WOO HOO it's Christmas in July - UPDATE July 8 - Day 28

HEEEEEYYYYYY Everyone... it's me again....  Check me out sayin HEY.... hehehehe

Okay, so oh my gosh...  I can't believe how great my week was last week.  My mom got a call from my hospital friends and they said I had not one but TWO big boxes that came for me in the mail at the clinic.  Can you believe that????  I couldn't imagine what was in them but I was super excited.  Anyway, my Dad's truck had some dumb old belt break on it and it wasn't running right.... I didn't even know trucks wore belts... sheesh...  anyway, so Dad took Mom's Jeep to work all week so me and mom and all of us were stuck at home all week until Dad's truck got fixed....  I know I know you guys are probably thinkin who cares about your Dad's truck Patrick Henry... but I only told you guys that cause I had to wait ALL week to be able to go get my boxes from the hospital.  Mom took me and my foster brother Doug over first thing Saturday morning so we could get them... and lookie here... this is my friend Jamie from the clinic and me, sittin with my big ole boxes...  Aren't we cute???  And can you believe the size of those presents???? Mom was so jealous, she said she hoped there was something in there for her...  now that's just plain silly....

 

Mom made me wait til we got back home to open em up...  I think that was just plain rude...  That's okay though I guess.  We got to see Dr. Bendur while we were there too.  Doug has this little spot thingy by his eye that mom was havin checked out... don't worry it's okay, he just got a splinter or something in it but Dr. B, gave it a squeeze and fixed it all up, now Doug has to have some medicine in his eye a couple times a day but he doesn't mind.  Mom had Dr. B look at me too, see I have this lump next to my throat... I've had it almost since the beginning, we think it's just a lymph node that is swollen because of how much infection I had... but Mom got scared that it's getting bigger.  If you look just up from Jamie's right hand in the picture above you can see how puffy it is.  Dr. B wasn't scheduled to see me but he took a quick look at it.  Mom talked to Dr. Worthley oh the phone about it Friday and when I go Wednesday for my next heartworm shots she is going to check it out as well.  They say it's probably just my lymph node doing it's job but if it doesn't go down they may need to remove it.  When I see them Wednesday they will decide if they want to poke it with a needle and get a sample or something... YIKES...  anyway, Mom wants people to send positive thoughts and prayers again that it's not anything serious.  Mom talked to Aunt Susan about it too... and she reassured Mom that if it was serious that my other lymph nodes would be swollen too....  But Mom still worries.

My face is feeling so much better, hardly even sore anymore.  My arms and legs have totally healed up.  Mom got a couple of pictures of my arms to show you guys.

  and here is a pretty good picture of my handsome mug...

 Okay, enough with the medical stuff, let's get to the fun stuff.  Okay so oh my gosh... those boxes I got in the mail at the hospital... HOLY COW!!!!!!  Wait til you see all the stuff I got.  Mom says I have some angels watching over me in a place called Ohio....  Mom even says I can call them Aunt Judy and Uncle Gary.... I like that...  I didn't know I had family in Ohio too...  I even have some awesome canine cousins there, their names are Maci, Bozley, Dakota and Buffy.  We don't look anything alike though.. Maci, Bozley and Dakota are Shelties and Buffy is a Golden Retriever.  They are really smart like me, each one of them wrote me a really cool letter and sent me their picture.  Mom is going to try and post their letters on My Facebook Page so everyone can see them.  Anyway, they totally hooked me up with a bunch of stuff... lookie

Look at all of the treats and toys and see the letters my "cousins" sent me, they sure are a good looking bunch aren't they???  I guess Maci, that pretty girl on the right, she kinda has a crush on me....  blush blush....  Oh and those Right Bites thingys are so yummy... and Aunt Judy sent me a whole case of them... can you believe that... a whole case, she said to share them with my friends at the hospital and with our other doggie friends and Mom already shared them with our friends next door Tom and Sheila... they adopted a dog from my mom a few years ago.. her name is Georgia, she helps her Dad Tom cause he is in a wheel chair after a horrible accident.   They are super nice people and Georgia really loves her treats.  

I'm not used to having toys so I'm not sure what to do with them but Mom keeps giving them to me...  That Doug... my foster brother, he is always stealing them... Mom gets after him.. it's kinda funny.  I told her it was okay if Doug had one of his own, so she let him pick one out.  Wyatt.. my great dane foster brother, he picked one out to... Doug keeps sneaking over taking his too...  that Doug is a hoot.  Mom got some nice pictures of me with some of my toys.

And did ya notice the blankie on my dog bed???  I got that in the mail too... can you believe that?????  My friend Tracee made it for me... she even put my name on it so that dang Doug KNOWS it's ALL mine hehehehe  See that.. see my name, how cool is that and the blankie is huge and super soft, Mom tells me it's something called fleece.  I think every dog should have a fleece blankie with their name on it.  Oh and Tracee even made me a braided rope toy that matches, I am such a lucky boy.  I can't believe I have made so many friends.  Just a little over a month ago, I was all alone, in pain and no one cared.  I don't know how I got so lucky but I sure am happy about it.  I wish every dog could feel as special as I do right now.  Man, wouldn't the world be a wonderful place then???  


Oh, ya know what else I got in the mail...  those super good looking, super smart Barnhart doggie "cousins" of mine all mailed me really cool cards...  Mom put them up on top of the entertainment center in the living room so we can see them every day.

 

Well I should probably stop typing for now.  I need to go out for a potty break...  and I bet Mom is thinking it's time for a cookie... Oh how I hope Mom is thinking it's time for a cookie....  oh I almost forgot to tell you, when me and Doug went with mom to get my presents... she weighed us at the hospital.  She said Doug is going to have to cut back on the cookies.. he is 81 pounds now.. Mom says her and Doug need to go on a diet... hehehehe  I weighed in at a whopping 59.7 pounds which means I have gained over 7 pounds since coming home with Mom...  Dr. B says I am at a really good weight now... hope that doesn't mean Mom cuts back on the cookies though...  that would not be a good idea AT ALL...  

okay well gotta go now y'all, I hear mom rattling the "cookie" sack...  TTFN (tah tah for now)

Much Love and Hugs,

Patrick Henry