Noodle Is Doing Better!

Noodle in his herbal mud bath

Shortly after my last post, Noodle took a turn for the worse and completely stopped eating or taking fluids. He was cooperative in letting me tend to him, so I started giving him fluids and pureed food with added nutrients with a dropper every few hours. It was a very difficult time for me and I spent much of the time crying my eyes out and praying that I wouldn't have to put him down. I took a fairly aggressive approach with the nodules, attempting to heal him from the inside out, since nothing else has helped. I started him on goldenseal, turmeric and terramin clay, along with a variety of nutrients, and continued to treat the nodules with the salve that I made up for him, bag balm and terramin clay mud packs. After feeding him with the dropper for 10 days, I was delighted when he came hurrying over to eat as I poured kibbles in the cat bowls the following morning. He has continued to eat and drink fluids on his own, and has gained back some of the weight that he lost. He is back to his sweet little self, and all but one of the nodules have ruptured and drained and are healing well. The last one that I can feel, has been draining, and has diminished significantly in size. He still has a long way to go, but I am hopeful that once these areas completely heal, that he will finally be free of the mycobacterial infection. I plan on keeping him on the herbs in smaller doses, for a few months after he is all clear, and then on the turmeric and terramin clay indefinately. Although, there is still the possibility that he could relapse, and have to be put down during his recovery, I continue to be cautiously optimistic that he will pull through. I have not been able to work on the website, as caring for him takes up most of my time but we continue to keep our booth on Bonanzle and I add new items intended for the website when I can. If you are looking for an eBay alternative, you owe it to yourself to check out Bonanzle. After being named the best eBay alternative in July by Ecommerce Guide, Bonanzle was again named the best eBay alternative last week, this time by SmallBusinessComputing! This is no mean feat! I cannot believe the explosive growth of Bonanzle over just a few short months and I believe that they are indeed the best eBay alternative out there! I love their clean, easy to use interface, the warm and friendly atmosphere and wide variety of products. We hope to see you there!

Above is a picture of Noodle in his herbal mud bath. As you can see he has lost a good bit of weight. He is so good about taking his baths. I can walk away, and he will just sit in the water waiting for me to come back. He is such a special baby!

Our new Bonanzle friend Denise sent me some darling pictures of her babies. When I saw the one of her German Shepherd (above), I told my husband, "Look, at his cute little dog toy!" It took me a few minutes to realize that the "toy" was actually one of her toy poodles! I thought the pictures were just too precious and she was kind enough to let me share them with you. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

Well that’s all the news from our camp. I hope that all is well with you and as always we thank you for your continued support in helping us to save Noodle. Have a lovely day!

Suzy & The Babies