Continuation of my continuation...!

 

Dr. Montoya, my neurologist feels with the two infections and two surgeries that I am having an MS flare.

"What causes Ms flares?

• Infection. Infections are the cause of about one-third of all flares of MS symptoms. " Urinary tract infections are common causes because some people with MS have reduced bladder function," says Dr. Conway. But any infection that weakens the immune system, like a cold or the flu, can cause a flare."
• Thanks to: https://www.everydayhealth.com/hs/living-better-with-ms-guide/triggers-that-can-cause-ms-flares/
• So she said to rest and take my medicine. I am being treated for a urinary infection, and the rosacea infection too, so two infections! No wonder I had a flare!

Moving on...

Here I sit at my computer with doctors telling me to wear my cervical collar. Dr. Montoya believes that I might also have a pinched nerve in my neck so she encourage it to be worn, and when I mentioned I am scheduled to see Dr. Getter the spinal surgeon next week she said it was a good idea. 

The funny thing is I have had that appointment for nearly two months, so nothing to do with my latest issues!

I was also told to wear the hand/wrist braces by that hand surgeon, Dr. Helgemo, and so I am wearing them too!

And to wear a bandaid over my left elbow while it heals, for cushioning!

I look as if I have been in the wars!

This is while I rest in bed, but it all takes on a new dimension when I get into my motorized wheelchair!

Glee does not ensue, but weird stares do!

Please be kind when you see me or others like me.

The best thing you can do if you care to is asking the person, "what's their story", and many will tell you exactly how they got that way. Many prefer that to be stared at, seriously!

Knowing why is half the battle.

All people had no choice in the matter.

It teaches children to not be fearful too.

Not all started out that way either, some did, but not all!

Although, I do believe my braces and cervical collar may be temporary, although I do not know for sure. 

Most helpers, braces, chairs, etc. are permanent... some are temporary, which is rather nice, but not always,...and that is okay too!

"Helpers", are the keyword, so necessary!

A good place to end it today...

 And so we must go for now.

Please be smart, as well as safe.

Have a very pleasant day.

Count those blessings, and we will too!

Next time, please be here or be square, ya hear!

Aussie, say good day!

I am Aussie, not being from Australia, but American-made, I will comply anyway for the fun of it, so I will say, good day!

I am called Aussie because my Mom asked a sixteen-year-old girl who had been looking at me in the crate at the adoption site that day what she thought I should be named? Mom apparently asked her age but not her name...ha! And without hesitation, the teenager had said, Aussie! She was just looking, by the way, so my Mom did not steal me from her.
We never did find out the girl's name, and Mom liked the name Aussie too. We have since found out that it is a very common name, but it is still just right for me! My parents think that I am uncommon though, some might say even unique! I do like that.
I am an Australian Shepherd. And here is an interesting factoid about me, I was supposed to be a miniature Australian Shepherd, but as you might know, I AM NOT! Although I am now three years old, so I am the baby, though I tip the scales at around seventy pounds, HA! I must admit, a very big one!
I was three months old when Mommy and Daddy adopted me. I had been taken out of a hoarder's home in the Carolinas with my litter. 
Below is my new PIC, which had been taken on the birthday that I share with my Dad, but Dad is much, much older than me!!! I was the first to be adopted, February 16, 2018, on his brother's birthday.

3 months................................................ 4 years

No tail/tale publishing, circa 2018.

Get it? I was born without a tail, preferable for all Australian Shepherds; only one out of five are born that way!

                                           

Hello, I am Bella in the picture above, a Maltese Yorkie, a Morkie, and I might be six years old. I am the middle child, so I am what you would expect, with all those idiosyncrasies that go along with all that! Being the only girl has its rewards, as well as difficulties... We are all rescues, so no one knows for sure our ages. I was turned in by my previous family, stating that I was misbehaving with their elderly dog, they had said I was driving him crazy! I was the second to be adopted on 8/18/18, on clear out the shelters' day!
Oh, by the way, my record's called me Belle, and so for no known reason, Mom decided I was more of a Bella; beautiful either way!

Please don't forget me, I am Chance, pictured above, a Bichon Frise! I am seven years old, so they think, and the eldest, and I like getting up early with Mom and Aussie. Bella sleeps in with Dad, till after seven most days, even later! I enjoy a good tug-a-war on the ropes that Dad had twisted for Aussie and me, and sometimes even Bella plays too! I was the last to be adopted, on January 23, 2020. 

I was wandering the neighborhood for days and then I saw Aussie and Bella in their living-room window, so I hung out there... 

The animal control lady had been called and came out to see if I had a chip I.D. with her machine, and Dad told her that he wanted to name me Chance. His reason being, that if no one claimed me, I want to give him a second chance! So that is how I got the name Chance! The Animal Welfare League checked me out and kept me for sixteen days until I was allowed to be adopted. Good evening?  

Easy as Aussie, Bella, Chance, now you got it!