Sad news in In the Kingdom of Suzu

My son had to put his dog, Jack, down last night. He started having episodes where he was choking and then he started falling over. After the incidents he would be fine but the episodes were happening more and more. He took him to the vet to see what was up and found out that the nerves in his neck were getting weaker and weaker—he had noticed that his bark wasn’t the same and he had been propping his head up—the vet said that he was really having a hard time to breathe. He also had a heart murmur that had gotten worse so it was only a matter of time. The vet said it could go either way, he could give him medicine that would calm him down but then what would the quality of his life be like so my son made the decision to have him go. Jack did have a good, long life—he was 12. PrincessE cried a bit, LittleMan doesn’t quite get it but my DIL took it hard my son said. RIP Jack.

In other news, I have been home from work since Tuesday with a cold or viral infection. My whole body aches but the dr said it wasn’t the flu. Told me to take MucinexD, Advil and gave me a cough medicine. I feel a little better today but feel wiped out trying to do the simplest things. I have been living on chicken soup cuz I have no appetite. I probably could go to work Friday, but I just don’t feel like pushing it. I was scheduled for court for tomorrow, but someone else can cover. I had to cover for someone the last couple of weeks so it all works out. Next weekI have a pretty big week of court so I think it is best to just pamper myself. I think this is the first illness I have had since my masectomy and knee operations so I think my body just needs extra rest.