work early….

Caught.. on camera!!

Franklin has “the cough” as you are all aware of.  The doctor recommended putting him on Benalyn DM for Cough and that is what I have done.  An adult dosage, he gets it mixed with ham twice a day…   it helps him for a bit..  and he runs in circles when he knows that the ham is coming.. lol

Mornings are the worst… the poor gaffer wakes up and takes a while to get him self oriented to go outside to pee.. and the tail wags.. except when he is wheezing and coughing..  I let him back in after his morning pee and snuggle with him on the bed for 10 minutes before it’s my time to shower…  I talk to him.. tell him what’s going on.. tell him to let me know when…   he just looks at me with those sad brown eyes..   I noticed that the spark is no longer there…   and I cry.  Every morning I cry.

I’m hoping yet  will be surprised if he is still here for the long weekend.  I know he won’t be here to celebrate my 50th Birthday in July.

I am so f&*(king mad…  I’m angry that he is getting ripped off…   I get upset and cry when I read everyone else’s story on their blogs about them saying goodbye to their puppers.. and now it is my turn to write the story.  I don’t want to write that story.  I just don’t want to!

Yet, I try to be cheerful around him cause we ‘re blessed to have him for another day beside me on the couch,  blessed to have him outside lying on the deck with me in the evening air.. blessed to rub his ears and kiss his head one more time… .

We went for a little walk last night.. he didn’t make it far..  but he got out of the backyard and enjoyed walking down the side road.  When he turned around on his own, (which is not the norm!!) we came back home.

We got more pig ears last night… My sweetie took him to the store with him..  he was quite excited to go for a car ride.

Here’s a pic to share.. one of my all time favorites… of my sweetie and our handsome dog…   A picture is definitely worth a 1,000,000 words!  This was about 5 years ago… around this time when we were finishing our deck…