Saturday, March 16, 2013

IMMUNOTHERAPY and testing my explicit knowledge!!

The tufts of hair left on the berber carpet were bigger than ever this morning (tears actually came to my eyes)!

Consultation with "Dr. Dan", Doctor of Veterarian Medecine (DVM) is needed and I anxiously awaited to see what variables we were to change, to decrease incident rate of behaviour  (scratching):
      Do we CHANGE the experimental conditions of:
           >     time of injection (do I inject after breakfast as                opposed to dinner?)
          >     decrase the causal variable - size  of the dose?                                                        
       >     increase  the indicator variable (?!?)                           - the Vanectyl-P (anti-nflammatory/diluted steroid mix)
MEANWHILE ...
We cannot plan Funerals and today called for the "Sisterhood of the Stetchy Yoga Pants"
(4 other strong women besides myself, just two of us at half-century mark and past the stage of needing to impress ... irony is, they are more impressive now ... how I am loving my "Second Half Century"!)
BUt
this is about a Girl. her Brain & her Dog ...
... well the Brain is so very thankful to the rigours of the catholic faith and all of it's repeated prayers!  At this point in life one knows the readings and prayers to follow - not sure whether I should be happy or sad about having been to so many funerals!
CONSULTATION:
Checked-in with "Dr. Dan".  He is a mathematical, straight science guy; "None of this logic + variable stuff for me!", referring to the Behaviour-Speak, "You're on your own there!"
We are simply going to increase the time in which Obee's little body can adjust to causal variable (time or length of days between injections) -the allergen-serum.
So ... the immunotherapy is extended another day between injections!   I have yet another day to forget how to give the needles; I think I have 67 days to perfect needle injections!
All for a Puli - a regular "Dust Mop"! - who is allergic to dust mites and grain mites!?!
"Weird or what?"