Milliken and Mary Kate go to the Doctor

What a day! I woke up this morning and it was freezing cold, and I thought, "Why is it so cold?" My heater had stopped working! So, I called the heater repair man to come fix it, and I had to explain that I was not going to be at home because I had a vet appointment. After calling the heater man, I got a call from Mary Kate's teacher at school, and she told me that she's not acting well today. Mary Kate is my 5 year old daughter with autism. So, then I had to call Mary Kate's doctor for an appointment for today.

Needless to say, I was late leaving for the vet's office today, by about 20 minutes. I did not feed him before leaving the house, which was a good thing today, because he was "dry heaving" in his crate from motion sickness. I didn't have a mess to clean up! The appointment with Milliken at the vet's office went very well. He weighs 36 pounds, and I was told that one other pup weighed as much, but most pups were about 33 pounds. He's not overweight, he's just healthy (and strong!!!). So, he got his vaccinations, and we went back to Spartanburg. My heater had been fixed by the time I got home...YAY!!! Then, I picked up Mary Kate from SOAR Academy.

At my second doctor's appointment today, we saw Mary Kate's gastroenterologist. She's impacted, and has been that way for about 2 months. She also has not had a normal bm during that time, either. That would explain her behavior lately-more than usual, she's been very hyper, inattentive, aggressive, unresponsive, and tired-just generally cranky. It's very difficult to know when her behavior is out of the ordinary or normal for her. It's common for autistic kids to have problems with their bowels. So, we're going to have a fun weekend getting her bowels moving again!

Milliken is so easy to care for compared to Mary Kate.