Ryan's dog Riley has been having some breathing issues lately. We all think we got a piece of his dog toy lodged in his esophagus and it's causing secretions to build up so that he coughs, hacks, and wheezes when he gets excited. Ryan's mom took him to the vet a few weeks ago and the Vet said he was fine and that it was just allergies (I don't think he even did an x-ray or looked at his throat with a scope or anything). Well, today I got a text from Patty (Ryan's mom) saying that she had to take Riley to the emergency vet today! The poor thing vomited this morning, had a fever, and was gagging and coughing more than ever. Turns out he has aspirate pneumonia which means something lodged in his lungs and created an infection - which was probably the mucus he was coughing up. Last we heard from the Vet (at around 6ish tonight) was that his fever had gone down and that he had eaten dinner. So, it sounds like he is doing well. If only the first Vet had done his job poor Riley may not be in a strange kennel tonight :( Patty and I are going to see if we can pick him up tomorrow. Poor thing.
So, Ryan has been trying to join the Army again for a couple of months now and some how ended up with the most inept recruiter in all of the Army. The guy has already taken leave a number of times without notifying Ryan and seems to need twice the number of documents than Ryan needed the first time he joined. So, two or three weeks ago Ryan finally got all his paperwork together and in that the guy said he needed at random intervals, and Ryan has been checking back once a week to see what the status was and was hoping the recruiter would give him a call. No word. So, Ryan calls today and finds out the guy he had been working with has been transferred! Common decency would have told the recruiter that he should contact his clients when he is going on leave, and especially when he is being transferred and make sure that he provides them with another recruiter's name and contact information. Poor Ryan! He is getting so frustrated about this whole thing. Patty suggested he go to another recruiter so I told him that again today. Maybe another office can move him quicker, but the one near our house is just so much more convenient so I think that is one of the main reasons why Ryan doesn't want to switch.
Next Saturday I am running the Turkey Trot on base. It's a 10k run which is supposed to be about 6 miles. Today I went to run the course just to see if I could even run the whole thing in one go, and I think I missed a leg! I ran what I thought was the course in 45 minutes so I knew that I definitely didn't run 6 miles. I clocked it on the way out using my car and it turns out that I ran about five miles not 6. I tend to run only 3 miles, 3 times per week so my legs and butt are pretty sore right now! But it's a good sore and I am excited about the race next Saturday. It'll be my first one! I hope that it's not too cold! I am trying not to psyche myself up for getting a fantastic time. I just want to be able to get a decent time and say that I ran pretty much the whole thing. So...if you remember...send me energy next Saturday morning!
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