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Things have been kinda shit lately. 4 year old daughter got diagnosed with Lyme Disease and then Alpha Gal Syndrome, which has really sucked. The Lyme got knocked out (hopefully) with 30 days of amoxicillin. The Alpha Gal is basically permanent, although there is this kind of woo-woo acupuncture treatment which supposedly works. If it were just me, I'd be stubborn and refuse to try some bullshit I think is fake. But kids change you, and you're willing to do anything to help them, so we may end up trying it. Who knows.
So to cheer everyone up we got a dog. Happiest I've seen my daughter or my wife in a hot minute. Just a sweet 5/6 month old rescue from a shelter. It was a bit of an impulsive decision, but the wife has been really longing for a dog for a while. So we were at the humane society visiting this one dog, and she seemed really sweet and got along well with our daughter. So I told my wife lets just get her before someone else does. $25 and some paperwork later, we came home with a dog. Some sort of lab or shepherd mix?
Picking my daughter up from school today, and she's so excited she's telling anyone and everyone about the new dog she just got. Spent the last 2 hours I've been working in my home office just drawing and coloring next to the dog's crate. They can't get enough of each other. Cutest damned thing I've ever seen. Highly recommend it.
That's some super bad luck on Alpha-gal syndrome. I remember my boss and the company owner talking about a tick bite that makes you allergic to red meat, and they both agreed that life would not be worth living if that happened. I disagree, I like chicken a lot and surely there are other meats that can be eaten and even an older adult would eventually adjust, but I honestly didn't even know it was a real disease that happened to real people. I'm sorry to hear that.
Yeah, its been an adjustment. We already ate lots of fish and chicken because thats ehat my wife likes and she does the shopping and cooking. Whats harder are all the animal byproducts in everything. Its basically forced us to vegan stuff when it comes to prepackaged foods.
She doesnt go into shock thankfully. Presents more as IBS and stomach pains. At first she barely noticed her diet changed, but lately shes been asking about missing beef which breaks our hearts.
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