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George’s Rotting Neck: An Update

Back in March George came down with a severe infection. It turned out to be a double whammy of E. coli and Staph. In case you can’t remember, it looked like this (I’m just linking to it because I don’t want that nasty glaring you and me in the face). We gave him all sorts [...]

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Why Prolonged Steroid Use Is Bad

We heard back from the vet today regarding George’s numerous biopsies that he had last week. Turns out the remaining skin issue is due to calcium buildup, which is due to his prolonged use of high-dose steroids, which we’ve been giving him due to his nose issues. Hey, it’s not cancer! Which is what I [...]

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Things That Suck #3032-#3035

Waking up Sunday morning to find your fridge dying Not being able to reach your “emergency maintenance” contact Not being able to save all the food Your dog peeing in three different spots in the house

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That Smell? Yeah, That’s George’s Rotting Neck.

We got the culture results earlier this week, showing George had E. coli (yeah, I’m all “What the fuck?!”, too) and a staph infection. Both of these are common, even residing in small amounts on our skin naturally. Since George has been on a rather high dose of Prednisone for a while now (to combat [...]

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Updates 03-06-09

One Work is super-crazy. Not in a ‘I’m always so busy my head isn’t on straight’ way, just that it’s totally insane the stuff we deal with at work. It’s like the underbelly of education and I had no idea it was this fucked-up. Two George isn’t doing so well. He’s developed some sort of [...]

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