Monday November 5 update

Monday November 5 Woke up this morning and again tried to sleep until a bit later.. 8:00am but was woken up by the barkers. But - the good news is the Ernie slept by my bed last night. Yay. And when I woke up he was still sleeping peacefully and deeply. So I tiptoed past him and went and started up some coffee. It was past the time he should get his morning meds, but I figured having him sleep was better for him, and well I guess there is a lot of comfort in watching your dog sleep. In fact I probably have a few hours worth of video of him sleeping. "Look - keep watching. In 5 minutes he will twitch... Its so cute, don't you think". Of course I still haven't found anyone that is as interested in watching my dog twitch or dream or snore or whatever. But who cares. I like it. No I love it. So when he finally opened his eyes and slowly got up I saw that he had slept so soundly he urinated in his sleep. He has done this a couple times before - since he has been on the prednisone. No biggie, I cleaned it up and it was on the wooden floor so it only took a couple of seconds. Since he is a dog he had no idea what had happened and enjoy the bonus early morning massage he got with the towel as I dried him off. Very grateful for wooden floors. Much easier that cleaning urine off of the carpet. Not too hungry this morning ... gums still a bit pale, but he still seemed ok. Came home around 2:30pm. Tried some food after letting he and Charlotte out. Not that interested... Made some fish sticks - and mixed with his food. He ended up picking through it and eating the kibble! So I fed him just that. He really was more interested in playing w/ his ball! Its his latest obsession. So while I was trying the whole food thing, Charlotte was trying to get her share. I gave her some and tried to keep getting her out of the way. I could tell ernie was getting a bit annoyed with her. But pretty much ignoring her as usual. So i was getting ready to go back to work and saw Ernie out of the corner of my eye chewing on his ball, and charlotte walked past him to go under the rocker. And he turned and snapped at her and she screamed. I freaked out not knowing what had happened (if there was a bite) and i smacked Ernie and yelled. I just reacted. I didn't hit him hard or anything but, I did smack his back. I felt bad :-( and bad for Charlotte. I retrieved her and she of course was terrified, so i calmed her and she ended up getting a big ole piece of fish. Seriously... not what I need right now!!! So i hung out a little longer and let things chill back to normal. Ernie was still chewing away at his ball like nothing had happened. After work when I got home, still not a lot of interest in food, but i did get him to eat some pizza, and some Blue Buffalo kibble, cheese and some dog treats. He was restless all evening. Rounding up every ball he could find and panting and looking for 'something' and just regular unease. So I decided to try a frozen bone which he hasn't wanted in forever. And... he loved it. He pretty much attacked it with gusto for a bit. And then lost interest. But its ok - at least he did spend some time chomping away at it. Its super late tonight and I need to go to bed. But we ended up going for a walk at 10:30 to try and get rid of some energy. He did great and even tried to chase a cat. And then tracked its scent for awhile. I think the chemo has given him super charged smelling powers. That dog can smell ANYTHING. TOmorrow is his recheck. Praying the blood values are GREAT.