Duke

@WalterTheGolden omg

What’s it going to be today? Big ball or small ball? #lessmurraymorewalter

Steroids are doing a lot of heavy lifting and helping him feel as good as he’s felt in weeks, so even though they’re not a long term solution at all, he’s more comfortable, hungrier for (some) food, and generally able to keep it down. Tail is still wagging, eyes are still bright

I’m going to go get him this afternoon to have some more nice times with his besties and then… we’ll take it day by day and call the home vet to come help him before things get too hard for him. This sucks. Thank you all for loving him. -Stephanie

Update: vet team consulted with his internal med team. There aren’t actually any good options that will be reasonable or respectful of our sweet old man. At best, treatment would AT BEST give us 6 months with him. And who knows what that 6 months would look like.

@Juliewho22 we have healthy paws! mom says makes it a lot easier to say yes to things when you know you’re getting 80% of it back.

@_The_Real_Duke Duke, mom and I are sending love and healing vibes your way. Mom wants to know what kind of pet insurance do you have?

Hi all! I keep forgetting Twitter exists these days. Since getting my arthritis sorted out earlier this year I’d been doing pretty well, then I suddenly started barfing a lot and not wanting to eat at the beginning of the month. Nan and DadNan took even took me to the ER!

Not the update we wanted to give… Paws in, guys.

The imaging studies done at the beginning of the month were “unremarkable” but we all know scary stuff in old pups can pop up quickly, so I guess this is the best way to move forward. Mom is yelling for everyone who can swing getting pet insurance to do that please!

Mom handed them the pee sample and a printed run down of everything going on with me since my last visit there a few weeks ago, and we all decided the best option is to keep me overnight for meds/fluids and get an abdominal ultrasound in the morning.

hello! mom forgot how to work the internet for a while but i’m still here and doing good! she put me in charge of Steve.

We got some Weather. I have been outside for half an hour and refuse to come in. THIS IS MY FAVORITE, MOM.

Vetty is happy with my weight loss so far and also thinks the desk girls are bad at scales but “you can’t fake a 10 pound difference and he looks like he’s lost weight so let’s call it a 6-7lb loss.” 🤣 So now we wait to see if my labs are good and I can go home to see Nan!

EVERY COUCH EVERY TIME but never a dog bed! Last time they said I weighed 108😳 this time they said I weighed 97. I think maybe they’re just bad at scales. They came and took my blood away from me. Tried to replace it with cheese but I’m still sad about it.

At the vet for a recheck after a nearly month of “hey buddy you have bad arthritis and here’s what we’re gonna do about it”

wants chip//is on diet 😭😭😭

Oh and she also shaved my belly with the clippers because while my platelets are okay NOW, Vetty wants to carefully monitor me for bruising since I’m getting all new meds and have been stressed out a lot with all the medical stuff lately. Mom. I look like a big football guy.

Vetty DOES NOT want me going for swimmies at the dog parks (which is how I got skinny before) so Mom checked my insurance to see if they’d cover a lap pool in her backyard. (They won’t.) Wait, she says she was joking. I don’t think she was.

I was already being fed a cup less/day of my regular food in an attempt to keep me less big, but everyone suspects I’ve been sneaking cat food snax. And also my poop. Soooooo oopsie, I guess. Nan and Dadnan got babygates for christmas to keep me out of the girls’ auto feeders!

Seasons Greetings! My x-rays came back showing minimal knee involvement (some fluid and thickening) but REALLY GNARLY hip dysplasia’s and degenerative joint disease. I got a Rimadyl prescription for Christmas, how about you guys?