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From the SSDS (same shit different day) files… On Friday the puppy was still beet red so we went back to the vet’s office and left her there. We pretty much told them not to call us until they figure out what’s going on with her. A few hours later the vet who owns the… Continue reading Exhaustion Reigns

The vet neglected to tell us that our little red puppy might not return to her normal color for a week. We learned that this morning after another night of worry that she was getting worse because the rash had gotten redder yesterday. Sometime this afternoon I realized I still feel like shit. I also… Continue reading Aaaghhh, Spoke Too Soon

Yay! Puppy is better too, swelling is down but she still has a rash. We’re both still on drugs. It was a busy day of catch-up for me. I need to continue my travelog and post more photos. Maybe tomorrow. In the meantime, I’ll leave you with this gem my colleague got in her email… Continue reading Better Today

I’m sick and have been since Friday. At first I thought it was seasonal allergy/hayfever thing. It turned out to be a tenacious but mild cold virus of some sort. Sneezing, stuffy, headache, intermittent low grade fever. You know the kind, not enough to prevent you from doing stuff but just enough to drag you… Continue reading Sick Monday Blahs

Let me start with a disclaimer by saying that I have no idea if these observations hold true for all of Germany. I only visited a small area (consisting of a number of small towns with large stretches of farmland between them) northeast of Stuttgart for a short period of time. *Everything was very clean… Continue reading Observations of Germany