Backtracking to yesterday's vet visit...
I was like a kid at Christmas, jumping up at the crack of dawn and insisting on getting the ball rolling for the day. I wasn't excited or happy like a kid at Christmas but was equally eager. Today was Mi Nam's follow-up appointment and I wanted nothing more than to show up as early as possible. I wanted answers. When the vet asked me when Mi Nam's situation first started, I totally ratted out the Shinbu-Dong vet.
I know my dog, and I know when he's not feeling well and when things aren't well but the Shinbu-Dong and another vet insisted that Mi Nam's "shakes" were simply because he was underweight. I'm no vet by any means but common sense definitely rang a bell.
HELLO SPRING WEATHER... HELLO 18 DEGREE WEATHER!!!
I'm sorry but suggesting Mi Nam to lay in the sun and put on more weight was as dumb of advice as when I was recommended by a doctor to eat more kimchi because it'd help me with my itchy eyes. Well, my itchy eyes are an annual thing and it comes whenever the yellow sand from China blows in. As for Mi Nam, his shakes were a sign that his hip dysplasia was starting up.
Bulldogs are apparently known for their strong tolerance of pain and while the average dog may limp or whine, a bulldog will try to carry on through the pain. Up until last week Mi Nam's situation was looking really bad but he never at one point limped. He wouldn't run like usual but he wouldn't limp. Instead, he'd walk on but do so with trembling legs.
Yesterday the vet was very optimistic about Mi Nam's situation, reassuring me that he's not close to the point of needing surgery. I'm relieved... somewhat but not really. I'm not so relieved because I now know that Mi Nam's uncomfortable, uncontrollable shaking can get worse than it is right now. Wrestling in the house and summer river jumping seem to be a thing of the past for Mi Nam and I now and that's so sad. It's so sad because he's only 5 years old. His mind wants to do these things but his body just isn't letting him.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Are his days of frolicing around without a care in the world really a thing of the past?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed. If it cannot be changed, then it must be accepted.
-- Author Unknown
As the story has it, one day I headed to the opposite side of the globe – the Flipside. I arrived in Korea February 16th, 2005 and thought I’d do a year, then leave. I was wrong. I stayed, launched my first company, Flipside Fitness, and then opened Korea's largest boxing club, Hulk's Boxing (now called Hulk's Club).
After 11.5yrs in Korea, I then picked up one day and returned to Toronto, Canada. But then I left again.
Now I live in the Philippines where I am the CEO and head coach of Empowered Clubhouse, the Philippines' first and only boxing clubhouse exclusively just for women. I also am the founder of the Lil' Sistas Project, CEO and designer of Slay Gear and Baa Baa Black Sheep .Ph.
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