Tinkie A.D.

A bridge between the hands and the heart…

Hello Kiddies, in advance sorry this is so long!!

Well I am sorry I haven’t updated before now, been kinda depressed and frustrated the last several days, but I am hanging in there.

I did NOT get my teeth trimmed on Friday as expected I was so upset about not having my teeth done when I woke up on Tuesday from that very weird nap I had at the vets and although I wasnt’ looking forward to doing it again I want it over with. My mouth has been bugging me.

Anyway we called in the vet on Friday as we had a tentative 3pm appointment and Mamma was told it was a no go She did not understand why so sent out a somewhat crany email to the vet only to find her computer was not letting her send email, OMG what next? Finally around the late afternoon she got it working and then we had to wait to evening to get our reason why everything was delayed.

So this is the scoop. Dr Dave wants to use a different sedative than they normally use, but this one is very expensive and is usually bought in a bulk tray of 10 vials, they have used it before its good, but I guess there are cheaper options that are nearly as good so they never use up the vials so they don’t order it. So they have been calling all over the area to find a vet who will sell them a vial so they do my procedure (Dr D thinks they will have better success sedating me with this drug and its super safe where as the alternatives are stronger but not so safe on older/weaker animals Those were his words. so this stuff has to come by mail via a controled substace provider and it takes a week if they got to order it plus the whole 10 vial thing. Uh OH!! So I think we are still waiting….

The other thing that happened is the next few days after my partial sedation on Tuesday is that my teeth really started to bug me. I laid my face on the pillow one night in bed and there was a huge wet mark come up and I kept licking and grinding my teeth so Mamma gave me Metacam but I still tried to chew off my own bib I was so upset, so she held me for half an hour until I could calm down enough to go to sleep. I kept grinding my teeth for a few days and needed the Metacam, but it only works for 12 hours but you can only give it every 24, its not safe to give it more frequently. I wasn’t too happy

So the scary thing is that both Dr D and Dr Deb are now worried I got something more serious going on with my teeth as tolook in there they don’t look bad enough to be bothering me that much, like possibley a bone infection, or arthritis or who knows what and he wants to take xrays, but Mamma has said no to this for right now. although this scares the cwap outta Mamma she realized we can’t really go down that path anyway. I wouldn’t be able to handle any kind of surgery that is for sure and even the long periods of antibiotics I can’t handle either, it would all be too much and way to risky for me so what can we do? Not to mention things financially are extremely tight for the rest of the year anyway and now we already go a huge bill, it doesn’t make sense to do the xrays to have results that are just gonna upset her and she can’t even persue treatment. So we’ll wait for now.

So very controversially (desperately actually) Mamma has started to experiement with me and an alternative HERB that is known to stimulate appettite, especially in very sick people like cancer patients. There is no studies or data for bunnies and this herb so mamma is treading very carefully with very small doses. My first one I did get a wee bit sleepy, but not too much and then I did eat some salad on my own and later that day I sat in her lap in the truck and she hand fed me tons of greens. We were both so hopefull that we had finally found something that would help me out, but each dose since has not created any eating at all Mamma is so confused and frustrated that it appeared like it would work and then the next days no results. She is gonna talk over all this with Dr Deb on Monday as she is the herbal expert. We’ll see what she thinks. she had talked about this special herb with Dr Deb and Dr D before they both thought in therory it should work, but have no experience with it so she is on her own again.

With all that has been going on Mamma has managed to squeeze in an extra mash feeding each day and she and Daddy think I feel thicker up top again but my weight is still .9kg I was on my skate board yesterday and Daddy came around the corner and her found me on my back again and when he picked me up my eyes were darting  side to side just like the begining of head tilt!!

Mamma stayed calm and they took me over to the table by the window so they could get good light and see into my ears, sure enough in each I had a huge plug of wax again. So Mamma got together all the cleaning stuff, the q tips, the ear cleaner, the tweezers and Daddy carefully tried to pick out the plug of wax. Now my ears are so tight, even the vet finds it impossible to clean my ears,  but finally after a half hour or so of both them trying, Mamma finally successfully got them clean, even Daddy was super impressed as Mamma has such a hard time seeing up close. And you know what??? The eye darting instantly stoped after my ears were clean. mamam thought all the digging around in there might have inflammed it more temperarily but nope I was fine right away although they were pretty red. Its very weird how I am so sensative to a bit of wax build up, this is three times now my mini head tilts have been cleared up with ear cleaning.

OK enough of all that CWAP, now for some exciting news!! Mamma got contacted by some lady who works for a TV show/ Web site (Get Married.com) who is launchign a semi anual magazine in October. its mostly a planning guide for brides I think but anyway they got this pet section and sure there is a lot of dog stuff out there, the lady freaked out when she happend to find our Tinkie Couture on the net!! Hehe, that’s right she loved the wedding dress and the tiara! So she wanted Mamma to submit her photos for them to use in the mag. The only sad thing is they don’t want to use the pic of me in the dress cause I was very sick then and its sad not happy for a bridal mag so Mamma said she’d try some new pics of me and if we couldn’t get an upbead photo she’d make a new dress that would fit Puds.

After two days of sewing an alterations Mamma got a dress that fits both Puds and Gracie and would you know it, Puds was a complete poo head when it came to taking the photos and Gracie was like an Angel!! She was working that dress like any super model from Milan so I think its gonna be Gracie as the new and fresh face of Tinkie Couture in the the fall release of this magazine. hehe we even got movie clips of her hopin around the deck in that dress, OMG how cute, she didn’t freak out or nothing. It was so funny Daddy had her on a card table on the deck as taking the picture and all of sudden Gracie goes leapin off the table and ran over to her sand box so she could pee!! LOL what a good girl and she didn’t even get the dress dirty. She is so pretty. I feel bad my photo in the dress won’t be used, they don’t want to see a crippled sick bunny in a wedding dress And I feel bad for Puds, she was so excited about the idea of being famous, but I think Gracie really deserves it, this photo she looks so lovely, it won’t be one of the photos submitted, Mamma just thought she looked so lovely here she wanted to show you guys. Way to go Gracie!! ( I will encourage Mamma to hurry up and post a little vid of Gracie running around in the dress!!, OMG it so cute!!)

Oh and fianlly here is an old movie from last month I think that finally Mamma has gotten around to getting together for me. No fun music in this one, just a quick shot of me getting in my cart.

Ok so that’s it from here for now. We’ll go on a nice stroll in the stroller later today I think it will be nice, but right now its time for my mash. I love you guys!! (( smooches )) xox T

Trinket with Dougie at Big Bay Ontario

Hello Kiddies!! Wow did I have a very full day yesterday, Holy Cwap, it was a lot for a wee “invalid” bun

Well I guess that is the newest medical technical term for my conditon~ invalid, and I don’t like it!!

Ok on with my report. So yesterday was going to the vet day so that I could get my weekly acupuncture and check up. So this Mamma insisted we try some heavy duty appetite stimulants seems its been over a month anyway since I’ve stopped eating but with sporadic nibbling. My weight is down to 1 kg again but at least it doesn’t get any lower. So Mamma gave Dr Deb two of her researched suggestions and Cyproheptadine was finally agreed upon and Deb gave me a dose right there in the office. I have to say she is a great vet, but not so good at giving a bun oral meds!! Hehe, Mamma told her she sucked at that and then Deb laughed and blushed, Geese Mamma that’s my main medical care giver, way to go makin her feel bad!! Naughty Mom! So a couple hours later I did start to eat a lot better that I usually do. Mamma thinks it works but is worried about having to use it too much, long term would not be a good thing for me and would probably cause other problems. so we’ll proceed slowly and see how things go. My herbs were increased a bit for the tummy and the dizziness one was put back to once a day seems there is no more signs of any head tilt!! Yay for that

So Mamma has also suspected the pus is back in my urine and sure enough Deb said my bladder points were very active, so I got acupuncture for that and was given antibiotics by needle again. I hate it but we can’t have the infection getting ahead of us again, right now things aren’t too bad so hopefully it will clear quick. The big issue for me is seems I’m paralyzed on the back when I do my poopies I’m draggin myself around in it, if I’m wearing a diaper or in my cart I use the ladies pad, so its natural no matter now often Mamma changes me that I get contamination from that, so that is how I am getting these e.coli infections. Its a big problem in paralysed pets. So we have to just deal as best we can I guess.

Other than that Deb thought I look quite chipper yesterday and both Mamma and Daddy agreed I was having a pretty good day. Mamma discussed that a lot of my problem is depression as I loose more of my ability to get around and she has asked Mamma to consider my quality of life. Mom told her she has noticed if she keeps me with her and lots of snuggles and now that I sleep with her in the bed, I am much happier and depression is not bothering me, but if I am left in my hutch cause Mamma is having a busy day I am quite depressed and have trouble managing on my own. I like to be hand fed better then left on my own too. So Deb says she has to shift her perception of my care now and think of me as an invalid and take those steps to keep up with my needs. Well both Daddy and Mamma have been doing this and things are getting a bit better. Deb even suggested one of those carrier or slings a person wears over their shoulder so the baby in hanging in front of them, but mamma worries about the added pressure on my hiney, seems there is not muscle there anymore we have to be careful of pressure sores.

So I spend alot more time in my soft pet bed and Daddy put a third leg on my cart with a wheel on my weak side. It looks weird but it helps to give me more support on that side. Mamma still has to get some photos of that yet. And I’m in diapers a lot more, they seem to be keepin me dyer and cleaner now that I’m not moving around much on my own anymore.

So then on the way home Mamma and Daddy decided to take the scenic route and made a few stops to take some pics and enjoy the beautiful place that is our neighborhood! I’ll share  a couple of the photos here but the rest will be in my profile album on bunspace. Yesturday’s photos will be under “Near our House” http://www.bunspace.com/bprofile_photos?bunid=5086.

Here is a favorite of mine but it has a funny story with it!! Mamma has never heard a bunny fart, until yesterday and OMG how embarrassing!! I guess she was squeezing me too tight or something, but I let is go and it was at least 3 or 4 seconds, Mamma thought I let go a bunch of diarrhea or something the way it sounded, but not it was all Audio!! hehehe

Laura and Trinket near Big Bay Ontario

OK, this was taken a cute little parket about 10 km from our house, its Georgain Bay in the background and there are few islands out there too, this rocky beach goes for miles and miles but there are all high end cottages and homes along the water, but here is a nice bit reserved for the public.

The only nasty thing about this little jaunt was when Mamma was carrying me down to the water she stepped right over a snake and didn’t see it. Mamma is big fat chicken with it comes to snakes, but this one is harmless, but Daddy saw it and told her where it was so then on she was all nervous and couldn’t enjoy the beach. On the way back to the truck Daddy took the snakes picture and then Mamma found it when she was uploading the pics to her camera, Oh boy there was some swearing then!! Daddy you are naughty!! No smoochies for you!

So Daddy had to go back to work last night and I had to go with Mamma into town again to drive him to his truck at the shop!! “thump” I was not up for another hours drive, but Mamma won’t leave me on my own no more! She says she could tell I started to get depressed again as soon as Daddy told me he was going again. I was so happy when he came home and I was smoochin on him like crazy this weekend, I guess now that I’m getting more poorly I miss him so much more. Mamma says I was clearly missing him this week and perked right up when he came home. Daddy says maybe he could stay home with me and Mommy could go drive the truck! UM….., NO!!  That’s not a good idea! hehe.

Oh and he was mad at Mom about being on the couch alone without me this weekend seems I started sleepin with Mamma. His last night home, she held me out for my bedtime kiss and he kissed me so nice then Mamma puckered for her kiss and she got ASS!!! hehe Daddy’s  ass is not pretty like a bunny butt!! hehe, well it wasn’t his real butt, it was a cranky face though and then finally she got her kiss. Well you know he has been very mean this weekend, Daddy told Momma SHE had a big ass, mind you she did say that HE was HER ass first! But I have to say he was treading on thin ice with that one, not too many times can a guy get away with tellin his wife she has a big ass unless she did first say that he is her ass. She gave him some serious disapproval anyway all the while he laughed his ass off.     ~OK I have successfully used ass a lot in this paragraph, hehe I was feelin naughty!

OK I can’t remember anymore of what I wanted to share. I’m hanging in there and Mamma will give me more of that appetite stimulant this afternoon and we’ll see how I eat then and I go back on Thursday for another needle

I love you too Mamma xox

This was my favorite photo of the day, I just had to share it!! hehe she is makin her scrunched up bunny face!!

Laura here~Well since I have been ignoring my old blog on aloradesigns.ca, I have been spending way too much time blogging for Trinket my dwarf bunny that used to be the official hostess for my store which I closed in Feb of 2008. Well not all was lost even though I was officially goofing off, I have become way more computer savy and have learned a few new tricks. For any of you that checked out my old blog, this is now a major upgrade!! My plan is to keep you updated on Trinket’s progress as well as my own, so consider this a joint blog for both of us. I know, crazy bunny lady, but right now she is such a huge part of my life and the whole art and jewelry thing is pretty much on hold until things start to pick up in the economy. So I’ll add a picture of Trinket for those of you that haven’t seen the poor wee bun in ages. She is partially paralyzed on the rear end now so she spends her evenings in  a wheelchair cart!! Spunky little thing isn’t going to let anything keep her down!!

This is me just a few weeks after getting my wheel chair cart!! I am gonna go!!     

    I  don’t let anything get me down. xox T