This post will be short because I'm exhausted and have to get up early tomorrow - the new landlord wants to meet el puppy so I want to get up bright and early and make sure the pup is in working order to go for a little road trip!
Yesterday, the 'rents gave me an opportunity to sleep in the late afternoon (as I had barely gotten any the two previous nights..) and took care of Charlie for awhile. It's so sweet - they both are acting like grandparents, because well... they're getting older, and this is most likely going to be the closest they get to a grandson. Though we can certainly hope for otherwise! But they're taking the opportunity now to be the doting grandparents, and the helpful sidekicks for me. It's a Godsend. Anyway, they had to take him out several times during the course of my three hour nap (THREE hours! goodness). Mom made the executive decision that we were going to put piddle pads out for him near the doorway (we have to use these for our oldest dog, Minnie, because she's 14 and doesn't always make it out the door, poor thing) because he seems to use these when we don't take him out soon enough sometimes, and because we all needed a solid nights sleep. In the morning he had gone all over them, the poor thing.
So I called the vet first thing - and Charlie is now on a very impressive antibiotic/dewormer/intestinal-sedative. The vet is concerned that there might be little bugs in his system that aren't necessarily worms that might be disrupting his system; it will also aid in any final deworming that needs to take place; and it will calm down his digestive system to aid in digestion and reduce cramps!
So we're hoping that this will help fix him up - he's still on the bland diet but his appetite has improved greatly - he was barely finishing 3/4 of a cup of rice and yogurt, but today he was quite excited for his 1 cup meals! Such a good sign :)
So now I'm crossing my fingers for a good night sleep and a healthy pup. Good night, y'all :)
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