July - What a Month

Life back in Cuenca has not been dull this month.  It started with a great 4th of July Party at California Kitchen.  As there are fireworks most weekends here they were not missed, but the food and fellowship was great.

The puppies are growing like weeds.  They are about 7 pounds each now!!

Most of our adventures this month have been medical.  It started with finally getting correct diagnosis on Iggy.  The limping just was not getting better with glucosamine and so our vet around the corner, a great guy, told me that the other opinion I had gotten was absolutely wrong, Iggy did not have an issue with arthritus but it was either a tendon or nerve damage.  He referred us to Dr. Freddi Carpio on 10 de Agosto.  Dr Freddi examined him and determined that the knee was dislocated and that he had torn the tendon in the knee.  The only recourse was surgery.  Surgery scheduled and completed. 

Jack and I both seemed to have been bitten by either fleas or a spider.  Mine got better but his did not so off to the doctor.  He prescribed antibiotic as Jack's bits appeared infected.  So Iggy comes come from the hospital with stiches.  He proceeds to chew the stiches out on a Friday night and off to Dr. Fredi's hosptal at 11 pm!  New stiches and 5 more days in hospital. 

Four days latter we were back to see Jacks doctor. He said those are not spider bits shingles and oh by the way, why is your arm swolen and dark red?  Off to the ER for ultrasound and X-ray.  Guess what, you have a blood clot in your left arm.  Yes shingles on the left side and a blood clot.  Gee we have a very nice room for you upstairs.

Now back to Iggy.  He had an allergic reaction to the new stitches and now has metal ones, 5 more days in hosptial all this while Jack is in one too receiving blood thinning shots and shingles treatment.

Get Jack home from hospital with ongoing treatment for the clot, Iggy is still in the hospital, now with another set of stiches as even with one of those plastic cones he managed to get to the stiches.  Now his leg is in a cast with new stiches and as of today, Sunday July 31, he will be there until next Friday....

In between I did manage to stop and smell the orchid that is just startsing to bloom in our garden.  I get up at 6 AM and let the puppies out, feed the birds and the puppies and crawl back into bed.

Jack is getting stronger but the treatmes leaves him pretty tired.  We have managed a few dinners or breakfasts out and are looking forward to the end of the treatment and confirmation that the clot is disolved.