She is wary of me now when I step into the room. If she even catches my eye, she quickly darts under the bed, daring me to try and fetch her. I understand her hesitation. For the last few days, I have been force-feeding her, giving her liquid meds and syringing out her nose and dealing with her runny eyes. Poor baby girl- she must really view me as her ultimate predator.
She quit eating last night, so now I slowly get her take her liquid meal complete with 200 mg of crushed L-Lysine. If I take Axle out of the room, she will sit by the door and cry until I relent and put Axle back into the bedroom with her. I don’t want Axle to get sick and so far he hasn’t- but I also don’t want to stress Tandem out anymore than she already seems to be.
I went to the docs today about my ankle. It has been a year since it flaired up like it has lately. The diagnosis is acute achilles tendinitus and according to Dr. B- my tendon is hot. He wants me to wear the boot for 8 weeks and he told me “I don’t want you to do much!” What does that even mean? I have a husband who can’t do anything, if I don’t do “much” we are going to be in a bit of trouble. He also wants me to take up to 8 advil daily (Yikes) and he gave me some pills so I can sleep. Better living through chemicals.
If this doesn’t work to calm down the tendon, then he will be injecting my ankle next. If that doesn’t work- it will be the radical way- the surgery. I really don’t want them to carve on me. I have already had enough surgeries in my life to last me quite awhile. If he does the injection, he says I need to wear a walking cast for 8 weeks afterward to immobilize the ankle. I am hoping the pills and boot work. he also wants me to learn to drive with my left foot. I don’t think that will even be in the realm of possibilities for me. My car isn’t made for you to be able to hitch your leg over to the passenger seat and drive down the road.
At least I still have two days off before i need to go to work. She only has me working two days a week right now if that. Summer time we are really slow-