To Pancreatitis and Back

We thought the turkey adventure was over, but on Sunday night Nestle began to show signs that she was not herself (that means that she was quiet). On Monday morning, after throwing up all night, she managed to toss up a corn cob. We're a little baffled as we hadn't had corn since the previous Monday. We took her to the vet where she was diagnosed with pancreatitis. She came home yesterday afternoon, Dr. Salas saying, "keep her away from stray turkeys." She's slowly recovering (as are we from the bill) and glad to be home, especially because today is her birthday. She has been with us five years today although I think she is about 5 1/2 years old (the shelter where she came from said she would be 6 today).

Nestle steals the turkey

We had Thanksgiving dinner with our neighbors, but had opted to cook our own turkey because they were smoking one and I'm not a fan of the flavor. Joe cut a portion of the turkey off for us to take with us, cut more and put it on a plate near the back of the counter, and then left the turkey carcass (and whatever was left) on the counter. I had told him it would be okay. We have to keep the dogs separated while we are out of the house so only Nestle was left out when we went to eat. However, when we came back, the carcass was on the floor and Nestle was munching happily on it. She appeared to be fine but suffered in the backyard the next day. After putting the Christmas tree up, I went to decorate it and the photo is what I saw. That is normally Daisy's corner to sleep (there is usually a chaise lounge there) and she wasn't giving up on it, even with the Christmas tree there.