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Bullfunky

This is utter bullfunky. Fitzgerald wakes up at 4 AM on the dot every morning, getting me up to let him out to the bathroom and feed him. Then it's playtime...at 4 in the morning. I'm getting sick of it and I'm just hoping I can keep this up through his difficult puppyhood. I'm getting some Benadryl today to dose him up. This morning isn't so bad because he's sick, so it's off to the vet as soon as he opens. Fitzgerald has one eye swollen shut and the other eye going. A puppy with puffy eyes doesn't play much. So I'm gonna try to get him to lie back down for a couple of hours.

Eyeball

Fitzgerald has a little cold in the better eye, nothing to be worried with essentially. HOWEVER. That's a big however...his other eye is ulcerated due to a foreign object, which appears to still be lodged in his cornea. Doc had to keep him for sedation so he could really get in there and see if something is actually there, remove it, and repair the wound. I may be able to pick him up this afternoon, but it might also entail an overnight stay. Either way, Fitzgerald will be coming home with a lampshade on his head, and that means that my job is going to be ten times harder than it already is. Nothing worse than a 4-month old teenage puppy given limitations that come with a buster collar.

Oh, one more thing; when I first took on Fitzgerald he measured at just over 7 inches and weighed 7.2 pounds. Within a month he's grown to 11 inches with a weight of 11.6 pounds. That's just freakin' incredible. He's got four more inches to go and about 10 more pounds for optimum size for a 15 inch Beagle.

Acorn

A piece of an acorn somehow lodged itself in Fitzgerald's cornea. Doc removed it without any problem and I take him back for a recheck on Friday. He came home with a lampshade on his head, which means he's miserable on that level, but he was thrilled when he saw Aunt Tudi and me, which is a good sign. When we got him home, Fitzgerald had a running fit with happiness and forgot about his lampshade there for a while. He's lurching about the house now, trying to get the lampshade off his head. Poor bugger. I'll grab some pictures of him tomorrow. I'm too pooped to do it tonight. Can't wait 'til 10 when I dose Fitzgerald with some Benadryl and enjoy sleep, blessed sleep.

That Music Meme

Day 1: Your favourite song - "Despite Dense Weed" by Shriekback
Day 2: A Song that Makes You Cry - Pippin's song from "The Lord of the Rings"
Day 3: A song that makes you dance. - "Daylight" by Matt & Kim
Day 4: Your favorite male singer. - Jeff Lynne, hands down.
Day 5: Your favorite female singer. - Johnette Napolitano
Day 6: Your favorite band. - Shriekback
Day 7: One band/singer you're ashamed to admit you like. - The Backstreet Boys
Day 8: One band/singer whose popularity you will never understand. - Nickelcrap
Day 9: A song that reminds you of an ex. - Celtic Dream by Ronan Hardiman
Day 10: A song that reminds you of your father. - "Somewhere over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Day 11: A song that reminds you of your mother. Doris Day - "Que Sera Sera." It was of particular comfort when we visited New York.
Day 12:A song that makes you want to have sex. Pretty much anything by Prince, but "Gett Off" tops the charts in that arena. And the man doesn't age. He's like Barry Andrews...a Vampire rock avatar.
Day 13: A song you sing in the shower. - Oh jeez, I don't sing in the shower, not out loud anyway. Usually, this song comes to mind, though. "Little April Shower" from the movie Bambi
Day 14: A song from the year you were born. The album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released the Summer of 1967.
Day 15: A song you liked in high school. - Electric Light Orchestra "Hold on Tight"
Day 16: The first song in your mp3 folder. - A-Ha "Take on Me"
Day 17: The last song in your mp3 folder. - XTC "Super Tuff"
Day 18: An instrumental song you like. - Loreena McKennitt "Marco Polo"
Day 19: Your favorite love song. - Alanis Morrissette "Head Over Feet"
Day 20: Your favorite breakup song. - Harry Nilsson "Joy"
Day 21: A song that makes you want to break stuff. - The Prodigy "Breathe"
Day 22: Your favorite song from a movie. - I have a tie here. "Inama Nushif" by Brian Tyler and Azam Ali from the miniseries Children of Dune and "And now We Are Free" by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard.
Day 23: Your favorite duet. - Elton John and Kiki Dee "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart"


Day 24: Your favorite cover song. ELO "Roll Over Beethoven"

Rock on, Jeff, rock on!

( more to come )