Lloyd The Dog
Ligbok of the draw Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Our boy...
Kurt Vonnegut was about as articulate as you can get. He made the language sing...and dance. And when the lexicon didn't cover what he needed to express, he expanded it by inventing words like "wampeters," "foma" and "granfalloons."
I've found myself in need of a new word to describe something with which we are all familiar: good luck at a time of bad luck. For instance -- if you get in a horrible car accident yet somehow survive, you are both unlucky and lucky. Afterwards you can be lying in a hospital bed in a full body cast and the first thing your friends will tell you is how lucky you are. It's weird but they're right. To the best of my knowledge there's no word to describe this unlucky/lucky phenomena so I'm just going to call it "ligbok." The ligbok I've been experiencing relates to Lloyd the Dog and his cancer.
When Lloyd took ill we called his regular vet, a very good man, who (as it turned Out) was on vacation. Bad luck, right?
Only if you're not looking for ligbok. Because we had to find another vet and when we did, she had had a dog who had suffered from exactly what had befallen Lloyd. Others may have taken precious extra time to diagnose Lloyd but Dr. Liz Wilcox was ligbok from above and so she gave us the absolute best chance to get our boy to Cornell, where they tapped and drained the fluid that was smothering his heart. Cornell is the best veterinary care facility in the country and by sheer ligbok, we live nearby.
Lloyd's old vet was almost forty minutes away, the new one is only ten. It isn't good for him to take long drives -- particularly if his condition becomes acute. By the grace of ligbok Lloyd has had his commute for health care has been reduced by 30 minutes.
Lloyd's old vet was excellent but not holistic. Dr. Susan Farmer's Bath Veterinary Hospital is a holistic facility. So Doc Farmer and Doc Wilcox have helped Karen come up with a diet and supplements that, as of today, have Lloyd spry and happy. Karen and I would have tried to take a holistic approach anyway but because of the Bath Veterinary Hospital, our one-stop ligbok headquarters, precious time was saved and maybe by more sheer ligbok, even more precious time will be bought.
So the next time you get hit by a bus, pray that the next think that strikes you is ligbok.
Now the Lloyd update: he really does seem to be doing fine. He had a great walk in the woods this morning. He slept out on the lawn for an hour or so before he came in, had a snack and returned to the sack. He's playful, vigilant about intruders on his turf and eats up a storm. At night we all sleep together on the floor and he's incredibly affectionate. His endorphin therapy continues apace and he loves all the extra petting it requires.
Compared to a week ago, things have really settled down around here. We have lots to do to try to give Lloyd the best possible chance. He is cooperating magnificently. Karen and I feel much better but most importantly, Lloyd is going strong.
I've found myself in need of a new word to describe something with which we are all familiar: good luck at a time of bad luck. For instance -- if you get in a horrible car accident yet somehow survive, you are both unlucky and lucky. Afterwards you can be lying in a hospital bed in a full body cast and the first thing your friends will tell you is how lucky you are. It's weird but they're right. To the best of my knowledge there's no word to describe this unlucky/lucky phenomena so I'm just going to call it "ligbok." The ligbok I've been experiencing relates to Lloyd the Dog and his cancer.
When Lloyd took ill we called his regular vet, a very good man, who (as it turned Out) was on vacation. Bad luck, right?
Only if you're not looking for ligbok. Because we had to find another vet and when we did, she had had a dog who had suffered from exactly what had befallen Lloyd. Others may have taken precious extra time to diagnose Lloyd but Dr. Liz Wilcox was ligbok from above and so she gave us the absolute best chance to get our boy to Cornell, where they tapped and drained the fluid that was smothering his heart. Cornell is the best veterinary care facility in the country and by sheer ligbok, we live nearby.
Lloyd's old vet was almost forty minutes away, the new one is only ten. It isn't good for him to take long drives -- particularly if his condition becomes acute. By the grace of ligbok Lloyd has had his commute for health care has been reduced by 30 minutes.
Lloyd's old vet was excellent but not holistic. Dr. Susan Farmer's Bath Veterinary Hospital is a holistic facility. So Doc Farmer and Doc Wilcox have helped Karen come up with a diet and supplements that, as of today, have Lloyd spry and happy. Karen and I would have tried to take a holistic approach anyway but because of the Bath Veterinary Hospital, our one-stop ligbok headquarters, precious time was saved and maybe by more sheer ligbok, even more precious time will be bought.
So the next time you get hit by a bus, pray that the next think that strikes you is ligbok.
Now the Lloyd update: he really does seem to be doing fine. He had a great walk in the woods this morning. He slept out on the lawn for an hour or so before he came in, had a snack and returned to the sack. He's playful, vigilant about intruders on his turf and eats up a storm. At night we all sleep together on the floor and he's incredibly affectionate. His endorphin therapy continues apace and he loves all the extra petting it requires.
Compared to a week ago, things have really settled down around here. We have lots to do to try to give Lloyd the best possible chance. He is cooperating magnificently. Karen and I feel much better but most importantly, Lloyd is going strong.
