12/02: Home
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
We arrived home today. Watching the weather forecasts paid off. On Monday, we left St. Augustine in sun, drove through about an hour of light rain in the early afternoon and arrived with the setting sun in Beckley, West Virginia. It was below freezing in Beckley with a dusting of snow on the ground but the room at the Howard Johnson's was warm. On Tuesday we left Beckley in sun, saw a few snowflakes in Pennsylvania and was back in the sun when we arrived in Burlington in the late afternoon. Given the winter storms of late, we couldn't have asked for better weather.
We stopped to visit my mother in Burlington. About 11pm we decided it was time for bed. Zaph tried to stand and promptly fell over. Other than lack of balance, Zaph seemed OK. After managing to get a few hours sleep and determining the Zaph was the same, we decided to hit the road and drive to our vet's office in Hanover. The vet's not sure what's wrong with Zaph but thinks it could be an inner ear infection or Idiopathic or “Old Dog” Vestibular Disease. We left the vet office with antibiotics for the possible ear infection and hopes of improvement in the next day or so if Vestibular Disease. The best way to describe Zaph is to say that he looks like a drunken sailor when he tries to walk.
Good news, by bed time Zaph was starting to walk better. He still falls over if he tries to shake or scratch while he's standing.
Are you wondering what our yard looked like when we arrived home?
Our neighbours, Rob and Ellen given perspective to the size of the snowbank. Rob says the snowblower can no longer blow snow over the snowbank.
We stopped to visit my mother in Burlington. About 11pm we decided it was time for bed. Zaph tried to stand and promptly fell over. Other than lack of balance, Zaph seemed OK. After managing to get a few hours sleep and determining the Zaph was the same, we decided to hit the road and drive to our vet's office in Hanover. The vet's not sure what's wrong with Zaph but thinks it could be an inner ear infection or Idiopathic or “Old Dog” Vestibular Disease. We left the vet office with antibiotics for the possible ear infection and hopes of improvement in the next day or so if Vestibular Disease. The best way to describe Zaph is to say that he looks like a drunken sailor when he tries to walk.
Good news, by bed time Zaph was starting to walk better. He still falls over if he tries to shake or scratch while he's standing.
Are you wondering what our yard looked like when we arrived home?
Our neighbours, Rob and Ellen given perspective to the size of the snowbank. Rob says the snowblower can no longer blow snow over the snowbank.