I was irked today to see I'm at the upper end of the maintance zone. Grrrr! Why? No idea. I've been following it monastically. I hope it drifts down.
If I were to take a flying guess, I'd say stress. Our Labrador, Maggie, has been quite sick, and yesterday we found out she has an aggressive form of cancer and will not be with us much longer.
This came to light when she was sick with what turns out to be food poisoning of some kind. We have no idea what she got into, but dogs will be dogs. They're treating that, and she's MUCH better. For now.
The likely progression of her illness is she'll die in her sleep when her spleen ruptures. They say it's not painful. What is painful is wondering every time she's napping if this is IT.
In the meantime, we're doing what we can to help her feel as well as possible for as long as possible and loving her to pieces!
From the vet hospital to the people hospital today to visit my friend who's there. Again.
Yesterday I really wanted some chocolate. And alcohol. We went to the store for something shortly after we heard about Maggie's diagnosis. I stayed strong, though. Wasn't easy. So, yeah. Stress. I think I'm pumping out enough cortisol these days to fuel a small city.
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