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Ina

Ina

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I've noticed that some folks are a little upset when the theme of a thread is hijacked, so I was wondering if we could have a thread for silly chatter? :tongue: What do you think? Is it within the rules? :hiteachother:
 
It is rude to interrupt right away, but once the subject of a thread has run it's course, I say so what if it goes off track. That's the fun of informal conversation. Sheesh! Lighten up, folks. And now . . . let the hijacking begin...

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I think too much sugar is bad for your health, as it can cause inflammation and overweight, which leads to disease. Moderation is good, I'd rather have a little sugar or honey than all of those harmful artificial sweeteners out there.
 
That Guy said:
It is rude to interrupt right away, but once the subject of a thread has run it's course, I say so what if it goes off track. That's the fun of informal conversation. Sheesh! Lighten up, folks. And now . . . let the hijacking begin...

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Ditto and awesome input TG!!
 
yeah, to me, getting folks into conversation is what it's about. I agree if someone sets a topic we might try to touch on it, and as TG said, after it's run it's course, who cares! We're communicating and hopefully having fun with it. It would be like some stuffy old meeting at work with a strict agenda otherwise. On here, it's easy enough to bring it right back around to the topic if someone wants more of it.
 
nwlady said:
yeah, to me, getting folks into conversation is what it's about. I agree if someone sets a topic we might try to touch on it, and as TG said, after it's run it's course, who cares! We're communicating and hopefully having fun with it. It would be like some stuffy old meeting at work with a strict agenda otherwise. On here, it's easy enough to bring it right back around to the topic if someone wants more of it.
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I agree entirely; and I do try not to hijack too often; but I must plead guilty sometimes....sorry!
 
Ina said:
Sea, Does that mean I can have some Lifesaver's Gummies?
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I buy a bag of M&M peanuts, the dollar size, and hide them all over my place. The when I gotta have one, I go hunt one down. I'm too lazy to hunt them all at once. This works surprisingly well at limiting my sugar consumption:nicethread:
 
Ina, I'm sure you've started this thread because you thought I was yelling at you about hijacking a thread. I'm very surprised that you would take it as something against you personally. If you took it as something against you, I apologize.

I said that I didn't want to hijack Justme's religion thread, out of respect for her. It's because my dog is very sick right now, and talking about his diseases can go on and on.

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Originally Posted by Ina Sea, I love the cowboy poem. Hope you're OK, you've been sort of quite lately. (((Hug)))
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SeaBreeze=Thanks Ina. I don't want to hijack this thread on another topic, but I've been kind of busy with my dog, he's having some health issues that we're working on. I'll probably post about him in the "All About Dogs" group, after we get results from his second blood test on Monday...more details in the dog group next week. :)
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I'm glad you started this thread though, maybe I could share what my dog has been going through. He's 11 1/2 years old, and since he's a larger dog, that's pretty up there in years.

His arthritis had gotten much worse in the last month, and the Rimadyl medicine had to be given to him at much higher doses. He can no longer jump into the car or on the bed, but when we help him up, he screams in pain.

We had to take him to the vet because he had a nasal infection so bad that he had trouble breathing. They put him on an antibiotic, but it didn't cure him completely.

Then, last week or so, he stopped eating. And this is a dog that is normally food driven, so we knew something was wrong. We took him to the doctor again, and they said he had a 104 degree temperature, and his spleen was very inflamed.

He was put on Prednisone and more antibiotics, including an injection. Then they did some bloodwork. The vet said that his condition was very serious. He has developed a serious auto-immune disease, where the body attacks its own red blood cells. The bad thing is, he can't take any NSAIDS (Rimadyl) while he's on this medication, so he has no relief from his arthritis pain. The vet said he was at 40% of his joint movement only.

He has to go in for another blood test on Monday, and we'll see if he's getting any better with the medicine or worse. Regardless, it seems that he will be on medication for the rest of his life if he gets through all this. The auto-immune disease he has is IMHA. The reason why he was screaming so bad when me or my husband tried to pick him up, was because of his swollen spleen.

Again Ina, I'm sorry if you thought I was jumping on you for hijacking a thread. I just didn't want to hijack it myself, and turn it into too many posts about my dog.

Thanks again for asking about me in that other thread, we've been very concerned here are home, with an ailing furkid in the house. The good thing is he has started to eat a little bit again with the Prednisone and high-dose antibiotic treatment. He has enough medicine to last a month, then the vet will let us know what he needs to take. He hasn't been able to go for walks in the park at all, which he loved, because his footing is unsteady and his balance if off. :(
 
Well, we were happy that the dog was starting to eat again, but after we gave him his evening medicine, he vomited everything up. It's important that he get that Prednisone twice a day, so we gave that to him again. He vomited two more times after that. He won't get well if he can't even keep his medicine down.

I've been scrubbing carpets and washing rugs trying to keep up with him. Will try and give him his pill again, hopefully he'll keep it down for the night. Hoping not to get any bad news after his blood test results on Monday. :(
 
It's continuing, he's thrown up several more times, and we noticed some coagulated blood in the last two vomits. Hoping he lasts till Monday to see the vet. He's just laying there between episodes...been a bad month or so for him all around. The blood may be from his spleen, or maybe something else. Been googling around and it's very depressing.
 
That doesn't sound good SB, do you have emergency vets you can take him too, judging by what you said in a previous post this is serious and need attention pronto, so frustrating because they can't tell us how they feel and what's happening with them.
Good luck with your furkid SB
 
Thinking of you SB; please continue hi-jacking threads if it is important to you......and your dog is.
please keep us posted...
 
Thank you very much Jilly, That Guy, Vivjen, Old Hipster and Ozarkgal. You guys are great, and I very much appreciate your concern and support. :love_heart: He had a quiet night last night and slept through. I was able to give his medicine this morning with a little food. I was able to contact his vet, and he advised me to cut back on Hans' food intake today, and continue with the meds for now. I'll be taking him in tomorrow morning, so we'll keep our fingers crossed. Probably won't know anything until the new blood test results come in. Thanks again, your caring replies and well wishes make things a bit easier. :)
 
Hi Seabreeze, Happy to see that Hans' condition is improving and that his continued medication will get him back to normal soonest.

I hate to see a sick animal.....not their usually happy self with their tail wagging.....which is equivalent to smiling.
 
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