what a difference a day makes...
Boy, do I feel lots better today!!!
Wow! Not that I feel like conquering the world, but this is WAY lots better than the past couple of weeks.
Has the new med and return to brand-name med kicked in this quickly? I doubt it.
Maybe it's just that today was appointed as My Good Day already? Possibly.
Is it just that knowing Doc is fully aware of and concerned about the severity of my struggles with depression? Most likely.
Whatever it is, I'm thankful. I've been headachy today. Sinuses are stopped up tighter than a D0lly Part0n outfit. (sorry Dolly, but...I mean c'mon!) I refilled the sinus med and need to ask Doc about whether I'm supposed to stay on this stuff, or at least how long I'm supposed to, since there are no more refills. Maybe he just didn't write many refills in case it didn't work? I dunno.
We've been to get Tucker's hair cut. WOW!! Do him wook beddah!!! Yes! Him doos! LOL!
He had a couple of really tight mats, the kind that are not so much tangled hair but are curls so tight they just wad up like they grew that way. Impossible to comb out, I'm here to tell you. So anyhow, he's trimmed a little closer than usual, which is fine, really because that keeps him looking better longer. I also had them trim his face more than we had been.
He's not quite as cuddly looking without his beard and mushy-tash, but that beard ends up all soupy when he's at the water bowl and it is forever getting those thorny burrs in it and THEN you have to dig those out! Gah!
Anyhow...I couldn't get a good shot of him, but here you go.
Sleepy and Fuzziful
AFTER
The New & Improved Tucker
I assure you, he's not as dirty as he looks in that first picture. All his apricot poodleness comes out when it hair gets long. Otherwise, you can't tell he was ever anything but white.
He looks so tiny!! We drove all over the place looking for a sweater for him. NONE to be found! Not even in the prissy groomy store! They're awaiting an order. By then, he won't need a sweater anyway.
Ah well. If he gets too cold, we do have a poodle coatie thing he can wear. He hates it, though, so we'll see. Maybe if he's cold enough, he won't dawdle around outside so much!
Hope you're all having a wonderful day! (Oh, and I updated below (or here) about the doctor's visit....it's gotten a bit buried now, though...)
Thanks for all the prayers!!
Comments
How does he feel about the poofy tail thing?
Posted by: Member Linda | February 22, 2006 07:03 AM
He don't much care.
I love it cuz it hangs over to one side and it's like a silent alarm for his feel-goods...
Irresistible when he's standing there looking at you quizzically and then suddenly starts shaking that little poof back and forth. Hilarious.
Posted by: G~ | February 22, 2006 02:17 PM
Maybe I should explain about his tail....it looks like it's just a poof in that pic, but it's not actually.
Tucker's tail isn't clipped. It's all original and so it curls over his back. That's just the brushy-wavy part you're seeing there.
I refuse to do a pom-pom on my poodle in any fashion!
Posted by: G~ | February 22, 2006 06:40 PM