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The Batlord · 07-21-2022, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

The work is whatever, I'm not struggling or anything with that, but getting up at 4 every day is gonna be the death of me. I'm so far from a morning person. Like getting up before 9 for me was pushing it tbh. Not anymore though just gotta suck it up and I work four 10 hour shifts so I get that 3 day weekend.

I'm also surprised how sore my feet have been the first couple days considering how much mileage and wear I've already put on em in my life. That's pretty much the worst thing but I imagine I'll get acclimated.

Lol yeah actual work hurts the feet. Give it a week. Whatever you thought was hard on the feet was baby ****. You need someone who doesn't care whether you live or die to decide how long you should stay on your feet.

ribbons · 07-21-2022, 10:53 PM

Epsom salt foot gel is great for sore feet if you can find it (gel is good because it doesn't get all slippery like cream). In the absence of anything else, believe it or not, Purell hand sanitizer is very relieving for sore feet - it's also great for tension headaches if you put rub it into your forehead or behind your neck, lol.

Trollheart · 07-22-2022, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

Don’t know if I ever mentioned it anywhere on MB, but we got a puppy a year ago and he’s the sweetest chocolate lab ever. I’ll posts some pics later. Anyway this week he was having some clear stomach issues, diarrhea, vomiting, it was a mess. We took him in and they did lab work that came back fine and some X Rays. They saw an obstruction in his stomach so they scheduled surgery for today which was hopefully going to be pretty routine and he’d be out of there quickly.

Well then the worst nightmare happened, they call me saying they are struggling to remove the instruction and some of his intestinal tissue was looking really bad. Like, dead tissue levels of bad. The doctor told us that she wasn’t comfortable performing the kind of operation that would be necessary to cut out the dead intestinal tissue and tie it back up. So she started making calls to specialty surgeons in the area but everybody was all booked up. She told me she believed his odds of living were about 10% if we didn’t get him into the right surgeon today.

…fast forward a few hours. The doctor went back in and kept trying to get the obstruction out. Eventually it apparently started to budge and she pulled out whatever nonsense the dog managed to eat. At this point she said that the intestines were looking much better than they were earlier in the day. She no longer recommends the emergency surgery and says his odds of making it out of here are much, much higher. I don’t necessarily feel like I’m in the clear but it’s just been the craziest roller coaster of a day. Probably the scariest thing I’ve ever experienced. He’s only a year and two months old, he has so much life ahead of him

Wow, that is terrible but at least there was a good ending. I was tempted to flick down to see the dreaded words, but thank the Great Pixie your doggy was all right. Just shows, never give up hope.

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Originally Posted by WWWP

What was the obstruction

The Supreme Court.

YorkeDaddy · 07-22-2022, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by WWWP

What was the obstruction

It was a mixture of stuff but the biggest offender was a piece of string that had gotten coiled up and around in his intestine. Pretty ****ing crazy to think about how much damage a piece of string can cause, to the extent where it had him like hours from death.

Doctor called and said he's doing really well this morning, so I'm really hopeful that we'll have him home this weekend and back to his happy self soon

Plankton · 07-22-2022, 08:12 AM

Wow man thats rough. Good to hear he's on the mend.

ribbons · 07-22-2022, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

Doctor called and said he's doing really well this morning, so I'm really hopeful that we'll have him home this weekend and back to his happy self soon

You must be so relieved that your puppy survived this horrible situation, YD. So glad things have turned around for the better for him, and for you! Hopefully he will be back home soon and you'll have good reason to spoil him.

ribbons · 07-22-2022, 10:15 AM

Looking forward to having my son visit from school this weekend. He's had some trouble adjusting so far (he's very shy and a bit homesick). We're going to pay tennis together, as he's taken up tennis at school. I had hoped we could play outdoors but we're having quite a heatwave here, so we'll be playing indoors on clay courts, which should be interesting. My favorite surface and I haven't played on clay in many years.

Plankton · 07-22-2022, 10:27 AM

It's always a treat when you've been a part for a while and then get together. It makes a person feel whole again. Warms my heart to hear, ribs.

ribbons · 07-22-2022, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

It's always a treat when you've been a part for a while and then get together. It makes a person feel whole again. Warms my heart to hear, ribs.

Thank you, P! We are like two peas in a pod when we're together, and I always say to my son that even if I weren't his mother, I'd love to have him as a friend.

Plankton · 07-22-2022, 10:47 AM

Sounds like you raised a great kid, but yeah of course you did. I mean, come on. It's ribbons.

My mini-me and me are the same way. 2 pea's in a pod. I love having her around all the time again. This morning was a fun one, since it's rare that she's up the same time I am before work. We have different work schedules so the times we get to spend together are always precious.

07-21-2022, 10:53 PM	#77412 (permalink)
ribbons Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,265	Epsom salt foot gel is great for sore feet if you can find it (gel is good because it doesn't get all slippery like cream). In the absence of anything else, believe it or not, Purell hand sanitizer is very relieving for sore feet - it's also great for tension headaches if you put rub it into your forehead or behind your neck, lol. Last edited by ribbons; 07-21-2022 at 10:59 PM.

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Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	Wow man thats rough. Good to hear he's on the mend. __________________ See location...

07-22-2022, 10:27 AM	#77418 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	It's always a treat when you've been a part for a while and then get together. It makes a person feel whole again. Warms my heart to hear, ribs. __________________ See location...

07-22-2022, 10:47 AM	#77420 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	Sounds like you raised a great kid, but yeah of course you did. I mean, come on. It's ribbons. My mini-me and me are the same way. 2 pea's in a pod. I love having her around all the time again. This morning was a fun one, since it's rare that she's up the same time I am before work. We have different work schedules so the times we get to spend together are always precious. __________________ See location...

07-22-2022, 10:15 AM	#77417 (permalink)
ribbons Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,265	Looking forward to having my son visit from school this weekend. He's had some trouble adjusting so far (he's very shy and a bit homesick). We're going to pay tennis together, as he's taken up tennis at school. I had hoped we could play outdoors but we're having quite a heatwave here, so we'll be playing indoors on clay courts, which should be interesting. My favorite surface and I haven't played on clay in many years.