May 10, 2022

 

Opal was awake and watching her brother before he even opened his eyes this morning. Last night, she waited until Roman was comfortably settled and nodding off before finding her usual spot in the doorway. "Don't worry, momma," she whispered. "I am going to be his special nurse. Together we will get him back to health." 

In the afternoon I called Opal to my side during my conversation with Dr. Julia. Roman's bloodwork was in and she shared the results. "All the numbers look good except his white blood cell count which is high because of the infection in his lungs. The antibiotic will clear that up. I will need to see him in two weeks to recheck that he is clear." Opal high fived me. "Liver, pancreas, kidneys, all the organs are good as well. His sodium is slightly elevated so watch and reduce any salt he might get." I told her that we are pretty salt aware here because of MY health but promised to check treats. "It may just be that all the diarrhea has left him slightly dehydrated. Try and get him to drink more water." We agreed to check again in two weeks when she did a recheck and if he still was running high we would reassess.

When we got off of the phone, Opal ran off to tell Roman the good news and I filled in Steve and the rest of the White Dog Army.