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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Cushing's Disease (syndrome)

 Well, it's Wednesday and more rain is expected today.  Buckets, perhaps.  Yesterday was dismally gray, with drizzles and mist.  Sitting at my PC and looking out the window, it's foggy and I can hear the rain upon the roof.  The temps are predicted to climb into the mid 50s (F), which is good.  It's nice not having the furnace running constantly to heat the house.

With the new washer and drying connected to LG, I can track the power usage.  I'm can use that to compare the usage PP & L is recording to see how much I'm saving. Three loads of laundry yesterday = 2.06 KW less than the 3 loads using the old washer / dryer.  That's a nice saving every month.

Results are back from Biggies bloodwork.  They are fairly certain he has Cushing's Disease.  Boxers are one of the 5 species of dogs in which it is prevalent, and usually it shows up when they are 8 years old, or older.  Biggie will be 8 on Christmas day.  There is an 85% chance that he has a tiny tumor on either his pituitary or one of his adrenal glands which is pumping out cortisol at a high rate.  With treatment, he should be around 2 - 2.5 more years.  The average boxer lives to be twelve years old, but Biggie is twice the size of your average boxer, so I always figured he be around for 10 years.  The Vet told me the treatment is about equal to one of my social security checks.  Since all I'm doing is banking them now, I'm opting for the treatment.


Warnock won.  I didn't think the race would be this close, believing he'd win by a much larger margin.  Still, a win is a win.  Walker conceded shortly after the race was called, I'm betting he was highly relieved. His campaign did do what it was intended to do, knock some of the wind out of Warnock's sails, though in the end I'm sure white, evangelical conservatives are sorely disappointed they don't have a puppet they can employ.

Oh, and the Trump organization is guilty of tax fraud.  No surprise there, well, there is a bit of one.  The fact that there was a conviction is important.  The Orange Anus knew what was going on, but I believe it was his spawn, Ivanka Danka, Donnie Jr., and Eric the Dumb, and I may be wrong here, who share the blame.



 


12 comments:

  1. Biggie is so precious! Good that you can get treatment for him. The race in Georgia was close, closer than I expected too. I’m sure there will be protests from the Trumpians. And so nice that justice prevailed in NY courts. Lock em all up!

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    1. Biggie's symptoms aren't constant, so I'm hoping he responds to treatment well. I had to laugh at Laura Ingraham crying crocodile tears, if you get a chance, watch the clip, it's quite enjoyable.

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  2. My hugs and treats are for Biggie. My BT was diagnosed with a massively enlarged heart at about 8 years old and Sam, several years before her, developed addisons. It is one of the truly tragic things that so many of our canine friends develop diseases that seem to somehow be associated with the breeding process that brought them into being. In my universe there is no amount of money that is too much to take care of them. I only draw the line with any treatment that results in them looking at me with that "what are you doing to to me for" look.

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    1. Biggie says thanks for the hugs! Life is not about the crisis, but about how we deal with the crisis, and this isn't really a crisis, just a wrinkle in the road.

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  3. I'm glad Biggie's treatment won't be too much of a hardship on you. He's worth it of course!

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    1. He is. I was talking to my sister and told her the Vet said between $2 & $3 thou a year and she said, "oh, that's not much."

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  4. I think Walker's numbers reflect the vast majority of Republican who vote for R's even when the R is an abortion buying deadbeat lying dad.

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    1. For them it will always be party over country.

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  5. Oh no!
    But yes, big doggies usually start needing treatment around that age. And it's sweet you're going to invest in him. He deserves it.
    As for Warnock, I also thought the margin was gonna be bigger. Stupid Repugs.
    And Cheeto's Org. being found guilty? Delicious. Especially with Warnock's win and with Rudi having his law license in trouble.

    XOXO

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    1. Lily, who's a year older than Biggie, is still bouncy wouncy, but then she's always been a bit high strung. And the GOP is not happy with Warnock's win, and that makes me smile.

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  6. Any loss of a trump candidates is a good thing...and little by little is losing his appeal with "normal" republicans.

    Glad to read about Biggie's news. I mean look at that face! And not too bad of a charge for the procedure. I still can't believe 16.

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    1. Biggie's in bed snoring right now. Some Republicans are wising up, many are not. They still believe they're special.

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