hospital

Today I went to the hospital to see the internist, a nice short visit:
I have Hashimoto's thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease. In the next months the dosage of Thyrax will be upped every few weeks.
Although I don't feel much better, I am not getting worse either. But the TSH count last week was 56, a lot lower than the first test.
In 5 weeks time drawing blood again and in 6 weeks the next appointment.

ED result Endo

Today we got the ED result for Xin-Feng's Endo.

ED Free

So both hips and ellbows have the best possible score!!!
Next step is testing his knees.

Cardiologist

Today I had my next appointment at the hospital, with the cardiologist.
My hart is doing well, there is only a bit of extra fluid in the way, there is extra fluid in my whole body, because of the thyroid problem. So the cardiologist thought it will go away on its own when the thyroid levels are back on track. This can take a while...

Next appointment on February 11th, then I will see the internist and hopefully hear more about my thyroid problem.

HD result Endo

Today we got the HD result for Xin-Feng's Endo.

HD-A
with bone-deformation 0 (no deformation) and Norbergscore 40
(Norbergscore is a calculation of the angles between thigh bones and hip and 40 is the best possible score)

Endo has great hips!!!

Now we are waiting for his ellbow results.

Ari groomed

Today Ari went to the groomer.
Corinne washed, dried and combed Ari, so now he is looking great!

Nurse Eoos

Somehow all our dogs find a job in our home.
Since June last year Eoos found hers: she guards our health and we call her "nurse Eoos". She wakes Frank if his heart starts beating too fast (supraventricular tachycardia). He can stop this by himself, but often he realises too late it is there. The "double" heartbeat usually starts at night when he is sleeping and goes on until he realises that his heart is the reason for his extreme fatigue.
Thursday, very early in the morning, it happend again and Eoos alerted Frank. She did this a few times before, but we were not certain if it might have been coincidence. Now we are sure "nurse Eoos" is watching at night.

Eoos did wake me a few times in the past months, but we don't know why, communication from dog to human is always difficult. Maybe we will find out, it took a while before we realised why she woke up Frank. Maybe it is related to my thyroid issue, then we will probably never know...