Yummy

Edible arrangment gift for me and staff.

Its a little after 6pm. What month is it burr

Its like 6pm what month is it?

With the strong wind it feels even colder.

Click link above picture for a whale watch video.

Whale watch video

tail

whale tail

Working on some Cape Code pictures. Hope to get done before heading out again this weekend.Wh

The eye has it.....

Pink eye that is....... poor chris tonsils out last month now pink eye.

Great time on Cape Cod.

Thanks Ruth and Ginny for opening your home to us. What a great weekend. Hike, kayaking, whale watch, good food friends and conversation.

Rainy day on the cape

Again

Bit rainy today Sunday.... checked out some light houses..nice relaxing day. Tomorrow hopefully a hike. Then. P...town

Sat arrived cape code 2am. Good thing it was a great day. Kayaking on great pond. Beach time a nd the cocktails

I really could use a marshmello.

But I guess the vodka and lemon aid will have to do.

Scary

Don't even think about coming in our yard!

One of my favorites.



Star Gazer lily

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Missing Emma lu.......

One year ago today we lost out Emma. She is missed so much. This is what she would be doing on a hot day like today. Could never get her out of the pool.

I have a bad feeling.

It's going to be one of those days

Day Lily of the week.

on the run again.

Another good one showing Grace on the run.

Grace and Allie on the run!

This was a great day! Grace was able to play fetch today. She has a little limp but just watch her go! Can't wait to show the girls at therapy. It has been a long road since March 17th. We only had them out for a short while this am before it got up into the 90's.

Chris and grace

Enjoying a madori mellonball martini. I guess his tonsils are healed. Well I guess the vicodin helps.

Allie enjoying an afternoon nap.



Allie feeling right at home in the gazebo

Swans

Family of swans in Durand Eastman park.

Guess who is back!

Allie is finally home after being away since March 12.

Spared from the lily beatle

safe

A pesky pest.

The Lily beatle and its damage.

Christopher trying to eat a small piece of steak

Happy 4th of July!!!

Wow where is the time going?
So far this had been a great weekend weather wise.  Warm sunny. Chris is having a harder time with not being able to eat or drink.  It seems that all the antibiotics for the last 6 weeks and the stress of surgery has caused some thrush on his tongue.   Yesterday About 5 am he started  bleeding.  Coughed up nice nice sized blood clots. Even plugged the since.
Luckily packing his neck in Ice and gargling with ice water stopped it just in time that we did not have to go to the ED.
Grace was granted a little more freedom after her vet visit on Sat.  She does not have to be locked up all the time anymore.  She can start going for walks!!!!.  We just need to avoid jumping up on things like furniture for a while longer.  She has a pretty good limp, but I think it hurts me more than her. She is still just  toe touching but at least that is more frequent now.

Chris in recovery

Talking and eating cookies. Must be some good meds!

Gogos ladies gone wild weekend June 18, 2011

Gogos ladies gone wild weekend June 18, 2011
More pictures than facebook.
Links to videos from that night show.
Some other really cool old stuff.

Chris and I wil the Go-Gogos

Garden Chaos

Chaos theory

Got to get the GoGo's pictures posted soon.





Jane Wiedlin and me
"Its such a rush  just being with you"

The tour manager who used my camera to take the picture had some shaky hands!!!! The lighting was poor and the colors horrible for a background for a picture. Have to take try and take some of the distortion out of the pics. Still better than nothing!!!!!



Yet another Vet appointment

So now Grace is going into her regular vet to see why she has a sore (possible boken) FOOT!!!!!!!!!!

TEST

TEST

Giverny? nope

Nymphaea 

Grace is up to old tricks....

Since Grace had surgery on Wed, her post op pain seems to be down a bit. She is not moaning and crying  AND killing me on a regular basis. The fentanyl patch comes of tomorrow, but I don't think it will hang on that long. Taking tramadol and antibiotic has been a challenge.  Worse than ever.   We tried a pill pocket the other day made from real meat. It worked for 2 doses....She wont go near them now!!!!

Still not eating well. An occasional treat. drinking well.  She will let me ICE her but no other PT.  It is going to be a long road.
Missing Little Allie.   Dont know when I am going to get her home again.  It has been since the middle of March.

Loven the rhodies this year

It was a good year for the rhodies

Water Gardens coming along well.

Have to get this pond cleaned out still 

reflection

Grace update.....Well here we go again.

Grace is going to need additional surgery.  It appears that here knee cap has been stabilized from side to side motion, but it is still slipping up her leg. (patella alta).  This surgery will be all soft tissue work. Healing time should be about 3 weeks.  She will have to stay immobilized again.

Don't know when I will be able to bring little Allie home :(

About 16 hours total and she is done! Thanks for all the help travel buds......we are so handy

Update on Grace's surgery

Gracie had her xrays done and the bone has healed well.  She does has some calcification of the cruciate ligament and tendon. This may lead to some early arthritis but he expects her to be fine.

There is some concern over her still guarding the leg. Hopefully with stretching of the tight muscles this too will be alleviated. So we will continue with rehab for a while.  The worst case scenario would be screw irritation but this is not very likely. 

She can slowly return to normal activity with no restrictions.

Updated: Tornado Damage Leads To Closure of Some Hiking Trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

F4 tornado in Cades Cove.....

Happy Easter Everyone.

Easter Saturday looks like it turned out to be the better of the weekend days.

Grace is getting some Fresh air. Not sure if I will take her to grandpa's house to see Allie today.  Maybe to much excitement for her.

Soakin' in the sun and warmth

Getting in some much needed wood time.

Oh Vey the yard needs so much work already. Wish the rain/snow would stop.

Grace after physical therapy

All worn out.

Hanging poolside in L.A. nice day

Ncl star in cabo day 2

Buenos dias de Cabo San Lucas. Hot hot hot

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Santa MONICA beach

Spring awakenings

Grace's staples out

well we had a visit to the vet today.  Grace had her staples removed.  The Dr. was very happy with her progress . Good range of motion.  She has been cleared for rehab so I have an appt on Monday.  Looks like things all worked out and I can go on the Cruise Next Saturday.

Grace 10 days post op.

Grace is getting a bit friskier.  Wanting to do more or the things she is not allowed to do. She is still not eating well. Maybe she is missing her buddy Allie.

Still not interested in bones?

Not so happy to be restrained.

At least she is drinking plenty of water. Occasionally eating some hamburger and rice.

EUROPE 2010

Wow after months of off and on work I have sorted through the over 4000 pictures from our trip to Europe in Nov 2010. Hard to pick out the best, but the web site is done. Jennifer M. I don't know how you do it.
You can link to it below.

Live to travel photographic log of travel, friends and family

Grace post op.

As of Sunday still not eating. Even canned food and beef broth is a no go. Still not allowing us to do any physical therpay.

is this all that I get?

European Vaction pictures

Baring any major problems I hope to have the entire trip from Nov ready to go live!!!!
Finally.  Watch for updates.  http://www.travellogonline.net/

Grace's Sugery.

So things went well with her surgery.  She had a 50% tear in her cruciate ligament. So that had to be repaired.  The goove that her petella (knee cap) rides in was shallow so she had to have trochleopasty to deepen the groove. Finally to help prevent this from happening again, She had a tibial tuberosity advancement.(TTA). TTA stabilizes the knee joint by changing the geometry and physics of the knee. Tibia Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO): This gives us a little shorter recovery in theory than the Tibia Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO).


Her xray should look something
 like this



Her minsus and patella so no signs of DJD

She Just doesn't stop

Even with a bad knee Grace insists on
Jumping on me  and being a lap dog.
80 lbs.

Margarita

Chris gearing up for Mexico

Grace's propoesed sugery. If we can afford it

Most likely procedure
How the does the Tibial Tuberosity Advancement (TTA) Works?

During weight bearing, the femur slides down the tibial plateau. The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) acts against this downward force. Dogs having a more steep slope are more predisposed to rupturing the ACL. A more perpendicular angle between the tibial plateau and the patellar tendon will result in a more stable joint.

The TTA corrects for this slope by adjusting the angle between the tibial plateau and the patellar ligament. This technique offer more advantages than other surgical techniques by being less invasive and faster to perform. The patients undergoing this procedure don't need to wear any bandage when going home. By advancing the tibial tuberosity in a ACL deficient knee, the patellar ligament is adjusted perpendicular to the tibial plateau. This eliminates the tendency of the femur to move downward over the sloped tibia.

The tibial tuberosity is osteotomized with a special saw and advanced using a special titanium cage. This cage is secured by screws and acts as a bone expander. To achieve final stability a titanium plate is secured to the tibial tuberosity by a titanium fork. The plate is secured to the tibia by two more titanium screws.


•The tibial plateau leveling osteotomy - TPLO involves making a curved cut in the top of the tibia bone (osteotomy) to include the tibial plateau. The tibial plateau is then rotated along the curved osteotomy in order to level the slope. A plate and screws are used to hold the tibial plateau in place so that the bone can heal in its new position. Below left is radiograph of a stifle before TPLO surgery and below right is a radiograph demonstrating the curved cut in the tibia bone and rotation of the the tibial plateau. Take note of the metal plate and screws that hold the bone together. The tibial plateau should not be leveled to 0 degrees or less as this will strain and potentially tear the caudal cruciate ligament. One research study indicated that dogs that had a postop tibial plateau angle between 2 and 14 degrees clinically did very well, however the original recommendation by Dr. Slocum is 5 degrees.

•Take note of this radiograph which is a front view of the stifle after TPLO surgery has been completed. A plate, which has been manually contoured by the surgeon to the shape of the tibia bone, is fastened in place with six screws. It is critical to ensure that no screws penetrate through the top of the tibia bone into the stifle, as this will result in severe damage to the joint with resultant arthritis.