They are very sad. They cry all the time. I miss you, too. But I knew. We both knew. Momma says that today would have been your 27 Month Ampuversary. So in memory of you, she served me some Cheesy Eggy Goodness.
Here’s to you Big Brother
It was very good, and I’d like to say I’m sorry you didn’t get any, but you know….I’m a dog.
I still smell you everywhere in the house. When Momma and Dada came home that day, I gave each of them a sniff, and then I sniffed your pillow and Allie Gator that had gone with you. I knew. And they knew I knew. It’s been quiet here at times, but Nana lives here now so I’m with her during the day. She uses me as her excuse not to go out, now. I hear her telling all her friends and family. It used to be you, now it’s me. Everybody worries about us.
I smelled you outside on the grass the other day, and I couldn’t help but pee there. I probably should not have, but I’m a dog. Old habits and all, you know?
The Hairless Pup is all over the place now. I know you really liked her. She looked for you on your bed, but Momma says she is much too young to understand what is going on. Momma says she glad for the first 13 months of her life, she has pictures and videos with all of us together so she can tell her all about it later on in life.
All your stuff is still everywhere. I hear them talking about putting it away slowly. They say it is for my sake, so I won’t be upset. But I know it is really for them. They’ll be so sad to put everything away so soon. And they know that I know that they know it is really for them.
Momma says it’s only been 5 days, but 5 days too long. Here’s to you Butchey Hudson, here’s to you.
Here is a July update. Some stuff fun, some stuff not so fun. Fun stuff first!
So, we got to go up to the lake house and go swimming! Then, I had my 25th Month Ampuversary. Hooray! That was on July 14. Then the Hairless Pup had her BIG ONE. Then the day after that, Little Miss Perfect had her 7th birthday. Here are some pictures!
Swimming!!!
I sure did have a bigger butt when I had 4 legs. Lola just likes to dig in the sand. She is not a strong swimmer.
Lola….She’s always getting in my way.
Here’s the official family photo for the Hairless Pup’s one year birthday:
Notice how WE have hats on and The HP does NOT. She cried and cried when they tried to put the hat on her. Did we cry??? Nooooo, we were good dogs. But The HP did NOT get any cheese after either. So HUH!
They had a big shin-dig at home for The HP, and Lola & I were ‘quarantined to the comforts of upstairs.’ Or at least that was the spin they put on it for us. I suspect the plates of chicken wings and chocolate cake downstairs might have been the cause for keeping us upstairs. I do have a history with chocolate cake, oh so many years ago. I can still taste the sticky gooey frosting in my jowls. (Right before they made me puke it all up.)
And….Little Miss Perfect turned 7. Hmmmph. I tried to photo bomb her, but it doesn’t look like I was too successful.
Momma says Lola went and had a “spa day” for her birthday. She can’t fool me, I know what happened to her because Lola came back smelling all flowery and showing me her Brazilian. Momma says I got out of going, because I can’t stand on a grooming table with 3 legs and they give me a bath here at home every 3 weeks because of my skin allergies anyway. I guess there are some perks…and doG knows, I don’t need a Brazilian.
OK , so here is the not so fun stuff: I had my very last chemo treatment (I suppose that’s good stuff, depending on how you look at it.) I have developed a “cough” and I have developed a limp in my front right leg. I am not feeling like a spring chicken at the moment. Momma and Dada have upped their fuss factor over me. I can’t even take a pee in peace. Of course, I guess I never did, now that I think about it.
Also we have a had a few emails inquiring about some of my treatments. Here is a link to the mushroom stuff I’m on:
It’s me, Butchey Hudson. We are going to get fired from this blogging business, because our last post was in March.
But we are definitely posting today, because it is my 2 Year Ampuversary!!!
Momma says she can’t believe it, she is so happy she still gets to rub my belly and scratch my butt everynight. Even when I ask her for a bum scratch when she is sleeping. She loves me.
So – but of course – Cheesy Eggy Goodness. With candles no less!
Get those flaming things out of my eggs!!!
I cleaned the whole plate!
I even got presents! Momma got me a big squishy bone, and Nana got me a big squishy ball. I also got a new bed for my crate and new food bowl holders. Although, I don’t think those had anything to do with my Ampuversary. I pooped in my bed a while back, so I needed a new one. The food bowl holders might have something to do with the impending mobility of the Hairless Pup. Momma said something about easier to clean. But here I am tucking in to my new squishy ball after lavishing in my C.E.G.
I love squishy things.
Let’s see, what else? Well I actually had some shrinkage in my tumors a few months back. We gave Oscar and Felix, the unnamed ear lump and The Manitou a ‘what-for’. I had another two treatments of Adriamycin and that got us that shrinkage. But now I cannot have any more of that, so it we are trying Mitoxantrone. I have had two doses of that and we re-scan my lungs in a couple of weeks to see if it is working at all. So far, I am handling the treatments very well.
Other than that, I had some really bad allergy (tree pollen has been terrible this year) and skin issues that finally seem to be resolved (thanks to cephalexin) and I had the Clap again. :0( Oh well, that got cleared up, too (also thanks to cephalexin). So I am back to feeling good. Lola is still a pain in my tail. I get lots of scraps from the table (no carbs, though). Life is good! I’ve still been Rallying and earned my Veteran title. That’s for us dogs age 8 and over. Lola got some stinking big prize, too. Here is a picture of us. She’s such a show-off.
I hope everyone is doing well. I’ve been promised some swimming time up at the lake house as soon as the pollen subsides up there. Hopefully we’ll have some pics again real soon. Until then, enjoy some loungin’ time!
Yeah! Back to back milestones baby! Butchey Hudson here. Hope everyone in the New England area survived the earthquake last night. Momma says I am not a good watchdog because I didn’t even stir on the couch when the shaking started. Well what did I know, it sounded like that hairless pup ripping those big belches like she does.
Anyway – Yup, last Sunday I celebrated my 16 month ampuversary and then on Monday, I turned 8 years old!!! Momma and Dada went to some big place called Ikea and got me three of my very favorite soccer balls. I love them! I have them in all 3 colors, black, blue and red. Momma said my old ones were getting much too gross. She calls them “slobber sponges”. They had been washed, and sewed at the Stuffectomy Triage Center too many times. Here is a picture of me with my new red one.
Momma says I like to suckle them. She has a funny nick-name for me when I chill out on the couch with them, but she says that the name is inappropriate to be repeated here on Tripawds.com. I’m not sure what inappropriate means…because I like to smell butts. I guess humans think that is inappropriate, too.
I really really really love my soccer balls and I can’t go to bed without at least one of them. But sometimes I like to take other toys to bed. I really like big stuffed things. Last Easter, Momma got me Big Blue Bunny. He spends a LOT of time in Stuffectomy Triage, but he has it coming. Him and those big floppy ears of his, he is just asking for me to rip them off! Now, I have a little reminder for all you folks with Tripawds. Sometimes we need help getting up the stairs with our big toys. Of course, I can easily get up the stairs with my soccer balls. But Big Blue Bunny is big, and I have tripped going up the stairs when I drag him up to go to bed. So I have learned to whine at the bottom of the stairs and either Momma or Dada will come back downstairs and carry him up the stairs for me. I am not sure why they don’t carry him up in their mouths like I do. Must be because they have those thumbs. Sometimes I wish I had thumbs…but whining does work.
So what else…Oh Yeah. So my Auntie from Virginia came up to see ME, and I suppose Lola and the hairless pup, too. But she brought my cousin Charlie with her. (Big grumbling sigh). Momma says I was not on my best behavior. In fact, she says I was very rude to him. Well in my defense, he came in here with MY Auntie and then he tried to play with Lola. She is MY sister. MINE. He even posed for this picture with the hairless pup. The nerve!
Charlie and Tessa – Hmmmph – She is MY hairless pup
So I fixed his butt. Or at least I tried to. I tried to start a fight with him, but he wouldn’t partake. So I woofed at him, and then I dropped to the floor like my 1 back leg went out from underneath me. I figured everyone would think he was a bad boy and knocked the 3 legged dog with cancer to the ground. But he scooted off too quickly when I feigned my fall, and I think everyone was onto my clever ruse.
Momma wants me to mention that I am taking a new mushroom product to fight my cancer. I’ve been on it for about 3 weeks now. It is called I’m Yunity. There was a study released by U Penn in September I think. The study was done on 15 dogs with splenic hemangiosarcoma and had very good results. The mushroom is specifically Coriolus versicolor. The press release link is here, and the study link is here. She says we will keep posting in the blog about how I am doing with it.
Well that is it for now! Remember to keep those Halloween chocolate candies away from all your dogs when it is trick or treat time soon. Did somebody say TREAT????!!!!
Wow, it has been a while since we posted. I’ll have to bug Momma about that.
Today is my one year ampuversary! Momma & Dada are real emotional about it. They keep telling me how much they love me….AND I’ve gotten more belly rubs than Lola today! Ha! I wonder…how long is a year anyway?
In traditional fashion, we celebrated with some Cheesy Eggy Goodness. Lola got her own plate, so she wouldn’t try to thieve mine. Momma made us wear party hats. I’m not sure who Sponge Bob is, but Momma and Dada wore them, too. Me & Lola weren’t happy about the hats, but we kind of forgot about them when we got to (finally – after ALL the picture taking) eat our C.E.G.
So, things have been good. I had clean scans the beginning of May. Then I had a bout of some vomiting. That seems to be squared away now, or so we hope. Momma tells me to keep my paws crossed for good luck, but I can only cross the front ones.
I wonder…now that this big year has passed, will I continue to get special treats on the 14th of each month…..? I sure hope so. But maybe somebody could remind my Momma and my Dada, though please!
Here’s some more pics of me. I like stuffed things, especially big stuffed things….like my Big Bunny.
OK – Got to go. Momma says she promises to post more later, but right now she is wanting some cuddle time with me.
