So those of you who have been keeping up with Joleigh and I's antics, have known weve had a few issues.  To review:

Last Saturday my grandfather passed away, I didn't mention it, it did not put a strain on me as we were not close, but it has put a strain on my mom.

Last Monday Joleigh got sprayed in the eye with an acidic chemical from a bug (did not find that it could be harmful at the time)

Last Tuesday woke up very early to Joleigh with a severly swollen eye...  I brought her to a number of vets till I could find one who would take her as an emergency, resulted in a very high vet bill but she began making a very quick recovery =) Oh, my car was in the shop too, so I had to borrow my mothers. 

Wednesday brought her in again once the swelling went down so that they could see it better.

Friday Joleigh got spayed, which went fine and a *different* vet checked her eye out while she was out, prescribed her 2 new medicines.  Bring her back in two weeks to see progress on eye and whether or not to continue her current medicine, or to begin another one. 

Saturday was the whole hellish neighbor experience with a little kid walking into my apartment and picking joleigh up by her stomach, p.s. i didn't know the kid, nor did i give him permission into my apartment.

Sunday I posted asking if it were normal for her to still be tired & acting mopey, she began to seem a bit brighter in the afternoon.  She wouldn't go potty much, but that night and the next morning went a number of times within about 2 hours.

Yesterday, called the vet to ask if I could bring her in as a checkup rather than having to pay for another visit, no, i couldn't.  There began my money worry about how to pay with two upcoming visits to the vet, when I just had two unexpected ones.  Decision was made to go ahead and bring her in today (tuesday) and ill just figure out something with the $$ later.

Also, for the last three weeks my AC has been running nonstop to keep it between 75-85 degrees, mostly staying around 80.  I contacted the apartment maintenance three times last week and the week before, and again yesterday.   All times they claimed to fix it, but either little change or mostly none at all.  Last night it was 90 degrees in my apartment.  I called the "emergency" line for my apartment and they claimed it is not an emergency and I would have to wait until today to call the office during office hours.  P.S. got my $472 ELECTRICITY bill in today. For a 600 square foot apartment.

SO HERES THE LATEST!!

I had to go to my morning class @ 8 today b ecause I have a test tomorrow, and didn't want to miss the review so I made an apt for joleigh @ 11, and I would miss my second class.  As I'm walking around getting ready, Joleigh vomits, so I chunk the whole going to class idea and brought her straight to the vet.  I was thinking she may have some kind of infection or along those lines.  We are in the exam room, and the vet asks me if Joleigh is an outdoor dog.  So we go back inside, we wait while she does the urinalysis, she comes back, says theres no infection, but that she believes she knows whats wrong with joleigh.... wait for it... wait for it... are you ready??  heat exhaustion!!  She says that it seems as if Joleighs getting overheated a few times a day which can be dangerous but at least it's not nearly as bad as she could have been since it can lead to heat stroke... I explained about my apartment and she said thats probably what it is, because it being even 80 degrees in the apartment, having little circulation can make it feel worse for both us and dogs and that it being 10 degrees hotter last night was probably what made her vomit this morning.  She explained to me how to give a cool water enema and explained what to do if I see the signs of it happening again. 

I went straight to the apartment office when I got home and explained to them that if my air conditioner wasn't fixed by tomorrow, I'd be getting in touch with a lawyer and plenty of news stations.  Its been about 3 hours since i've been home, and still no sign of anyone.  Joleighs doing fine, I just brought all of my portable fans and brought them into the living room.  There's no damage done to her besides maybe making her more suseptable (sp?) to getting overheated quicker, as long as I keep an eye on her, she will be fine. 

OMG, so much in a short time!! Poor Joleigh just not her year huh. I give ice too and they love ti. On really hot days or when I think they are got I give them cool baths and let them run around wet. I know they hate the bath but they act so full of life I know it feels good in the heat!!