I Am Back!

Hello everyone! Thanks for all the prayers and good thoughts and help. I am so happy to be home again and seeing and feeling all the support from you all. I would not have made it out of the hospital without you guys. You are all such wonderful friends. The doctor said it would take a long time for me just to stabilize but I am doing my best to get better. I am full of drugs all day long. I've got steroids, immune suppressants, and antibiotics. I even need to take pepcid coz all the drugs can wreak havoc on my little tummy. The drugs make me so hungry and thirsty that I eat and drink practically all day and all night long. And the steroids make it hard for me to sleep so I just keep staring at Mom. Mommie does not get any sleep either coz I need to go to the bathroom every hour. All this has been disastrous for my sweater. All four of my legs were shaved for the iv lines and blood and oxyglobin transfusions and injections I received. They shaved my belly to do an ultrasound. They even shaved off my furpants. Now my behind feels so cold when I lift my tail or if I sit down. My gums and tongue are still really pale from lack of red blood cells. Mom keeps checking them every few minutes. She's become really paranoid. I need to get a blood test every few days to make sure I do not go critical again and the doctor said I would probably need to take these drugs for life. Yuk! Oh well, at least all the bruises on my legs are healing nicely. The one bright spot is I get to eat all sorts of yummy things. I've been scarfing down chicken, rice, cottage cheese, peanut butter and even steak. Yummmm!!!!! Hopefully, my immune system will start to act normal soon and stop killing my red blood cells and platelets. I want to be able to run and play again. I keep asking Mom to play but she says I need to rest. The doctor said I am not supposed to be jumping and running around otherwise I will only get worse. Mommie read on the internet about other doggies who are sick like me. It is so sad knowing that there are so many cases. Poor doggies! :(