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My full and kooky life as a homeschooling mommy to 2 great kids, raising a child with HLHS (Hypolastic Left Heart Syndrome), coping with depression, following Jesus, and being much too camera happy.
My full and kooky life as a homeschooling mommy to 2 great kids, raising a child with HLHS (Hypolastic Left Heart Syndrome), coping with depression, following Jesus, and being much too camera happy.
26 responses to “Wordless Wednesday: 11-15-’23. Hospital therapy dog”
How is she doing now?
So much better!! Saturday night was the worst and it’s recovery time now. She’s eating solid for the first time in a week.
Good thing!!
Send my wishes to one half of the dynamic duo 🙂😍
Will do! He’s been tagging along to the office with his dad for the past 2 days.
Yes, I read that 🙂🤗
Did I write about that?! My short-term memory is fried these days. Lol
Yes
You have talked about it in a post
No worries. Rest well
Frazzled mind! 🙂
So nice pic .How she is? I hope she is well & you are relax now. God night my dear friend!
The day the therapy dog came was a crazy morning. She had to get a gastric emptying study with the radiologist and drink fluids with radium in it. Every hour for 4 hours, she had to take an x-ray to see how the liquid was digesting. lol. The therapy dog was a wonderful treat and distraction. It was therapy dog day at the hospital. We saw a surgery therapy dog, large Labrador dog, who helps patients awaiting surgery. He or she was in the hallway with its owner.
Thank you so much,My dear friend. That’s a good news from x-ray & radiology. Now give a mostly liquid & fluids. Give Energy food. Some fruits juices. Nice surgery therapy 🐕!
Thanks God.!
Oh my, Ellis had to drink a flavored nutrition drink mixed with Barium. She had ten minutes to drink as much as she could. It was an interesting sight and I wish I had a picture of it, but it was prohibited in that room. She was wearing a hospital gown down to her knees and blue latex gloves while drinking. If she got any of the liquid on her, it would show up during the x-ray. She’s back to her normal diet now and doing well.
Whew, that was quite an adventure last week!!
I am so glad & some emotional on Elliot 😊 Very nice she have drinks flavored nutrition drink mixed with Barium. She had ten minutes to drink.
You send me my personal email 🙏.
I will pray to she early back to her normal diet. And as soon as get very well 😉!
You get rest & relax 💤
Therapy dogs do such good work!
They do wonders for the soul!
🙂
No therapy is better than dog therapy! How fortunate to have a dog therapy visit!! I can feel the happiness in your eyes!!! 🐕💕
Awww, thank you, TD! We were exhausted and I was taking a nap when the therapy dog and its owner knocked on our door. I thought it was the nurse, but we saw the dog in its wagon. Sudden disappearing of tiredness.
I agree with your statement: “no therapy is better than dog therapy!!”
You both are smiling under the mask and hopefully home soon. Another card for my pal Ellis:
https://jlcards.com/SA6FN7
Oh thank you, Linda! I’ll have Ellis open the card this afternoon. I haven’t been able to respond to comments and just saw you sent a card.
We love dogs and to interact with one at the hospital was a wonderful treat!!
I am sure Ellis fell in love with that little dog and wanted to bring it home. 🙂 The therapy dogs are such a great idea. I follow a blogger who is blind and has a seeing eye dog that is a Labradoodle, not your usual seeing eye dog in looks or in actions. He’s very mischievous. She tells about the children at the school where she works and how they love this dog whose name is Munch.
Therapy dogs are wonderful, and we always wanted to meet one!! Last year after the valve surgery, we hoped to meet one of the therapy dogs at UCSF. But we found out that he or she only visits children on the cancer floor. Some restrictions because of COVID.
Can you share the name of the fellow blogger with the Labradoodle? Wow, that’s so interesting that she can blog. Munch is a perfect fitting name for a mischievous Labradoodle.
We want a dog so badly!!!
That’s nice they have therapy dogs for children. You know what they have here for young kids during December near Christmastime at a large pediatric hospital? They call it “Moonbeams for Sweet Dreams” and people (adults and children) show up and gather in one spot (parking lot) at 8:00 p.m. every night holding something that lights up, like candles or some type of holiday light and shine it toward the kids who gather in one area of the hospital and they have flashlights they flash back at the visitors. This happens for 10 minutes nightly. It is the first time it has returned since 2019 due to COVID.
I will send you the link in a separate e-mail in case it goes to SPAM. Zena has even written a book about her adventures with Munch her seeing eye dog. I have followed her since she got him I believe seven years ago – after seven years, they begin training another seeing eye dog and Munch will be retired. Zena’s latest post is about Munch having some lumps removed (he is okay), so go back a few posts which are always funny. She only posts about once a month – she does write her own posts and “reads” posts using a special machine. She lives in Wales.
Here is Zena’s blog Esther:
https://thesecretblind.wordpress.com/
What a beautiful dog! And Ellis’s eyes and Mama’s eyes look bright like they are smiling. 😊 I’m so glad she’s feeling better!
Thank you, friend! “Gertie” was so gentle and tame. She slept and snored most of the time she visited us except when she high-fived Ellis for a treat and took a picture with us. A great memory!