Hmmm, well I'm not quite sure where to start.... but as you can see from the picture above, things have gotten interesting again.... Mom says she is changing my name to Patrick Henry Murphy Hadley... something about some crap called Murphy's Law... she says I got it.... I'm not sure what "it" is but I sure do got IT.....
I know it's been a long time since I updated you guys. I'm really sorry about that. My mom was having a lot of trouble and ended up in the hospital. Aunt Susan came to hang out and help us out here around the house and my big brother Mike, my sis in law Jody and my nephew Nicholas all came to visit too so we had a house full here.
When mom got out of the hospital it was even more hectic with all of our company so I didn't get to get online at all.
Anyway, I have that stupid thing on my head cause I started getting these itchy bumps all over my tummy, arms and legs and man oh man did they itch.... Mom took me to the doctor and they gave me an allergy shot and OH MY GOSH.... I had been itchy at my hiney so do you know what that doctor did????????? Oh the shame... it was awful, apparently I had something called an anal gland that was swollen so that doctor went right in there and squeezed it out... oh my lord it was awful.... I have to admit it does feel better now and my rear end doesn't itch now.. thank goodness.
Oh and of course... my mom says... nothing can be easy with me, that big ole lump in my throat... well it came back.... are you kidding me???? Well right after my doctor did that evil deed to my hiney, she poked a big ole needle in that lump and took out some stuff.... she put it on some little glass thingys to send it off to see what in the world was goin on in there. She called mom today by the way and told her the results came back and it was a bunch of spit... can you believe it... spit... no no no I didn't say shit... even though mom says I am full of that too... it was spit.... so now I am going to take some Doxicyclene and see how it does... we are hoping that it will thin the spit so I don't have to have another surgery.... ugh.
Oooh... check it out.. this is a picture of me and Mom that my trainer took. She is really impressed with my abilities and how smart I am. Mom says I'm so smart that I am kind of a pain in the butt lol
Mom took me to the Spa... it's this really great place called Vanity Fur, they are super nice people. Mom has taken dogs there for a few years now and the lady who owns it even adopted a dog from Mom. Here is a picture of me on my way home from my spa day.. check out my sweet bandana....
Mom got me this thing called a Gentle Leader... that thing is crazy but Mom seems to like it. She says "It's Power Steering for Patrick" I don't know what she means by that... I think she thinks she is funny.... She took me and my great dane brother Wyatt to the store so she could get him one too... he does not appreciate it at all. I think he will get used to it though. Here is a picture of me and Wyatt with our wicked head gear on on the way home from the store.
Moms been taking me with her a lot... Yvette, my very awesome trainer says for me to go out with mom all over so I can get used to all kinds of situations. That's totally A-OK by me cause I love love LOVE to go in the car... did I mention that I LOVE to go in the car???? Mom says "lets get dressed" and I just go ape shit.... that is my favorite thing in the whole world.... I can hardly sit still long enough to get my service vest on... then my Mom... oh my gosh, she does the coolest thing ever... she opens the front door and lets me run to the car... I feel like such a big boy when I get to do that... I run right to my door and sit and wait for Mom to get there to let me in.... oh I love the car.
Mom and Aunt Susan took me to Bass Pro Shop and I got to see all kinds of crazy animals and fish swimming all over it was crazy. We walked down the steps and when you get to the bottom the floor is super super shiney and I was scared to death to step on it... I was afraid it was water... My Mom and Aunt Susan got down there and tried coaxing me but I still wasn't buying it... finally Mom actually got down in the floor and showed me I would be fine so I took a leap of faith and guess what??? I lived to tell about it.. turns out it was just a really shiney floor.... go figure. Anywho, they took me to the restaurant there I was so excited... I was hungry and ready to eat too but you know what??? I had to sit UNDER the table!!!!! How unfair is that? Mom did give me a couple of snacks though... she is pretty awesome like that... here is a picture of me under the table... instead of sitting in the seat next to Mom where I should have been.
I know Mom had told everyone I was going to be going to Pittsburgh to live with Shirl... and Mom really planned for that to happen. She was going through a really really bad time and she took me and Aunt Susan out and bought me a new suitcase, got all of the stuff from the vet and had my goodies all packed. I kept begging her to let me stay with her. Every time she left and came back and give her a big hug... I don't even let her get in the door. SHE is MY Mom and I don't want to leave here. Mom told me though that I was going to a wonderful new mom and a great home, I tried to be strong but I wouldn't let Mom out of my sight... so that Saturday morning when I was supposed to leave, mom came out and said that she couldn't do it.... My mom feels awful that Shirl was disappointed that I didn't come but Mom just couldn't bare to part with me after all we had been through together. Shirl we are so very sorry we hurt you, I hope some day you can forgive us and understand, this was just meant to be..... I needed Mom to help me get my life back and now she needs me to help her do the same.
I promise not to wait so long for the next installment of the continuing adventures of Patrick Henry "Murphy" Hadley.
Much Love and Hugs,
- PH
