OK, so I’m easily amused … and endlessly curious
By Gina Spadafori
September 6, 2008
I spent the day dealing with a bunch of things I’ve been meaning to get to for about a year, like finding cheaper cell service, dropping all the extra channels I never watch but pay for anyway, getting my taxes ready so the CPA can do them, and so on. I hate dealing with financial stuff, so it tends to sit around.
As part of all that financial housekeeping, I activated a new cell phone I accidentally ordered while I was on book deadline. Turns out it costs nothing to keep the extra line around, but would cost $200 to cancel service to that phone. So, I have have two cell phones now. No, I don’t need two cell phones, so maybe the pets can have their own.
I snapped a picture of McKutie as a screen-saver for the new cell phone, and when I looked at it, I laughed.
How does the phone company know that McKenzie’s sister’s name is ‘Sprint’? And why does the phone company insist on using Sprintie’s name under McKenzie’s picture?
As I said, I’m easily amused.
For a different picture, how about this one? Heather, from last week when I was so worried about her. The radiologist said not only did she not have cancer, but that her elbows looked pretty darn good for an almost 12-year-old dog.
I finally got over to the vet hospital this morning to pick up the disk. Yeah, I know: It’s weird that I like to look at this stuff, but I do. (If you look, you can see that Queen Heather had a very good breakfast that morning.)
She is still a little bit gimpy on that side, but not too bad. Heather’s going to see my friend Dr. Signe Beebe for some acupuncture to see if that will get my old girl feeling great again.
By the way, if you want to see ALL the X-rays, click on the elbow image and I think a slideshow will pop up. (No guarantee.) Hey, I paid for them, so we might as well all enjoy the show.
Gina, only you would have an x-ray slide show on her blog that people actually look at - I love it!
Heather certainly does look good from the inside.
Comment by Laura — September 6, 2008 @ 8:38 pm
So I am not the only one who keeps and looks at their dog’s x-rays. My rescue Chinese Crested dog came with a bad hip from a hit-by-car. He has had 2 surgeries but now can run and jump! I have a large folder with all his x-rays. Sadly, only my vet tech friend seems interested in them!
Comment by Susan G. — September 7, 2008 @ 7:35 pm
Hey, one of the most popular games among my cadre of breeder friends is “guess the hip score.”
Several of us are a lot more accurate than the vets who take the radiographs — for both OFA and PennHIP.
If they are going to sell us digital radiographs, they have to expect that we will play with them. (BTW, you can get a perfectly good photo of a film radiograph with a digital camera — details available to anyone interested.)
My dogs’ photo albums include the adorable puppy pictures, the noble portraits, the exciting action shots — and the insides of the dog.
Comment by H. Houlahan — September 9, 2008 @ 7:28 am