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Sadly JJ died last Saturday, he had been ill for a few days, very listless and running a high temperature. The vet tried several treatments including anti-biotics but he wouldn?t eat at all after Wednesday evening. An ultrasound scan revealed cancer in his liver and a blood test also showed liver problems. They kept him in on Friday night to put him on a drip and although his temperature came down for a short time but he died in his sleep on Saturday night. Floods of tears all round, we just couldn?t believe how quickly he had gone downhill. Poor old JJ, he really was a lovely dog apart from his habit of greeting people by sticking his nose into their most intimate regions! He will be sorely missed. He would have been 12 this July so not too bad in doggy years?.
We are having him cremated and will scatter his ashes in the garden he loved so much.
Rokxy doesn’t seem to miss JJ although she frequently looks at passing cars, perhaps wondering if he is in one of them. I think she will need to have a new playmate soon, she did enjoy playing with JJ despite his advanced years they had a lot of fun together. The daffodils are out, many of the trees are now in flower (cherry, plum etc) so I guess we can call it Springtime, although it snowed yesterday (Monday 19th).
The grass has decided to put on a spurt, which would be good if the mower wasn?t in bits on the bench in the garage. Must get round to fixing it soon, otherwise Jan will have to cut it with shears or we?ll have to borrow a couple of sheep, still we can always freeze them afterwards!
Marc has been over for a few days and we made a determined effort to get the downstairs bathroom sorted. We have put in the shower tray, put in a false (insulated) ceiling, and insulated the 2 outside walls, so all I have to do is the tiling and a few dozen little bits and pieces??
One of the local farmers has offered to take away the roots of the trees we have chopped down. He bought his tractor round the other day to remove them but I still haven?t cut the trees up yet. He probably thinks I do nothing all day, if only that were true.
Rokxy was a bit subdued after she was spayed, see picture above, she was only at the vets for 2? hours. That lasted all of one day, then she carried on as if nothing had happened, it was hard work trying to stop her rushing around as she normally does. She was not bothered by the bandage around her middle (thank goodness), but it got very dirty in the 2 weeks she had it on. It took the vet quite a while to remove it as it was very sticky, a lot of fur came away with it, she was not impressed!
It?s been a busy (and expensive) time this month with many visits to the vet. Rokxy was inoculated against rabies the week before spaying, this entails two visits to the vet, the second to have a blood test, one month after the rabies jab, to ensure the vaccination has worked.
We took Rokxy for her blood test last week, she was a little bugger, even with Jan and I holding her she would not let the vet stick the needle in her leg! Eventually the vet had to drag her out of the surgery, literally! We didn?t see how they got the sample, which is probably just as well!
Marc flew home on the 13th (not literally, he got Easyjet to do all the hard work), he went by train to and from Gatwick (from Portsmouth), it was much cheaper than leaving his car in a long term car park.
I had to clean the car the other day, it was so dirty even the birds refused to crap on it! It is now restored to (almost) pristine condition considering it is 5 years old with nearly 90,000 miles on the clock.
Our (best) friend Pat has been staying for a nearly a week, he goes back today (Tuesday). He?s experienced a couple of really warm days and then snow, talk about changeable weather! We had intended to get out and about while Pat was here but with JJ passing away it has been a fairly quiet time.
Rokxy using Pat as a bed, he’s her new best friend as he always plays with her when she brings him a toy, unlike us, who frequently tell her to “bugger off, we’re busy”.
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- Hi, remember me/us ?
we got your xmas card s’il vous plait (yes, Ive still got some French o-level in me), and noticed the blog address and asking for news. Well, news is we sent your Xmas card to your old address so we’ll have to call this an e-card ! Funny thing is on the same day as yours arrived from France Jans arrived, and my brother Daves arrived without any writing in it (we only managed to associate it to Dave by his handwriting on the card and the post code) - yes, we’re all getting older and more forgetful including Dave ! new address noted.
I see Daves sent a comment separately so I might be reiterating news hes already commented on but here goes:
Sis Heather is nearing 50 in March, and works in Milton Keynes in the Library for about 20 years at a guess, bruv Paul married 1 kid Daniel about 7 works for BT in suffolk, bald - Paul that is !
Mum as you probably know died 80 years young a couple of years ago
Dad, still going strong mid 80’s
Me, married to Sue just gone 22 years (bugger sorry oh bless me, I just clicked “submit comment” accidentally when the mouse slipped so you might get this twice !! - my “Victor Mildrew” is that button is too close to the narrative section), I work near Dad in High Wycombe for a company that predicts bus arrivals to a bus stop, as a management accountant having gone through a transition from computing some years ago - too busy !!
We too lost “Misty” our nearing 16 years old Golden Retriever in September (she would have been 16 on Xmas day), always a puppy until she turned 15 she survived a couple of fits and a bad forecast from the vet in January, but contracted shoulder cancer around March when the (different) vet gave her around a month, she went on to survive another 6 with a limp until she stopped eating when the decision had to be made. We lost Kyrie (another goldie) about 8 years ago. Plan is to get another couple of goldies from January - note the association with goldies as yours with “labbies” - I seem to remember Jan & Muriel always had labs when I was but a boy, by the way I think Rokxy is a great name and with the obvious association.
Strangely enough I was just asking Dad about the Rokxs, and from your blog I think I just about managed to make out Janice, Fiona, Mary & Jan from the picture but it must be about 30 years since we last met ?
Hope you’re having a great time in France, and its a bloody (sorry good) sight warmer then the UK at the moment
Have a great Xmas and New Year
Rob & Sue
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