This weekend was a blur.
We were supposed to see friends on friday for dinner but at lunchtime I just wasn't feeling the vibe of getting dolled up to go out to dinner so I cancelled. Felt bad, but in the end, the other couple had similar feelings.
I thought I would take the big boy for a walk - just him and I as the puppy can be annoying to him on a walk and he doesn't really get his true exercise, not being able to walk at his own pace. We headed out after I finished for the day, going for a decent walk with a final stop at the park for a run around. I let him off the leash once we got to the park so he could have a sniff around on his own. We stayed for a few minutes and then headed home.
Later that evening, when my son got home from his dinner, around 10:30, he went in to see the big boy and say goodnight and something was wrong. He was unable to stand and his head was bobbing around. His pupils were dilated and his heart was beating really slowly. We rushed him to the emergency hospital in town (about 30 minutes away). They did some tests on him as they expected that he had ingested marijuana. His urine test came back negative but they said, it could be a false negative as he was still presenting with the signs of THC toxicity. My baby. He must have found weed in the park. The vet recommended that he stay with them for the night, get IV fluids and they could run a few additional tests.
I didn't sleep a wink on friday night. Saturday we sat around and just worried about big boy. The puppy walked aimlessly around the house looking for his buddy. The hospital checked in with us a few times on saturday and said that although he was improving with the IV he was still showing some neurological deficiencies. :( My baby. The vet said that it still looked like THC toxicity, even though the test was negative. They suspected it was likely an edible.
Sunday morning at 6am I called them and they said, he looked much much better and if we wanted to take him home, he was well enough to come home.
I was absolutely relieved. Thank GOD!!!
That dog is my world. I got him when I started working from home over 7 years ago so we are together all day, every day. We have our routine, our ways, our life. I know I don't have him forever but it was way too early to even think of saying goodbye.
One thing I know is that he is overweight. He's a lab!!! he loves food (like his momma) and as dog parents, we reward and show love with food! Well, that has to change.
He needs to slim down a bit so we can keep him as healthy as possible.
So he will be joining me in creating a healthy lifestyle and healthy eating habits. It's going to be hard with having the puppy here as well, as the puppy gets so many treats with training etc. But it has to be done.
For me, my eating has been on track. There was stress over the weekend but I still managed to eat under control. The IF is going awesome. On saturday I broke my fast at 3pm and then shut the window at 7, so 20:4 for that day! I'm trying to do an 18:6 fast day and so far it's going well. I find myself less hungry and eating within that window is good. I'm trying to make sure I'm getting a good amount of protein and fat during my eating period to keep me full for the remainder of the day. I'm going to check my blood glucose later this week and see if there are improvements.
My weight was 170.4 this morning. Down 3.1 from last week. There could be some stress loss or PMS loss in there somewhere as well, but as of now I'm excited about that.
Close to getting over that wall, once again!
