Tater Down

We had a hard week. After her 6 month checkup and 2 shots, the Tater picked up a stomach virus. She couldn't keep down much of anything, and that lasted for several days. She was a trooper and didn't complain too much in spite of it all. For a few days she could tolerate only small servings of fluids, so we would trickle in milk and electrolyte solutions a teaspoon at a time. The worst part for me was seeing her so listless. The picture below shows her pale and tired. So sad.
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Mom missed three days of work staying home with her.

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The good news is that she's made a strong recovery. She's keeping her food down:

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And even managed to pick up a new food this weekend (bananas!). At her check-up the doctor said that we can even start giving her a little meat!

Here she is just a few minutes ago, clean and happy.
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Here she is chattin' up Little Kitty:-

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and here she is getting tummy time with her buddy Lucy:

---She prefers to be on her tummy and rolls herself from her back to her belly while she sleeps. Right now she's doing this funny belly crawl/slide, but she's almost pushing herself up to do an honest crawl. For Mom and Dad its exciting and terrifying all at once.

The weather has turned spring-like and we finally had our stucco work finished. It's about time!

Our old computer died last week (hard drive failed - fortunately our important files were backed up) and I'm typing this on our new laptop. We also got an all-in-one printer/copier/scanner/fax machine. We've finally entered the 90s!

Until next time,

Sweet Potato and family