Wed., Apr. 18, 2012 - No more therapy visits

Hardee has been on his new antibiotics for one week now, and they are not working.  He smells worse than ever, though the drainage seems to be the same.  In talking to the vet today, she has stopped all of Hardee's therapy visits.  We don't know what bug we are dealing with, and until we can get it under control (if ever), we need to be careful who we let Hardee come in contact with if they have weakened immune systems.  With some of the patients that Hardee visits at the hospice facility having compromised immune systems and Hardee having a very compromised immune system, it is just too risky to continue visits according to the vet.

Though we haven't been to the hospice facility for 1.5 weeks now for visits because of how Hardee smells, we will miss it terribly.  I loved seeing the patients' and the staff's smiles light up when they saw Hardee.  I loved the way our own smiles would light up when we would arrive at the facility.  We will miss visiting with the patients and the people we worked with there.  We also had a special home hospice patient that we really enjoyed spending time with, and she just loves dogs and loves Hardee.  We will miss her also. 

Since Hardee himself is on home hospice, I thought the hospice facility was the perfect fit for Hardee's therapy work.  It is where we felt at home, and it gave us an opportunity to take our minds off our own troubles.  I am so grateful to Nancy at the hospice facility for giving us a chance to do therapy work there, even though she knew of Hardee's terminal cancer and the associated problems that came along with his condition.  Thank you, Nancy, for giving us this opportunity.  You are great, and we will miss you most.  Hardee loved pulling me to your office after our visits were finished to get his treat from you.

Hardee had a successful weekend in agility last weekend.  He loved being back and running again.  He can run again this weekend if he feels up to it.  As always, it is all about joy and all about Hardee.  You know we wouldn't have it any other way