[Magdalen] TBTG

[Allan Carr]

Joey D, now just plain Joey, became 16 years old on May 10th. Being a toy poodle, he has to be groomed monthly. 

On Monday, he really resisted  his haircut and was only bathed and combed. He came back from the groomer quite listless and not in full control of his legs. He stayed that way until Saturday, when he came back to being our happy and fun Joey.

I fault myself for not taking this up with the groomer by now. I wonder if he had a reaction to a sedative or some internal injury, like to his back.

He didn't react in pain when I moved him around, just seemed to be groggy as he is to the sedative they sometimes give him, except it lasted for days.

I'll have to ask if the groomer noticed anything like a yelp of pain from Joey when she held him to be groomed.

I'm thankful Joey is still with us. He spends most of his time in Camille's lap which, I think, is really good for both of them.

Camille has almost no short term memory, but is able to do and is even quite sharp with word find puzzles. Thankfully, books of them are plentiful. 

She scored a couple of points higher this year on the Alzheimer's test the neurologist uses than she did last year, so she's holding her own, at least for a while.

Thanks be to God, two times.


> On Jun 4, 2017, at 9:19 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hooray!