Chocolate chihuahua mix Moe was fostered for a few days and 15-year-old Bentley was back for another dogsitting episode. Snoopy and I joined them in the backyard while Bonnie stubbornly stayed inside.
Snoopy, Visiting Dogs and Me
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Squirrel Battles
Not sure what the squirrel wants from the Spanish Moss but nesting material, but this one seems determined, yet there’s a whole area full of Spanish Moss that he’s completely ignoring.
Snoopy followed by foster Moe checks out the taunting squirrel yet along, but the squirrel doesn’t give a fuck.
Driveby Gardening
The contractor suggested I periodically stop by and work on my garden which was great advice. Rather than feeling sorry for myself for not getting home sooner, it’s nice to stop by the house and make some concrete changes that will help my garden to be ready for me incrementally. Shea helped me water the plants while I cleaned up a lot of the materials and did some serious pruning to be able to see some of the garden features and release the windmill from the newly grown bamboo and other overgrown plants. Snoopy and Bonnie were happy to chill out while we worked back there. I found it very therapeutic.
Bonnie’s Future is Here
My beautiful Bonnie finally got her sutures out this morning and now is medicine-free, not to mention pain-free! She’s healing well and will look so cute when her bangs grow back. She doesn’t need her Elizabethan cone anymore and we don’t have to worry about any infection of her surgical area. She’s back to her normal, sometimes growly self, but loving life, Snoopy, Shea, and me. She loves her walks and car rides as per usual, and for me, despite missing her very expressive eyes, it’s much easier to look at her healing face and eyelids without the sutures that she’s had for two weeks. It’s wonderful to know she won’t need 22 drops a day and other oral medications that cost a lot of money for years on end, not to mention the difficulty of scheduling these maintenance periods throughout the day that interfered with my aspiration for an otherwise low-maintenance lifestyle. I still have a gofundme if anyone is interested in helping pay for that bilateral enucleation, but thank you so much to those who contributed toward that one-time expense to give Bonnie a much higher quality of life as an otherwise healthy, blind dog! 🙂
Spontaneous afternoon pool and BBQ time
Spontaneous afternoon pool and BBQ time with friends. We also got to practice our Spanish with Angelo from Santiago, Chile, a friend of Howard’s.
Visit from Aunt Mei
Godmother/Aunt Mei Wang is so generous bringing Bonnie and Snoopy treats, outfits, toys, and scarves all the time.
Perimeter Control by Snoopy
Snoopy trying to reach the similarly-colored cat on the other side of Seahorse Drive backyard fence.
Bonnie One Week Post-Op
Video of a pretty normal afternoon interaction with Bonnie one week after her bilateral enucleation.
Bonnie Two Days Post-Op
Bonnie two days after bilateral enucleation. Every day gets better!
Post-Op Bonnie
Recovery for Bonnie has started.
Care to Support Bonnie’s Journey to a Pain-Free Life with her GoFund Me?
My beloved rescue dog Bonnie had very little vision and two types of permanent blindness when I fostered and almost immediately adopted her earlier this year. She just turned seven years old and she was probably abused, putting her in this precarious situation. Otherwise, she is healthy. Thinking I had years of drops to give her to keep her little bit of vision, I recently found out that she has none, and the glaucoma and dislocated lenses in both eyes were becoming so high-pressure that the doctor said we were not able to keep up with the pain. I was up to giving her 22 drops a day at three different intervals, plus oral medications just to keep her from being in massive pain, so getting her bilateral enucleation (removal of both eyes) was the only humane thing to do.
Below Snoopy looks out for her in this picture of Bonnie in her new “home” for the next few weeks, which I’ll bring upstairs with me at night so she’s nearby. I probably won’t ever post her direct post-surgical look, but I took pictures to monitor the healing. I’m told she did well and should recover with no issues. It’s emotional for me, particularly after the year I’ve had. I can’t imagine keeping her with the collar on for two whole weeks and separated from her beloved “brother” Snoopy that long, but I will follow all post-op instructions to the letter.
