Fur, Beautiful Fur

 This is an old photo of Dilly, but it shows her fur as it used to be before low thyroid thinned her coat and gave her a tail that looked like an attached rattlesnake. 

Her fur is back, thanks to several months on thyroid hormone replacement therapy. When you take your dog to the vet, you hope that the prescribed remedy will work, but you're more often afraid that it won't. Well, in Dilly's case, it worked!  Last month, we began noticing that her rattlesnake tail was disappearing under new fur growth. She also had a bare spot under her collar. That's gone as well.  She has cowlicks I never noticed before. 

It's a very chilly day today, still under 32 degrees fahrenheit around 11 AM. Dilly is out walking with Phil. He's bundled up in his winter coat and she is resplendent in her new fur. (I don't go out unless the temperature is at least 40 because the cold air makes me cough.)

Yesterday our 18-year-old grandson had to be picked up from school. He had a sore throat, fever, and congestion. His dad took him for a second Covid test. They'll get the results in a day or so. Meanwhile, he's isolated in his room.  His mother says he's feeling better today. Over the years, he's missed very few days of school because of illness and he's always recovered quickly from colds. We hope that it's just a common cold this time and that he continues to recover.