Chicken hearts

Greetings blog aficionados. Frodo here for your reading pleasure.

Feel free to refer to me as Fatigued Frodo today. I have found that the latest heat wave we are having is causing this senior to feel completely and unequivocally hot and bothered. I walk around panting non-stop. And it does not help that the humidity is close to 100%, which not only makes me feel worse, but it also causes complete havoc with my hair. WHEN will the snow arrive so that I can relax and feel comfortable again?! As long as it is not wet snow.

No doubt you are reading this to hear an update about the FG. The lad certainly has all of us concerned, as he is quite ill. That being said, he appears stable. In physical health anyway. The boy has never been totally psychologically stable in my mind- his food aversion propensities have never been something I could understand. And his strange fixation with staring out at the lake is also odd, in my opinion . I have never been able to relate to his love of water.

But back to his current state of health. Two of his bodily functions – peeing and pooping are fine. And he drinks plenty – as he always has. Eating remains his biggest challenge- although the past three mornings he has joined in the blueberry distribution line – AND the morning treat of bread. I do note that he receives larger portions – but he could stand to gain a few pounds or twenty – so I won’t begrudge him that.

The day before yesterday, an old friend of the Warden’s-Jill- kindly dropped off some treats for the FG. It was a mixed bag of dehydrated delights – which included Capelin and chicken hearts. Well. The FG went mad for everything in that bag. The chicken hearts were like candy. And he ate the whole Capelin – we NEVER thought he would eat that – especially after the Warden tried the night before to feed him canned salmon – and he basically snubbed his nose at it! He wouldn’t TOUCH the salmon – but a small dehydrated fish and he was in heaven. Yesterday, the Warden had to go to the place where the stuff is made locally to check them out.

She came home with more fish and chicken hearts – AND dehydrated beef dog food which also contains veggies.

At supper time, she broke up two patties and added a bit of water. One thing she knows about the FG – he likes DRY food. Not mushy. She put down the bowl and walked away, trying not to watch. He ate 95% of the bowl. She also learned that the chicken hearts make good pill pockets. Voila – pills gone.

The nice lady at the store decided to give the Warden some samples of frozen raw food. I think she felt sorry for the FG, after she heard the story of his illness…

The Warden defrosted a pattie and it was gone before she blinked. So yesterday was a decent eating day.

The Imp went to one of his classes yesterday- which was very much needed as he has not been doing much training since the FG became ill. The Warden said he did reasonably well, given that he is out of practice. They need to get back into their training routine.

As if our lives have not been “exciting” enough, the weather people are keeping a close eye on approaching Hurricane Lee. They have been warning us of impending doom for over a week, however, the latest forecasts indicate that Lee may not be hitting our area of the province, and may be changing her name to a Cyclone or a post-tropical storm. No matter what – I detest the idea of more rain. My hair will be beyond repair.

That is the news from here. We thank you for the world-wide healing energy and prayers sent to the FG. He is holding his own – and right now – we’re happy with that. He’s never been one to follow “rules” and common practices- so in this case, we hope he doesn’t follow the projected path for his working diagnosis. Sometimes it pays to be the odd man out…

Have a good one. Peace and paws up. Stay safe. JBJ.