“Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.”
(William Osler)

We took Joy to the vet again this past week for an ultrasound and, taking advantage of her being sedated, also a lateral x-ray.  The result?  The usual good news and not-so-good news.  [Read more…]

“A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.”
(John Lubbock)

It was a long, quiet weekend.  Pretty depressing, actually.  And probably worst of all for Joy, who had to endure being dosed with medicines twice a day that weren’t helping her feel better. [Read more…]

“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.”
(Morris West)

Though the sun is shining, a dark cloud hangs over The Peaceable Kingdom this morning.  Our educational groundhog, Joy, has taken ill.

Heeding Nature’s call, it is the time of the year for groundhogs to hunker down in their burrows to begin hibernation so there is nothing unusual about Joy going off her feed and spending even more time than usual snoozing in her self-made indoor burrow of old cat condo and towels and blankets.  While she will not truly hibernate in captivity, she will lean heavily towards torpor as the days continue to grow shorter; rousing at regular intervals to take a short walkabout and perhaps eat a few bites. [Read more…]

I think that I shall never see
A woodchuck quite as dear as thee.

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