nightmare during sleep and stress during awake...
hi again and thanks for everyone's wonderful support. i plan to catch up on all your blogs after doing this post.
i'm doing better since last post but the past few days have been still difficult and my mood is still shaky. yesterday was quite stressful for various reasons. and we did not sleep much last night, denzel and i. we were supposed to go to the country with elvis to visit a friend but this morning we we're too tired and stressed out from yesterday. yesterday was difficult but good for our relationship as i was able to be there for denzel dealing with some difficult issues with people in his life.
anyway last night was not good for sleep and i had a horrible dream about having the baby and the surgery. the baby did not appear in the dream but it was leading up to getting the c section. i won't describe the dream but it was not restful sleep.
then when i woke up early and took little elvis out i noticed he was walking strangely. we had taken him out at about 4am when we were not sleeping and he had been fine. he seemed to be limping by a few hours later. then we decided not to go away anyway and i got very anxious about whether to take elvis on an emergency appontment to the vet or wait and see how he was doing. i called two of his vet offices and talked to a nurse at one. from what she said it did not sound terrible to wait and see how he is in the next few days. he is eating normally and just as excited to go out on his walks. he doesn't make any noise of any kind of pain and his front leg that seems to be limping does not seem abnormal or swollen. he puts weight on it when walking and peeing. he's been resting most of the day and doing his usual stuff so i decided not to panic and stress him out by rushing to the vet and having to pay an extra 100$ plus the visit as they had no regular appointments left.
i just took him out again and he was happy to be out. he even will run a little on some of his walks depending whether he has just got up from a nap or not. so i'm hoping he just pulled a muscle or something like that. right now he is sitting reclining near my chair totally relaxed so i'm trying not to worry too much. i made an appointment with his regular vet for tues. morning so i might take him in then if he is still walking strangely...
the irony is that we ended up bringing him to the vet yesterday to have the technician put the flea and tick liquid on him as i was too neurotic to do it myself and was worried about the chemicals being pregnant. i also did not want to put it on wrong and have a bad effect on him. i never take him to the country these days so i had thought i needed to get him a collar but it turns out the vets all recommend this liquid stuff that goes into the skin as being more effective. it lasts for a month so i guess it's good he has it in case we go somewhere another time. but he was fine yesterday when i took him for that. they were very nice and did not charge anything to do that for him...
needless to say today i was too stressed out and sort of depressed to do much. i'm still feeling the mood but i'm trying to relax and not worry about catching up on any of the things i need to do. after all everyone else is vacationing and doing nothing and we would have been in the country. i admit i'm relieved we did not end up going as taking elvis would have been stressful for me, worrying about him being ok on the trip and in a strange environment.
he's my real baby. i think i must have been a dog in another life. these days when i walk around outside and see people with a stroller and a dog, my maternal instincts go out to the dog. looking at the baby in the stroller does not bring out any desire to hold the baby or coo over him or her. in fact i'm kind of scared of babies and toddlers these days. but dogs just make me smile.
i hope to do a comic strip soon as this blog was supposed to be mostly comic strip form but my mood and mixed state have made it hard to get to it...
i'm doing better since last post but the past few days have been still difficult and my mood is still shaky. yesterday was quite stressful for various reasons. and we did not sleep much last night, denzel and i. we were supposed to go to the country with elvis to visit a friend but this morning we we're too tired and stressed out from yesterday. yesterday was difficult but good for our relationship as i was able to be there for denzel dealing with some difficult issues with people in his life.
anyway last night was not good for sleep and i had a horrible dream about having the baby and the surgery. the baby did not appear in the dream but it was leading up to getting the c section. i won't describe the dream but it was not restful sleep.
then when i woke up early and took little elvis out i noticed he was walking strangely. we had taken him out at about 4am when we were not sleeping and he had been fine. he seemed to be limping by a few hours later. then we decided not to go away anyway and i got very anxious about whether to take elvis on an emergency appontment to the vet or wait and see how he was doing. i called two of his vet offices and talked to a nurse at one. from what she said it did not sound terrible to wait and see how he is in the next few days. he is eating normally and just as excited to go out on his walks. he doesn't make any noise of any kind of pain and his front leg that seems to be limping does not seem abnormal or swollen. he puts weight on it when walking and peeing. he's been resting most of the day and doing his usual stuff so i decided not to panic and stress him out by rushing to the vet and having to pay an extra 100$ plus the visit as they had no regular appointments left.
i just took him out again and he was happy to be out. he even will run a little on some of his walks depending whether he has just got up from a nap or not. so i'm hoping he just pulled a muscle or something like that. right now he is sitting reclining near my chair totally relaxed so i'm trying not to worry too much. i made an appointment with his regular vet for tues. morning so i might take him in then if he is still walking strangely...
the irony is that we ended up bringing him to the vet yesterday to have the technician put the flea and tick liquid on him as i was too neurotic to do it myself and was worried about the chemicals being pregnant. i also did not want to put it on wrong and have a bad effect on him. i never take him to the country these days so i had thought i needed to get him a collar but it turns out the vets all recommend this liquid stuff that goes into the skin as being more effective. it lasts for a month so i guess it's good he has it in case we go somewhere another time. but he was fine yesterday when i took him for that. they were very nice and did not charge anything to do that for him...
needless to say today i was too stressed out and sort of depressed to do much. i'm still feeling the mood but i'm trying to relax and not worry about catching up on any of the things i need to do. after all everyone else is vacationing and doing nothing and we would have been in the country. i admit i'm relieved we did not end up going as taking elvis would have been stressful for me, worrying about him being ok on the trip and in a strange environment.
he's my real baby. i think i must have been a dog in another life. these days when i walk around outside and see people with a stroller and a dog, my maternal instincts go out to the dog. looking at the baby in the stroller does not bring out any desire to hold the baby or coo over him or her. in fact i'm kind of scared of babies and toddlers these days. but dogs just make me smile.
i hope to do a comic strip soon as this blog was supposed to be mostly comic strip form but my mood and mixed state have made it hard to get to it...
Labels: anxiety, blogging, depression, doggie, insomnia, mixed state, pregnant, vacation
posted by marlena rivers at
3:39 PM
7 Comments:
Hope your havin a nice rest on this holiday Monday. I really understand the 'I can't be near anyone' thing...I live almost everyday in that state.
I hope Elvis is doin better...how old is he? I know that my dogs move slowly and limp sometimes but it's just cause they are getting older...arthritis, both of them take glucosamine (sp) it's good for the joints, and we notice a big difference in them.
Keep tryin you are doing a real good job with everything...
I around if ya need a shoulder to cry on...
hi ol' lady. thanks so much. elvis is doing better but still walking a bit funny. i think i may wait and take him in for his six month check up in the next week and do it all at once to save money. he's fourteen, soon to be fifteen later this summer and in great shape fo his age! how about your dogs? what kind and how old are they???
Our one dog is a huskey crossed with a wolf...his name is Dog :) we have had him since he was 5 weeks old, he is now 14 yrs old...he is a pretty good size (100lbs) over the last while his arthritis was getting worse so we started him on glucosamine and it worked wonders. He just had a check up a couple of weeks ago and the vet laughed when we told her about the glucosamine and then she pointed to the shelf behind me...they highly recommend it to older dogs.
Our other dog is a pure bread german shepherd, Toolie, she is 9 we have had her for 1 year...got her from an animal rescue that my friend owns...since she is getting up in age I put her on it (1/2 of Dogs amount)
Both of my dogs run around and do things that you usually only see in young dogs. The vet said if she didn't know Dog (been his vet since he was born) and she had to examine him and take an educated guess that she would put him at 8 or 9...he is very healthy and has lots of muscel.
Both of my dogs really don't know that they are dogs so please don't tell them :o they are spoiled rotten :)
Hope your feelin better sweetie...
Oh and Toolie is about 85lbs...so both of our dogs are just little lap dogs :)
Sorry you arent resting.. And sorry tos ay its very common.. I can't tell you the number of really really horrible horrible dreams I had while pregnant. They and not just about the pregnancy or just about the upcoming c section just about everything in my life. SOme nights i'd wake up in a panic and crying.. It was not pleasant at all.. I hope you get some rest!!
hi
i need help my dog will not sleep
please help
cutie,
i tried to email you but you don't have an email address.
i recommend you call your vet. i cannot help you with your dog. i know nothing about him or her and not sleeping could be related to a medical condition. i understand how scary it is when your dog seems in distress and it's important to get help from professionals and find out what's going on.
good luck and i hope your dog is ok...
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