Hey Babe,
Had a good night sleep, did a bit more than half of Lola's PT exercises this morning, felt like she needed to get used to me handling her before we tackle a complete session. After we took our morning walk and I put her back in the camper, I went out to feed the horses, and when I got back, I found her by the water bowl outside, meaning she managed to open the door, go down the stairs and move to the water bowl all on her own! Guess that means she's doing better! Had an evening walk, with just a tiny poop and lots of pee, but she wasn't putting much weight on her leg again. I gave her a red light treatment and more massage in the evening, hoping that would help. I mostly spent the day doing research on flights and travel arrangements for my Peru trip. I received confirmation from the outfitter that they have room for me, and started the process of signing up. I rationalized that there really isn't any reason for me to limit my vacations to once a year, and there's so much to see in this world, why wait? Who knows how long my health will hold out? Need to do it while I can! Otherwise, a pretty quiet day, not much else going on. Just waiting for a package now, due on Friday. If I had known it would take so long, I wouldn't have ordered it, but now that it's on its way, I guess I'm staying through the week. It will be good to see Joyce, she's due back on Sunday anyway. So it's a waiting game. I need to get hay, and I ordered a prescription from Walmart from Lola which I thought would be done today, but I never heard from them. More to track down tomorrow. Meanwhile, good night, my darlin'! Love you!

Hiya Darlin',
I slept deeply with earplugs since we're on a fairly busy road, and there are so many critters running around, I figured there must be a rooster around here somewhere! Got my morning chores done, took Lola for a walk with her new harness, which is really helping her, and she peed right on cue. I made her a bit larger breakfast today, since she's been eating her snacks better, and she ate about half of it, which is much better than the last week. Finally headed out for our noon appointment with Paws Rehab, and had a fantastic 90 minute session! I learned all about what exercises we need to do, and also confirmed some of the stuff I've already been doing, so I feel comfortable we're on the right track. I canceled the appointment with the second vet that I had scheduled for tomorrow, figured I've gone about as far as I can go in figuring out how to treat her. Afterwards, I brought her back to the camper, then headed out again to Tractor Supply to pick up horse feed and propane, and Walmart for a few things, including Cheez Whiz, which I discovered was a great pill delivery device, both of which are only about 5 minutes away and right next to each other! Easy peasy! I was planning on picking up hay, but the hay guy wasn't available until later, so I decided to skip it. I suddenly realized I have no reason to say here any longer and could head out to another campground, until I remembered I had ordered Lola more Carprofen, and it's not scheduled to be here until Friday, though it's only coming from PA, so it might show up earlier. So I'll get hay tomorrow (everyone is haying right now, we've had several beautiful sunny days, and no rain in the forecast until the weekend, naturally), and I have to figure out where I would go anyway, since I don't want to go back south to Blackwell, which was my original plan. No problem, there are plenty of horse camps around, I just need to find one with open dates, or is first come, first served. Just as I got back with my groceries, I was told my package had just arrived, it contains the new end for my 50 amp extension cord, so after putting everything away, I started working on that. That turned out to be a much longer job than I expected, but it was my own fault. The old cord had the end all sealed up, no screws and no way to get it off, but I tried anyway. After using a razor knife, screwdrivers for prying and my little Dremel, I still couldn't get it off completely, so I finally gave up and just cut the end off, which is what I should have done in the first place. Once I did that, it wasn't long before I had it all put together, though it was a struggle because the screws were in so tight, I had to use pliers just to turn the screwdriver! Finally got it all together, plugged into the 50 amp circuit, and viola! I had power! Happy about that, too, since it's been very sunny and hot, and the inside of the camper gets pretty warm inside when it's sunny, so the AC came on pretty quick. It was 6:30 by the time all that was done, so I was happy to settle down for the evening at that point. I did take Lola for another walk around 8:30, and we went all the way around the house and back through the barn, and she peed and pooped along the way! Definitely feeling much better these days! I have high hopes for a full recovery, at least to the condition she was in before she fell down the stairs. Anyway, time for shower and bed. Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hi Sweetie,
Woke up before my alarm and got busy, finished packing, hooked up and headed out, with one stop at the RV dump. Managed to get out around 9:30, had an uneventful trip to Joyce's near Indianapolis, except for rubbing up again a big rock she has at the end of her driveway. Oops! Just a scratch, hardly noticeable with all the other scratches this poor trailer has acquired over the years! Got the trailer settled in and the horses are sharing a pasture with an old black horse and a couple of donkeys, but they all seem to be getting along just fine. I didn't have enough 50 amp cord to reach, so I used the 30 amp adapter, only to discover there was no power coming out of the 30 amp outlet. Joyce's brother Bill came by and checked the circuits, and the 50 amp works, but my 50 amp extension cord has a burnt out end, so I had to order a new end, which should be coming tomorrow. Was thrilled when FedEx arrived with Lola's new harness, it wasn't due for another day or three, so I was able to put that on her. When we first got out of the truck, I got help from one of the boarders here, and she did a nice little walk and pee. After I put her harness on, we walked again with that, and Lola seems to really be gaining some confidence now. In fact, just now, she was scratching at the door, so I put her harness on again and we took and walk and she finally POOPED! Yay! And not just one pile, but half a dozen. She really IS gaining confidence! So happy! I'm still getting her evaluated tomorrow, though, to learn what else I can do to help her, but I think I can cancel the Wednesday appointment, it seems it will be surplus to requirement. Anyway, had a pleasant evening, even though we had some rain (which was most definitely NOT in the forecast!), and won't be long out of bed! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hiya Sweetie,
A pretty good night sleep, though a repeat of last night, though at about 5:30. Managed to nod off again until my alarm. Did my chores, managed to get Lola out for a quick pee, had breakfast, then went up to the vetting area around 8:45 to get brought up to speed on the pulse timer job, which I then performed for the rest of the day. Lola still hasn't eaten anything except for the pill balls I've been giving her, and a few biscuits, but she's been ignoring whatever I put in her dog bowl. Can't say I blame her, since she hasn't done her dooty duty in a couple of days now. Not sure what I can do about that, she just can't seem to hold herself in a position to accomplish that goal at the moment. After the potluck dinner (surprisingly had two deviled eggs leftover, which never happens!) and the ride meeting, I got back to the camper, took care of the horses, watched one episode on TV, used the red light on Lola's span and gave her a bit of a massage, still hoping she'll show some interest in going outside, but I'm not going to push her. Tomorrow I'm scheduled to be pulse timer again for the morning, then in the afternoon I'll be going out to start taking down markers. The day passed quickly, and I'm ready for an early bedtime. Good night, baby! Love you!

Hi Babe,
Weird night sleep. Lola woke my around 3:00, took awhile to get back to sleep, finally managed it, but ended up getting up late again. Spent most of the day trying to find Lola a Physical Therapist somewhere north of here. Turns out I'll be skipping Bloomington and heading straight to my friend Joyce, who lives west of Indianapolis. I've contact multiple facilities around the middle of the state, including Purdue University Veterinary Hospital (who isn't accepting new patients until JULY!! Really??), and I'm having difficulty finding someone who can get us in. I finally managed to make an appointment for next Friday with a woman who lives very close to Joyce, but who won't be around to do followup, though she said she would teach me what to do so I can keep it up after the appointment, but I don't know how Lola is going to manage until then. There's also another facility I'm going to try to call tomorrow, also near Indianapolis. Today when I took her out, she collapsed on her hind end while peeing, then barely made it back to the trailer. It hurts her when I help her and hurts her when I don't help her, I feel so helpless! I ordered a special harness that is supposed to help, but that can't be delivered until next week, so I'm still at a loss as to what to do. I put the heating pad on her, and today I finally managed to do a red light treatment. I don't know if it will help, but she definitely seemed to have a reaction to it when I used it. Don't know if it was good or bad, though. I moved the horses from the hitching rail on the back side of the trailer to the front side where they're supposed to be, since according to the reservation page, someone is coming in next to me tomorrow. I also took down the highline, and made deviled eggs for the potluck dinner tomorrow. By the end of the day, the campground was mostly full. I was assigned my volunteer duty as pulse timer tomorrow and ribbon retriever on Saturday, had dinner with the other volunteers (a very small group!), stayed for the riders meeting, then back to the trailer. Tried to get Lola out again, she came down the stairs, fell down, cried, and wanted back up the stairs. I sure hope she can hold out until next week! This is pure torture, for both of us! Anyway, finally settled down for the evening, off to bed soon. Good night, darlin'! Love you!

Hey Sweetie,
Had a good night sleep, and was very glad that whatever was wrong with my knee yesterday has resolved itself. I don't know if it was the Aleve, the knee brace, or my red light treatment, but I had no mobility problems with it today at all. I put the horses on their anchors first thing, got my chores done, but when I tried to get Lola outside, she was having a serious mobility problem, so I let her stay where she was. She wasn't interested in food at first, but eventually ate her breakfast. I had hoped to ride today, but when I looked at the radar, a massive front was moving up from the south, arrived around 10:30, and stayed around most of the day, so that plan was out the window. I ended up reading and watching TV, and also washed Lola's bed, which was pretty stinky, but I haven't been able to get her in it. I tried a couple of times to get her to go out, but she yelped every time, even when I gave her three gabapentins and half a carprofen, so she hasn't done any business in over 24 hours now, which worries me. Can't wait for our acupuncture appointment tomorrow, I have high hopes it will do her some good. It certainly helped our old dog Billy years back, and hoping for a good result here as well. Anyway, a very laid back day, and I didn't even get bothered by the ranger about the horses today. Ready for bed! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hey Darlin',
Was up just after 7:00, took a couple of Aleve for my leg, wrapped it up in a knee brace and got busy packing up. I took it slow and easy, just one step at a time, and managed to finish up at the dump and down the road by 10:30. It was only about a half hour drive, avoiding the twisty, windy route for a better route just a bit farther south, and after a few false starts (not a lot of room to maneuver), I managed to be in my site by 11:30. My first chore, even before getting the horses out, was to hook up electric, fill my water tank, and start some long overdue laundry! Once that was done, I got the urge to do some housekeeping, also long overdue, dusting and vacuuming and Febrezing, so that it actually felt clean for a change. Finally, I got the horses out on anchors so they could munch on some grass, and got Lola out of the truck. I don't know if she's doing better or if I'm managing her pain better, but she didn't have any episodes overnight, and only had one brief incident where she screamed for a moment. I gave her three pain pills last night, and she did manage to sleep until morning. Fingers crossed she's improving. She certainly takes off walking fast once she gets in her rhythm, and hasn't had any problem doing her business, has been eating and drinking well, so everything else is good. I have high hopes that the acupuncture will help. Meanwhile, I slowly managed to get everything set up, including a highline between a couple of trees, which is what I did last time and no one had a problem with it, but late in the evening a DNR guy came by and told me I had to tie them to one of their ridiculous and dangerous pipe hitching rails. Not happy about that! Under the rails is nothing but mud with all the rain, not to mention muck and old horse piss, and I think these things are an accident waiting to happen. But I had no choice. I'll put them back on anchors tomorrow, see what happens, but for tonight I put them on the rail. It's so hot and humid I'm having to run the AC, so I'm glad I have electric, just not too thrilled with the horse containment system here. Oh, well, it's only for a week. Surprisingly had time to relax, read and watch TV later in the day, thought I'd be busy all day! Also surprisingly, my leg seems to be doing much better, barely a twinge once I got going, am curious whether it was because of the brace or the painkillers. I'll know better tomorrow! Off to shower and bed! Good night, my love!

Hiya Sweetie,
Slept late again, though Lola had another episode around 6:30 this morning. Did a little packing, took the paddock fence down since the boys seem to be doing fine on their anchors, but otherwise it was a rest, read and watch TV day. Unfortunately, at one point in the afternoon, Lola climbed up on her bed box, and was fine for awhile, but then she tried to move and had another episode. When I tried to help, I ended up twisting my knee a bit, so now I'm lame, too. I'm doing the ice, compression, elevation routine, and it's helping a bit, but I'm afraid I'm going to be challenged for the next couple of days as well. Oh, joy! Drizzly and cloudy all day, had about five minutes of sunshine. Didn't pack as much as usual, but I'm only going about 20 miles, and I don't want to get there too early, plus I'm hoping my knee will feel better in the morning, so tomorrow should be a challenging day. Not every day is a picnic on the road, but I still wouldn't trade it for anything! Good night, baby! Love you!

Hey Babe,
Had a pretty good night sleep until Lola tried to move around just after 4:30 and woke me with her screaming. I had given her a couple of pills at 11:00, hoping that would help her through the night, but we didn't quite make it. I got up anyway, helped her as best I could, then as it got light, I moved the horses out of their now well-worn paddock and put them on their anchors on the front side of the camper. I fed them, and later in the day, moved their water bucket down close to the metal hitching rail that they provide. Not something I would ever tie my horses to for two weeks, but with their anchors, it will keep them from overgrazing the waterlogged grass. They were fine all day, so I decided to just put up a hay bag on one of the trees here, and let them stay like that all night. I'm hoping they'll be okay. Meanwhile, I gave Lola her pills, put the ice pack, then heat on her back, and she eventually was ready to go out a do her morning piddle. I'm still using a towel to help her stay upright, but she does seem to be getting around a bit better. It's just when she loses her balance and drops the wrong way that causes her pain. I gave her a couple of massages during the day as well, and once again, in the evening, she managed to do both her duties. When she looked stable enough, I took off the towel and she started really motoring. She was headed straight for the campers uphill from us (lots of kids and animals up there!), and I had a heckuva time turning her back to the trailer. She was really moving, I had a hard time keeping up with her, but I finally managed to get her pointed back to the camper, using the towel to get her back up inside. I spent the rest of the day reading and nodding off in my recliner, though I don't know why I need to get so much sleep since I haven't been doing hardly anything physical. Switched over to TV once my eyes got too tired of reading, and won't be long out of bed again. Good night, my darlin'! Love you!

Hiya Darlin',
We both had a good night sleep last night, I'm happy to say! She seemed to be somewhat better today, so I kept the same pill regime and once again spent the day with her. She managed to climb up on her raised bed, but when she tried to get back down, she started screaming again. I put on the ice pack, then heat, then a massage, and she seemed to do better after that. Once again, at exactly 7:00, just like last night, she wanted to go out, and I walked around with her. At first, I had the towel around her, but she was moving okay so I took it off but stayed with her. She managed to do her duties again, and settled down once we got back in the camper. Not much else going on today, just reading, finished the Rob Lowe series, started watching Citadel but quickly abandoned it, since it was obviously nothing but violence and gore, and started something sillier for a change, Drop Dead Diva, which looks like fun. Rained most of the day, quit for a few hours, now it's back to raining again. There's actually rain in the forecast for the entire next week, which is quite the opposite from the last few months, where everywhere I went was in a drought! I don't actually mind, it's always pleasant to listen to rain on the roof, and it's a good excuse to stay with Lola. Horses are getting wet, and unfortunately, they're kind of tearing up the grass around me, but I plan on moving them again tomorrow if I can. Headed to bed after tea. Good night, sweetie! Love you!