2025 Life Logs, Day 264: Happy Birthday to Shadow
Date: Sunday, September 21, 2025
Weather: Sunny and Cool; High Temp 65, Low 51 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Shadow turned 6 years old today, but it was not a day for celebration. I fear Shadow is really not well. In fact, I think he is seriously unwell. I have no idea what is wrong, but over the past week or so, he has changed from my rambunctious ‘bad boy’ who jumps on everyone and everything, to a quiet dog that can’t even get up on the sofa to sit with me. He is still eating and drinking water, but otherwise, he doesn’t move. He stopped playing fetch on Friday and that is his favorite thing to do in the whole world. Our once-a-day ball games are a fun time that both of us look forward to. Yesterday I thought he was better. We walked our two miles in the morning with Archie. Shadow was not energetic but seemed okay. But then last night, he couldn’t jump up on the bed to sleep beside me. Instead, he slept on the floor beside the bed. This morning, he was able to get in the car to drive over so we could pick up Archie and go for a walk. I drove Shadow over so that our walk would be only one mile. He seemed so lethargic, and I didn’t want to push him too far.
Shadow was able to walk the mile, but then he was not able to get up on the back seat of the car without my help to come home. It is breaking my heart to watch him and not have a clue what to do. I will take him to the vet or to the animal hospital emergency unit in the morning. I love my Shadow and can’t imagine life without him, so I sure hope to have better news tomorrow night.
