9-22 To the Vet we go

Going to the vet

Flo turned 13 a little over a week ago and her back legs are very weak, she can only stand for a short time and she can't walk too far without them giving out. Sometimes she has problems getting off the floor and we have to help her up, she also limps off and on. We have been giving her pain pills daily to relieve the pain. Last week Larry called her vet's office and made an appointment to see if there is something more we can do for her, this morning was the day to see the vet. She told us that we might have to take her off the pain pills because she has been on them a long time and they can cause liver damage. She took some blood from Flo to send to the lab to see if there was any damage, we should have the results tomorrow. She gave us enough pills for the next five days. Larry explained to her that we know her days are numbered and we want to keep her as comfortable as she can be. She agreed with him and she just wants to make sure that Flo is healthy. The vet did a full exam and said that Flo's heart sounds great and that she would give us a call tomorrow with the results of the lab tests.

After seeing the vet we went to town to do a little grocery shopping. I'm making another batch of the Chicken and Black Bean Bake so before going to the vet I timed our oven to bake the chicken while we were at the vet, when we got home it was almost done. While I was putting the groceries away Larry moved the Minnie in front of the garage and plugged it into power. We are going for a weekend square dancing trip to Tool Texas. When he got into the Minnie he found out that the rearview mirror had fallen off. He had read that when this happens people either glue it back on or use an industrial strength double stick tape to attach it. He had some of the tape so he decided to use that, as  he was pressing and holding the piece in place the windshield cracked, guess he must have been pressing a bit too hard. He went to YouTube to see if there were any videos on fixing the crack and sure enough there were a few. He watched a few of them but he will have to wait until we got back from our trip to work on it. 

In the afternoon I loaded up the Minnie with clothes and some of the food we're taking on our trip. Tomorrow I'll finish loading the Minnie. I also completed the Chicken and Black Bean Bake. Today is Thursday so we had to be at Sun City for our A2 lessons with the Sundancers at 5:00. Larry had a few packages waiting for him at The UPS Store so we left  the house at 3:40. As we were leaving I fed Flo her dinner considering we weren't going to be home until after 9:00. We learned another four moves, we have now been introduced to 12 moves. A2 lessons are for an hour and then the Sundancers continue dancing for another hour and half. They asked Larry, Belinda, Dorothy and me to stay so they could have two squares for their A dancing. They were shy one person so they had one of us dance with them a tip and helped us through the moves we didn't know. We had a great time. On the way home we stopped at Denny's for dinner. This week we shared the Zesty Nachos. It was so big that we couldn't finish it. It was a good nacho. When we got home Flo was laying by the door to say hi. After saying hi I gave her a little snack. After relaxing for awhile I worked on my book and played computer games.