With the nice warmer weather comes every Minnesotans least favorite thing...Mosquitos. As we were relaxing last night I was frantically scratching at a cluster of them on my arm and complaining about how itchy.
Really? A few mosquito bites and most of us, myself included, turn into whining, scratching wimps! Then there is Toad who I have to imagine itches about a thousand times worse and he isn't getting relief no matter how much he scratches. Can you imagine that? I don't even think I can fully grasp how horrible would be.
This is Toad's everyday life and has been for a long time. This is a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week feeling. I wonder if he even remembers a time where he wasn't itchy.
He has every reason in the world to be angry, upset, and to lash out but instead Toad is grateful for everything. He is grateful every time his food bowl gets filled, for every snuggle, for every hug, for the smallest piece of treat, for a doggy friend to run with, for a ball to chase after and then be confused by. He even is grateful for a bath or an ear cleaning because there maybe is a tiny bit of relief or at the very least its a lot of attention.
Toad has had a relapse of his skin infection over the past few days. Instead of being on his chest its mostly along his back and on his legs. We are not sure why or what is causing it since nothing has shown up on cultures, scrapes, and nothing has changed medication/food/etc wise but unfortunately he is definitely much worse than he was even 3 days ago. His 1st surgery to remove the ear canal on his worse ear (the one that has reformed the scar tissue over the canal already) is still tentatively scheduled for this coming Friday but with the recent setback a lot depends on that. If he continues to get worse or doesn't show improvement we will likely have to wait and try to get that under control first.
So...send some good thoughts to the little guy right now. He's sitting on my lap as I post (he likes to drool on the keyboard) and he could sure use some good wishes
The world is a better place for Toad having been in it. He is a good soul and I wish him peace, however it comes to him.
ReplyDeleteI have high hopes for this little guy! He deserves to have a wonderful pain free life. You are doing so well and I appreciate his updates on how he is feeling and doing. Thank you so much
ReplyDeleteThank you for the updates. I love reading about and seeing the photos of this sweet little boy. How could anyone have ignored him for the length of time it took for his ears to get to that state?! Honestly...
ReplyDeleteI agree, I love reading Toad's updates and will be anxiously awaiting to see the post that reads Toad feels GREAT!
ReplyDeleteI hope he feels better soon!
ReplyDeleteHave you given any thought to alternative treatments for the skin? You could look into applying lavender oil to the skin - maybe it would help...
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