Ted E. Bear

Izzy reporting in. Mom  has been taking me for walks bright and early in the morning, like before 8 am. I am all for a walk, but I really do like my morning nap!!!! Anyhow, out the door we go and guess who we have met up with each morning? Yup, you guessed it, Grandma. 🙂  I think it all has to do to with Mom’s phone making a noise and Mom pushing buttons on it. Then out the door we go.

I am being good, I am really trying to heel for Mom. Do you know how hard it is to heel when a  rabbit hops right in front of me? It is really hard!!!! I try with all my might, Mom giggles then has me sit and watch. I wiggle and wiggle, then the rabbit leaves. Whew, made it through that. Then a squirrel runs up a tree, oh my godness, what is a golden to do? Yup, sit and watch.  After we go a block or so, the flexi leash comes out and I can wander, sniff, jog, prance, squat, and run back to Mom. We have such nice morning walks!!!!

Boy, oh boy, by now Mom has taken her sweatshirt off and is talking about how hot it is. I look up at her and say, “Yes Mom, it is warm out, but thank you for taking me for this walk. It is a lot of  fun to be with just you.” Mom and I finish up our walk and then I hit the spa!!!

After my time in the spa, I get back to my morning spot.

My morning snooze place!!!!

Until next time,

Izzy, signing out!!!!

Good afternoon all, Izzy here!!!! Last night we had a thunder and lightening storm. Oh my, I heard it coming and woke Mom up. I gave her kisses and told her I could hear it coming. She hugged me and said, “It’s OK, we will get through it together.” Up she got and downstairs we went. Hank and Missy went outside together, then Mom and I went outside together. It was not raining, but the sky was flashing.

All of us went back inside and Mom got the bag she sleeps in and her pillow and laid on the floor for me again. I snuggled up next to her and rested. Mom fell asleep with her arm over me. I didn’t seem to be as scared as I thought I would be with out Ted. But you know, Ted was such a whimp when it came to storms. He would hide in the shower or tub or even behind Mom. He would whine a bit, then bury his head in the pillows, like that would really help.

Maybe I am not as scared of the storms as I thought I was. I guess I will find out when the next storm arrives. You know, fireworks and firecrackers scare me too. I heard Mom talking and I get to go to Grandmas with Mom and Dad when our village has fireworks next weekend. I will be able to see them but hopefully the noise will not be that bad. I will let you all know how I make out with that.

Until next time,

Izzy signing out!!!

Woof, Woof, Woof, Woof!!!! Hi!!!! I am Ted’s litter-mate, sister Isabella. I am better known as Izzy. Below is a picture of Ted and I the day Mom and Dad brought us both home. Ted was the chosen one by Dad, I was the chosen one by Mom. I am on the left and Ted is on the right.

We sure did have some adventures together as pups. Mom, I think has already written about those adventures, so if you have not had a chance to read her previous pages and posts, take a look around this blog and you will learn a lot about the two of us.

5 months ago, Ted left for a couple of days. I was actually a tad jealous, he had Mom and Dad all to himself. Little did I know what he was going through. Then he returned, oh my, I thought. Ted what happened? Where did your leg go? I scolded myself for being jealous!!!! I decided that Ted needed me beside him. So I helped Mom take care of Ted. Everytime Ted moved, I was right there making sure he was ok. I was so happy how well he progressed and moved on his three legs. When Ted was ready, Mom took the two of out on walks together. It was so nice to be out and about again. What a long winter we had.

Ted was doing so well, he even went on walks alone with Mom. I decided not to be jealous this time. He deserved his alone time with Mom. Last week, Ted was having issues breathing. Then Wednesday, Ted took his last trip to the vet. I could feel that something was wrong. Then Mom and Dad returned without my brother and were in tears. I knew, I just knew I would not see my brother again for a very long time. We are all dealing with our lose and Ted is in our every thought.

Here is our last picture together.

Mom has talked with me a lot lately about what our life is going to be like without our boy!!!! She says that I will be even more spoiled than before. Boy did my tail wag then, of course I really don’t know how I could be spoiled any more than I already am. But hey, if she wants to spoil me, then I will let her.

I have noticed a few things already. Mom is using two different leashes with me on walks. We start out with the short leash and I have to heel. Man I really don’t like to do that. Don’t get me wrong, I love being next to my Mom, but I also love smelling everything and chasing anything that moves. Then, if I have been real good heeling, then Mom switches to the flexy leash. Oh boy, now that is the leash I really like. I can wander, smell, trot, and oh yes, pull Mom. Sometimes the smells or the squirrels just get the best of me. Then Mom switches back to the short leash and I have to heel again. This is all good with me though, I have a lot of Mommy and me time now.

I hope you will enjoy reading about my adventures as much as you liked reading about Ted’s adventures. It is definitely different with out Ted, but  I know Ted is watching over me, so I better be good. Mom tells me that we will all meet again some day.

I have upsetting news. Yesterday, after a very long night of listening to Ted breathe, we took Ted to his regular vet. Ted was having trouble breathing with his mouth closed and when panting, he used a lot of energy to breathe. The vet sent us to the emergency vet, the same place he had his amputation. To make a long story short, Ted was accumulating fluid around his heart. The fluid was blood. After the removal of the blood, Ted’s breathing did not improve. The blood returned as fast as they took it out. After much discussion about his prognosis, which was determined as poor, the decision was made to put Ted down. We feel it was the best decision as even with more testing, the likelyhood of him making more than a week was very slim. We believe he had one or two cancer cells that caused a major blood vessel or artery to burst. This was causing the chest cavity to fill with blood.

Ted had two purposes here on Earth. His first purpose was to help my family through the death of my father. Ted was only a puppy, but he brought great joy during a difficult time. He is now with my dad and my first dog. Ted’s second purpose was to help my husband heal after coming out of the hospital. Ted had his amputation  three days after my husband came put of the hospital. Ted’s zest for life on three legs showed my husband that it can be done.

The decision was a very difficult one, as some of you know. We put our feelings aside and made our decision based on what was best for Ted, what would be his quality of life.

Mom here again. We finally received the pathologist’s report on the cells in his bump. Great news, no cancer cells. He has an infection in that bump. So, benadryll is stopped, saline solution is still clearing his eyes till the discharge stops. Whew, what a relief.

This is Mom reporting in. About a week and a half ago Ted got a bump on the bridge of his nose. I attibuted it to a bug bite. I monitored it over the weekend, then called the vet. We agreed that it could be a bug bit, so benedryl was administered. The bump did not go down. Around the same time, Ted had swallowed a toy from the boys next door. He gave the toy back with grass around it, he threw it up. The toy was relatively small, size of a silver dollar, but had very sharp points on it. With that, Ted would cough every so often, which the vet and I agreed, his throat was irratiated by the toy.

Today, a friend called as she was in the house doing stuff, and said that, “Ted is not acting like Ted. He is having difficulty breathing and his eyes are red and running.” I immediately called my vet. I left work, got Ted and off to the vet we went. Ted was breathing fine when I got him, his eyes were blood shot and had a yellowish discharge.

Ted was such a good boy. He has a slight fever, which they say can contribute to the heavy breathing. There was a sample of the cells from the bump on his nose taken. The vet looked at them and said she did not find any abnormal cells, but is sending them away to a pathologist. I should get the results tomorrow. For now, Ted is taking benedryl 75mg 3 times a day for the bump. I am washing out his eyes with saline solution 2 times a day, and he is taking pepsid 2 times a day for his coughing.

Ted is now resting very nicely on the couch. I am hoping he gets a good nights rest and the bump goes down some by tomorrow and the report comes back in the positive direction.

Mom got the RV out yesterday!!! I am soooo excited I can hardly contain myself!!!! She is such a goofy lady, she got the hose out, the bucket out, the brush out, and the soap out. Next thing I know she is wayyyy up on top of my movable home. I was nervous for her. I was watching to be sure she did not fall.

Wheww she got back on the ground. She looked like she was petting the RV, but I really think it needed a bath. She had been mentioning that it was dirty, so I think that is what she was doing. Finally, I saw her again, she was on the other side of my movable home for a long time and I could not see her. Scrub, Scrub, Scrub.

I was waiting for her to say, come on, we are going for a ride. That did not happen yesterday, maybe today. Oh wait, she was talking to Dad and they have to work the rest of the week, so just maybe it will happen on Friday!!! I just love traveling in that big box. I get on the couch, look out the window and “chase” the cars as they pass. Oh what fun.

I added a picture of my movable home for you to see.

I just had to post a picture of me in the living room.

Hi to all my friends. I keep telling you about watching baseball and softball games. Well tonight was my night, I just knew it, I could feel it!!! Mom and I went for our walk to the playground. At the playground there was a little girl with her mom and another grown up friend. The grown ups asked to see me. Of course Mom brought me to them. The adults noticed I was different right away. The little girl, who will be 5 next week, never noticed I was different. The grown ups kept asking her about me and if I was different. She said, “Well, yes, he smells good and is real soft.” What can I say, I just smell better than any dog around. Woof Woof Woof. She never even noticed how I was different than other dogs. I was soooo happy. Mom of course told the adults about my troubles and the adults were soooo happy to see me and how happy and gentle I am. Then Mom let the little girl hang onto my leash and we walked to her car together.

Then I was off, I just knew I was going to put my feet on that softball field. Yup Yup, Mom let me off leash and I jogged around the infield a bit, then found the outfield. Sooo, here I am, sniffing and having a good time.

Ok so I hope you enjoyed the short video. Below I am relaxing in the cool breeze.

Below is the news release of the event, You will get a glimpse of Ted and I in the parade with the survivors. My husband  Tom is also in the parade.

Below there are numerous pictures of Ted and Izzy. Many questions were asked about each dog. During the parade I did hear the comments like, “He is a survivor too!”, ” Oh look at that poor dog, that is so sad!”, “Look at how well he is doing, that is amazing!”, and “Hey Ted, you go big guy!!!”

Mom loves to take me for a walk. We walk a variety of distances. No matter how far we walk, I always stop and start when we are almost home. At first she thought we had gone too far, so she shortened the walks. LOL Then she decided that we would stop and rest periodically on the walk. I do love that as she pets me all while we are stopped.

Now, as soon as we are on our property, she takes the leash off me,  I decide to lay down for a few minutes, then I decide that I should follow her. Of course we go into the house or on the porch. She is just too smart, she figured me out, I just want to stay outside. Actually I just want to be with her, outside is just a bonus. Mom will sit on the porch with me for hours, she keeps the door open to my pen so I can go in and out anytime I wish