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01/09/2024

Oops...I did it again! Just a warning to everyone, those lovely kelp stalks on the beach, don't eat them! I have been feeling really darn sick. Ended up with surgery today to get one large chunk which was blocking my intestine removed....and then multiple small ones from my stomach. Surely they didn't need to cut me in two places. Anyway, figure I'm going to be feeling way better soon. Mind you, people shouldn't be talking and not touching me, of course I'm going to cry.

23/09/2023

Went on a yes march today.

Recognise the world's oldest continuing culture in our Constitution.

Ensure that policy makers consult with, and listen to, the expertise and lived experience of First Nations people on matters that affect them.

Deliver better outcomes to First Nations people.

It is not that hard folks, vote Yes!!

08/08/2023

Grandma took my partner-in-crime, my companion, my fun to the vet on Sunday and didn’t bring her back. Before she took her, I knew Koda wasn't feeling well so lay down touching her in the backyard. When she came inside, just before she left, I rested my head on her hind quarters and just stayed there. No more her comforting me when I don't feel well, no more long walks with her, no more of her checking on me when I stop to smell something, no more romping in the living room. When grandma came home today, I didn’t even bother to get up to greet her.

01/03/2023

I know I have been a bit slack writing these days. It is a bit different now Mum is home. Anyway, went to rehab today. They had these cavalettis set up for me...but then said they didn't think I was strong enough. Maybe next week...

23/01/2023

So, I've had my operation but I am still not really using my leg like I should be. It is hard because my leg is shorter so doesn't reach the ground properly, so at times it is literally floating in the air. Grandma tells me I need to bend my other knee more but it kind of hurts to walk on my sore leg. I can't take anti inflammatories because I vomit from them and the vet says that puts me at risk of a stomach ulcer. Also, because of the sling, I had not been using my leg for a month so my muscles have wasted. Combine that with my leg being detached, it often does look like it is just hanging.

The last two nights I've woken up between 4am and 5am. All grandma and Tahli can work out is that I am bored. Grandma is thinking of giving me some more Gabapentin before bed so I am more sedated. I just wish they would let me out into the living room. Here's me when I am trying to walk on the leg rather than just carrying it...

16/01/2023

After consultation with 2 surgeons, Mum and Grandma have decided I will have the femoral head ostectomy not the full hip replacement. Neither option was ideal and with this one, hopefully I will recover with "fair" movement. The total hip operation was only given a 60% chance of success due to various factors and the surgeons were saying the more operations I have on the hip, the greater the chance of infection. The total hip replacement when completed would bring the total to 3 and if it didn't work then I would need a fourth and end up with the ostectomy anyway. My surgery is today, wish me luck and a great recovery! The other advantage with this operation is they will want me up and about quickly not another 12 weeks in a crate.

(I'm not sure how Koda got so much of her head in this photo).

10/01/2023

I'm not a light weight, you're a light weight!

Visited the Melbourne surgeon today. His advice was a FHO not a full hip replacement. That is when they remove the ball from your hip so your leg is kind of just hanging. Until now we have been told by numerous vets of this surgery but it was ill advised for a dog my size.

Now this surgeon is talking about infection problems if we tried the full hip replacement and also as the sling I've been wearing for the last few weeks did not hold my hip in place, the ligaments have all stretched etc.

Going to speak to a Geelong surgeon next Monday but fearful he is going to provide different advice.

31/12/2022

I'm awaiting an operation for a full hip replacement. But due to all this merry chaos I can't get in till the 10th January. Here's hoping my hip is actually in place with this sling because if not success rates drastically decrease.

21/12/2022

I have been a bit slack updating my page because I have been living my best life...or I was...but then things started happening. One day on the beach my leg hurt enough to yelp, then just walking out the back door some time later, I yelped again and carried my leg for a few seconds and then it was okay. One day I was coming inside and that one was a little worse, lasted a tiny bit longer. Grandma took me to the vet and they thought I'd done my cruciate but when I went back for an xray the cruciate was fine with no joint effusion (abnormal fluid in the hollow spaces) or swelling but there was evidence of hip dysplasia.

Then on Sunday, it felt like the world was ending. I was in so much pain, screaming so much (the cats were still hiding some hours later). I bit Tahli. I was taken to the emergency vet and they relocated my hip under anaesthetic and now they have put me in a sling which I have to wear until the New Year in the hope that my ligaments will do their job.

Grandma, ever the pessimist, is not holding out much hope. The vet has suggested a full hip replacement may be necessary at a price of over $10,000.

27/09/2022

Koda is sticking close to me because I'm sad.

24/09/2022

We are back to this. :(

Partial tear of the cruciate ligament. Fifity percent chance it will become a full tear. Fifty percent chance he will get a tear in his other leg within 2 years. Heaps of positive thoughts please!

22/09/2022

Sometimes I pretend I am doing a recall...but it is really on my terms....

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