My Ranger

Thursday, June 29, 2023

I couldn’t resist posting this photo of my wonderful friend, Ranger, in his prime. He showed up on my doorstep years ago, a lost four-month-old puppy. Now, he’s an old guy with a gray muzzle and arthritis.

For the past couple of weeks, he’s taken twice-daily antibiotics to fight a sudden and unidentifiable infection. It’s causing a persistent fever and reducing his white blood cell count. His meds have made Ranger peppier and happier. Next week, he’ll receive another CBC to re-assess his fever status and low white blood count; these are conditions that suggest leukemia.

Yesterday, I hiked with my 60x zoom camera to refresh myself on using it. I’ve been carrying only an iPhone, which captures decent images, but now I want better accuracy and more details. All my new photos are disappointing because the camera wasn’t set correctly. Nonetheless, that was a start and sends me to re-read the instrument’s instruction book.

Dear Friends: Today’s ins and outs are later at HD, so I’ll hike early with the pups. Diana