Swollen Maddie

My poor baby. Look at that pitiful face. 🙁

I took Maddie in for her annual shots yesterday afternoon. I finally found a vet I liked in town and she was due for her fair share of poking.

She did great. She played well with the other dogs in the waiting room, never barked at any of the staff, and only had a minor case of the shakes when the doctor examined her. She passed every test with flying colors and even received a few compliments for her cuteness in the process.

I was one proud Mama. 🙂

Unfortunately, post-vet Maddie didn’t do so hot. Right after I left for yoga last night she had a little incident where she decided bring back up all those treats the vet gave her and, after I returned, I noticed her face was beginning to swell.

I panicked for a second, then called the vet. Since it was a shot-related incident she recommended I bring her in just to be sure.

The staff at the doggie ER were great and immediately took Maddie back to be examined. They pumped her full of benadryl and steroids while I filled out paperwork. It was only a matter of minutes before I saw her smiling, happy face again. Luckily, the swelling and drugs didn’t dampen her spirits. The swelling went down almost immediately and we were free to leave after 20 minutes of watching to make sure she didn’t another flare up.

I was instructed to watch her and give her a half of a benadryl pill if the swelling returned. She’s a little tired this morning, but otherwise doing great. 🙂

The emergency vet visit resulted in a late night, but it didn’t stop me from waking up with my alarm clock for my 10 miler this morning. I was up and out the door before the sun rose.

A graham cracker with almond butter and chopped dates acted as my running fuel.

I drove to a nearby trail because I didn’t want to have to deal with circling the neighborhoods around me to piece together the distance. Trails are easy – just out and back without much thought to it.

This was my first double digit run since April and , admittedly, I was a little nervous hitting the trail. When you’re marathon training you start to look at 10 mile runs as ‘short long runs,’ but when you’re not knee deep in it – 10 miles can seem like forever when you’re at the beginning. I tried to push all of that out of my mind and took it a water fountain at a time.

2.5 miles to water fountain #1…. 1 mile to water fountain #2…. 1.5 miles to water fountain #3…

Turn around. Repeat.

The water fountains broke the run up and made it feel the teeniest bit bearable.

It wasn’t my fast 10 mile run ever, but I finished and that’s what counts. 🙂

I had started the run at the perfect time. I was sweaty and hot, but I didn’t feel like I was going to die in the heat. Taking the extra effort to get up early to run in Florida is ALWAYS worth it!

I had a repeat of Wednesday’s Fig-erriffic breakfast this morning.

• Quaker Life
• Mini Shredded Wheat
• Vanilla Yogurt
• Fresh Figs
• Lemon-Fig Cake crumbles (totally caught Derek still some from the fridge yesterday. maybe he does like lemon cake. 😉 )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!!

Today my Mom is turning 35! (for the the 12th time 😉 ) Doesn’t she look great?!?! 🙂

My Mom actually had a minor surgery yesterday and is resting comfortably at home today (some birthday present, right?). Why don’t we all give her a little birthday cheering up by tweeting her Happy Birthday today? I know she’ll get a kick out of!

Just tweet: “Happy Birthday @PACUCathy! “ and let her know she rocks. 🙂

Oh, and did I ever tell you my Mom is twin!

Happy Birthday Aunt Liz!!!

What?! They said they wanted Meals and Miles shirts for Christmas. 😉