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A new place

A new place for this trip anyway. Crystal Lake RV Resort in Naples, over on the Gulf side of the peninsula. We haven’t been here since the last time we were in Florida, 5 or 6 years ago. We like it. It’s a nice place to be.

On the way here, we met up with a dish repair guy north of Miami, in Hollywood, to finish up a repair on our television dish. The television dish is fairly new. We got it last January, so it’s pretty soon for something to go wrong. It has been out of commission for a couple weeks though; ever since the chain that controls the elevation broke. The chain was rusted clear through; the result of only one winter on the beach in Texas. They have beaches here in Florida too, but the guy here had never seen anything like this. Must be that persistent Texas wind.

We have never seen anything like the drivers around Miami either. They’ve been watching too much television here; too much Miami Vice and NASCAR, resulting in too many adrenaline moments for us. The most extreme move was passing us at 100 mph Talladega Style, then going three wide on a two lane stretch of Freeway. That’s just not right.

We’re glad to get out of there alive. We’re glad to have Annie back. We’re glad to have the television dish back. We hope to have the rear air-conditioner back after the mobile repair guy comes tomorrow. We’re getting by on one air-conditioner in the middle of a South Florida heat wave. This afternoon we got 95 degrees.

On our way here we passed a Boatswagen driving down the highway.

http://boatswagen.com/default.aspx

Life on the road.

8,395 miles.

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Annie

We got her back from the Vet Hospital this evening. There was lots of wiggling, squirming and groaning; most of it from Annie. She is not great; she’s at about 75%, but it’s great to have her back. We’ll continue the medication and nurse her back to health.

The Pancreatitis is a direct result of the Brat-wolfing episode. That overload of fatty food made her pancreas go postal. An inflamed pancreas trashes the entire digestive system and is very painful. An inflamed pancreas has to be calmed down before it does permanent damage to other organs.

Annie spent four days in the hospital. Any nourishment, and all drugs, were intravenous. She has a Poodle Cut on one leg. It has been five days since she has eaten. She gets small amounts of food and water in a gradual return to normal.
Welcome Home Annie!

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Annie Update

  Annie is still in the hospital, but I’m happy to report she has now taken a turn for the better.  Pancreatitis seems to be a matter of the body poisoning itself.  Once it gets started, it can be hard to turn around.  She was pretty bad for a while, but is now responsive again.  She’ll need to stay longer, but it appears she is going to recover.  
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Revenge of the bratwurst

  The great Bratwurst Incident was Friday.  Annie felt bad on Saturday (understandably).  Then she got worse on Sunday and could barely walk.  Sunday was a travel day for us, and we ended up at the Emergency Vet Clinic in South Miami that afternoon.   Annie has Pancreatitis and had to be admitted to the hospital.  They treated her intravenously with anti-nausea, antibiotics, and painkillers all last night and today.  She wasn’t very good this afternoon, so she’ll spend at least another day there.   Poor Annie.