Request for Power of the Paws and Prayers, Please! 08/10/12

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Live in rooms full of light
Avoid heavy food
Be moderate in the drinking of wine
Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics
Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water
Change surroundings and take long journeys
Strictly avoid frightening ideas
Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements
Listen to music.

~~ Aulus Cornelius Celsus, one of the greatest Roman medical writers and author of an encyclopaedia dealing with agriculture, military art, rhetoric, philosophy, law, and medicine, of which only the medical portion has survived, De medicina, now considered one of the finest medical classics and a primary source on diet, pharmacy, surgery and related fields, 25 BC – AD 50

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Water, air, and cleanliness are the chief articles in my pharmacopoeia.

~~ Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte), French Military and Political Leader, Emperor of the French from 1804-1815, 1769 - 1821

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Notice anything? Look hard! {No, not the dry, dead, brown grass from the lack of rain and heatwave.}

See - or not see - it yet?

No leash! I am outside with no leash!! How pawsome is that?!

Finally, one of my dreams has come true. But sadly, it came true at a cost. I am not on a leash because I am sick.

Yes, it is sadly very true. I have a few medical issues going on inside me right now and it is a bit scary. It happened fairly quickly, too, so it took my human, K, by surprise. One day I was my loveable, happy, goofy, excitable, fun, energetic, trying to break free of my leash self and the next I was lethargic and coughing and barely walking. So I humbly request for the Power of the Paws and prayers to help me heal and get back to 100% perfect me!

~~ MOMENT OF BEAUTY ~~

Guido Reni, Archangel Michael (defeating Satan), circa 1636 (Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini, Rome, Italy)

Paolo Veronese, Saint Barnabas Healing the Sick, circa 1566 (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen, France)

Back to me...

Porgy is sticking by me so he can transmit powerful parrot healing thoughts to me.

Porgy has something he wants to say. Take it away, Porgy!

Thanks, Suka! Porgy here. Suka is always woofing about all his wonderful and amazing blogging friends, so I appeal to all of you out there in the blog-o-sphere to please use your Power of the Paws to help heal my Suka. Thank you.

I don't want to lose my Suka.

I don't want to lose my Suka.

I have the best Pack! Thanks Porgy and Silvius! I don't want to lose myself, either! I currently have three medical issues. First, I have very bad arthritis in both my hind legs which makes walking uncomfortable. Hence, no leash, because I just don't go that far anymore. I also have an inner-ear issue in my right ear, so my balance is slightly off sometimes, which also makes walking a bit difficult and thus keeps me from wondering too far from home. Finally, and the worst, I may have heart disease. Right now I am on antibiotics because my Veterinarian wants to first check if I have congested lungs. If I do, then the antibiotics will clear up my lungs, the coughing will stop, and I will breath easier and feel better. But, if my cough does not go away, then I most likely have heart disease. K does not want to think about that right now. Neither do I. Instead, we are thinking of all the prayers and Power of the Paws coming my way to cure me. Disease has no place in my heart, and arthritis has no place in my legs or body. But leash-free adventures have a place in my future! I'm just sayin'...