Our sweet Oreo cookie has had another great day.

Our sweet Oreo cookie has had another great day.

From Aunt Taimi:  He's played a little, barked a lot, slept, ate, came around for more cuddles....he's been hanging with the girls all day long and doing amazing.

I hear he only had one coughing fit, so hopefully he'll be over the kennel cough soon.

I am so excited for this precious boy. I bet he feels better than he has in ages. ❤️❤️❤️

Oreo is doing really great today.

Oreo is doing really great today. Still no vomiting, healthy appetite, and he ate his meals and snack today without begging for more food or raiding the trash.

I bet this is the longest he's gone without throwing up since before I picked him up. If he was having vomiting / gut issues as well as having to scavenge for food, then it's no wonder he was so thin. I really don't think he would have lasted much longer on the streets.

Anyway, look at this handsome face. You can just tell he feels so much better. ❤️❤️❤️

Featured is sister Kiwi. She's a playful girl and it looks like she's trying to entice him to play with her and her ball. 😂

To quote Aunt Taimi about Oreo:

To quote Aunt Taimi about Oreo:  "He's had a most excellent day."

I am so glad to hear it. He didn't have any anti-nausea meds today at all and is down to every other day on Prednisone. He let her know he was ready for dinner early and other than that has been a good boy.

My heart is happy. Maybe our boy is finally on the mend! ❤️❤️❤️

Edited:  Look at these snuggles!

I haven't had caffeine in like, almost a year...

I haven't had caffeine in like, almost a year... Except for the day before I had my last migraine a few months back. I had my first matcha tea that day and (stupidly) assumed that it had less caffeine than black tea and that was NOT the case. Lesson learned.

Shaun wanted to go out for breakfast this morning. I thought "I guess I'll grab a tea." I got Earl Grey - hot, and took it home to put in my milk.

I put maybe 4 TABLESPOONS of tea in a 22 ounce cup of milk.  I haven't even drank half of that yet.

That might sound like nothing... but I am FEELING it. For better or worse I am existing in Fast Forward for the next little while. 😂😂😂

That's crazy to me. Hopefully, there will be no headache. I guess I need to really be careful and only have caffeine on days that I am sluggish, not just because it sounded nice. 😬 I need to see if I can find decaffeinated versions of some of my favorites.

This boy... He's HUNGRY today.

This boy... He's HUNGRY today. He's been begging and stealing and scheming all day. They had to put the food bucket up high, but he's got street smarts and isn't easily thwarted. He's not making it easy to feed him moderate meals while he weans off medication to ensure he doesn't relapse into vomiting.

I love me a pup that's knows what they want and how to get it. They can be so much trouble, but they are so worth it.

We're putting a pause on the barium study because he's doing so well and we don't want to disrupt that.

If he can remain stable and get over this kennel cough I have plans to bring him home the first weekend in January. I hate to wait, but it would be better for him and trying to travel through the holidays with a dog that may or may not get deathly sick suddenly doesn't sound like a wonderful idea. We're gonna play it safe.

Super Thank You you to Aunt Taimi for being quick on the fluids when he needs it and super patient with him when he's feeling well and raiding everyone else's food. We have joked about renaming him "Yoyo" because of the severity of his ups and downs, but hopefully the downturns are behind him! ❤️

Me and Shaun were sitting here watching TV...

Me and Shaun were sitting here watching TV when we heard something messing with our bird feeders (the low ones on our front window). We checked the security camera and we think it was either a fox or coyote. All we got was the tail leaving that you can see on the left side of the video.

I love coexisting with wildlife out here on the Mesa. ❤️

Oreo started the day needing fluids, but...

Oreo started the day needing fluids, but ended it walking around and trying to beg for / steal food. Aunt Taimi is being very careful with his diet and food intake. Even though his recent test for pancreatitis was negative, his last bloodwork showed an elevated enzyme that may indicate we missed the flare with testing. At this point we are playing it safe and treating him as though it was the problem.

We have decided that if he crashes again he will be going to Auburn. If he holds steady over the weekend and the vet can do his Barium test with him having kennel cough, that will be happening on Monday.

It's so very hard knowing what to do with him swinging from ok to near-death like he has been. But he hasn't given up and it feels so unfair for us to give up on him. His Aunt Taimi loves him and so do I. He is a really good boy and I so want to give him a good life.

I know it's the wrong time of year to ask for donations and you all have been so generous already, but if you feel like you want to help this sweet cookie his GoFundMe is linked below.

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https://www.gofundme.com/f/bjs7z-oreos-recovery