Slowly fetching

You know how Alzheimer's patients often are called "sundowners," because they do well all day but struggle at night? Frisco recently has been a different kind of sundowner: he has struggled all day long, then performed relatively well once the heat of day had dissipated.

Tonight was different. He was every bit as clumsy after-hours as he had been during the day. When he asked me to take him outside I was hopeful that he might be up for another medium-length game of fetch. I gave him a relatively easy throw, but it took him five minutes of falling and crashing and collapsing against the hedges before he found it. Once he had, he headed straight for the back door and collapsed on the cold Purgo floor of our living room.

RG

PS, Frisco's vet bills have put quite a strain on my limited finances, despite kind help from many of his friends. If you would like to contribute to Friscodog’s vet bills, you may do so at PayPal. Thank you so much, to all of you who have already helped in so many ways!



Or you may directly contact the North Austin Veterinary Hospital (http://austinveterinary.citysearch.com/), at: Tel: (512) 476-9191. Tell them it's for Frisco, and they'll know who he is.