AWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone know the hospital code for cuteness overload?
Thanks to everyone’s generosity, and then a last minute push from a donor who has a rescued Boston terrier from the local Boston terrier rescue to push the funding over the top, Sophie had her eye surgery yesterday. Her human sent this yesterday:
Surgery went well.She’s home but pretty groggy as they had to put her under general anesthesia.She ate a little, drank a little, and has been mostly sleeping on my lap – she’s like a little furnace!She still has an IV in her leg.I’ll take her back tomorrow for a 24 hr check and they’ll take it out then.
And today’s update:
Sacked out again after going under anesthesia today again to repair stitches in her left eye that were leaking. Poor little girl!
So that little complication aside, everything seems to have gone well and she’s at home resting comfortably.
Thank you all for your generosity and helping Sophie afford her surgery!
Open thread!
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
Yay, Sophie!
Villago Delenda Est
I needed a bit of good news today! Sophie, you rawk!
Kristine
May Sophie’s recovery continue apace.
mrmoshpotato
Woohoo! Speedy recovery to the pup.
NotMax
Congrats on being boon companions with an eye seeing dog.
Luciamia
Love her pj’s!
geg6
Sweet Sophie! Yay!
CaseyL
So good to hear! Yay, Sophie!
Yutsano
Aww! I hope the surgery takes for you little one!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Yutsano: How are you doing? Make a clean escape from the big house?
Mary G
I’m verklempt.
Ascap_scab
The Trump administration just lent $700 million to a trucking company sued for ripping off taxpayers
Sounds like the government picking winners and losers to me. Does anyone remember when Republicans lost their shit when Solyndra failed?
Martin
Cone of shame. She wears it well.
Uncle Omar
Is it just me or does Kayleigh McEnanny dress as though she is on her way to a garden party? Or auditioning for a Faux Noise spot on Three Idiots on a Couch? Or auditioning for Mrs. Donald J. Trump the 4th after he dumps Melania for turning 50? Would it be irresponsible to speculate?
E.
Oh look we hit 50,000 new cases today! Great assist by AZ with almost ten percent of the total.
Mary G
Martin
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
@Yutsano:
Oh, yeah. Yutsano, you got a cone of shame too?
Anne Laurie
Yay, Sophie!
A suggestion, which Sophie’s people may not need: When my first dog, a 10lb Papillon, had a play date with his best doggy friends (including an Irish Setter, Afghan hound, several Great Danes) we’d put his airline crate in the yard. If / when the bigger dogs got too excited, Galliard would retreat into his crate until everybody remembered their manners. This never took long… the Danes, in particular, always looked embarrassed, even when they weren’t the ones responsible!
If Sophie, once physically recovered, is still feeling fragile about ‘novelty’, having her own trusted safe space (a stroller or playpen would also work) can help her get back to full enjoyment of her newly reopened world at her own pace.
Anne Laurie
Nonsense. Sophie’s just looking for better reception while she netflixes & chills from her couch!
Yutsano
@?BillinGlendaleCA: @Martin: ‘Ha. They couldn’t wait to get rid of me! I’m still not as strong as I was but I definitely feel a lot better. An actual diagnosis would have helped as well but the neurologists just stopped looking.
Jeffro
NYT dropping more receipts on Russian bounties
Mai naem mobile
@Uncle Omar: I thought it was going to sound sexist to point this out. I really haven’t paid much attention to Kayleigh but I happened to see a clip of her on monday in what looked like a strapless apricot sundress. Seriously wtf. Today she had on an off the shoulder floral sundress. Yeah,yeah, there’s more important stuff out there but jeezus.
@E.: we in Arizona are always happy to contribute to bad statistics. Seriously, yes our numbers are up for sure but I think are daily number reporting is a little messed up so you really have to pay attention to patterns not day to day. Our labs are way behind and possibly running out of lab supplies. I know somebody whose test results didn’t come back for nine days. We are also now behind in testing which we weren’t. Also testing facilities in latino heavy areas are limited. Test appointments are filled up by 8am.
Joy in FL
I’ve been avoiding news all day today. I couldn’t hold out any longer and decided to peek at BJ. So glad I did. I love the good news for Sophie and am so happy for her and her humans.
Adam L Silverman
@Uncle Omar: Can you tell which is before and which is after the makeover?
HRA
My best wishes for Sophie having a good recovery. Thank you for the update, Adam.
Raven
I missed this, when was it?
Adam L Silverman
@Raven: The request for donations was 14 JUN:
https://balloon-juice.com/2020/06/14/for-sophie-a-request-for-some-pet-assistance/
The surgery was yesterday, with a bit of follow up today.
Ohio Mom
Uncle Omar @14, Mai Naem Mobile @22: Agree on McEnanny’s fashion sense
It is a very unserious look for a very serious role. But her answers to the reporters’ questions are consistently unserious, so she has a certain gestalt going I guess.
Adam L Silverman
Off to walk the doggos. Back in 45 minutes or so.
cain
Yay, Sophie!
The latest Lincoln Project is the most impudent ad I’ve seen yet!
Ceci n est pas mon nym
Hope everyone had / is having a great Canada Day (under the circumstances).
How we found out about Canada Day: Some years back we decided to take a road trip north, including Montreal, timed so that we’d end up back in the States on July 4 weekend. After we parked the car and started walking, sitting in a cafe in literally our first 5 minutes of visiting Montreal, someone came through, handed out little Canadian flags to everyone there, and a few minutes later the big Canada Day parade started.
Raven
@Adam L Silverman: damn
Omnes Omnibus
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: One year, I arrived in Victoria BC on Victoria Day. I still like to think the pipes and drums were there to welcome me.
Amir Khalid
@Uncle Omar:
It seems to be a conservative thing over there that the men dress for business, in suits, and the women — the younger ones, anyway — dress for Sunday brunch.
Amir Khalid
Get well soon, Sophie. Good to know you’re on the mend.
SiubhanDuinne
@NotMax:
As always, you did it there and I saw it
SiubhanDuinne
@Ascap_scab:
Dafuq?
O/T ETA: BTW, as both the daughter and sister of two lifetime members of ASCAP, I have to say that I adore your nym!
Mary G
@Amir Khalid: Women know that Republicans require the few women they hire to be young and sexy. Skirts with heels, never pants, cleavage, maximum makeup and hair.
Omnes Omnibus
@SiubhanDuinne: If we ignore him….
Omnes Omnibus
@Amir Khalid: That’s not how people dress for brunch in my world.
Gin & Tonic
@Adam L Silverman: You’re going to jail for that.
Mary G
Here’s good thing:
Governor Gav just reshut restaurants, bars, museums, movie theaters, etc etc in 19 California counties, including every one in SoCal except San Diego. Sensible people there are begging him to add it and I expect fights at the border a few miles south of my house between people who want to be healthy and people who want to make a money killing off partiers from the rest of the state and Arizona.
Miss Bianca
Oh, man, I wish I’d had the do-re-mi to contribute. Alas, I’m dealing with piles of vet bills my own self. But yay, Sophie!
SiubhanDuinne
@Uncle Omar:
In an earlier thread sometime during the last 24 hours or so, I actually drafted a fairly long comment about the way Kayleigh McInany dresses, but it was coming across as hostile and petty and judgmental (I am all those things; I just don’t like coming across that way), so I deleted it before posting.
But the thrust of my aborted comment was that she dresses for press briefings as though she’s headed for a cocktail party. The kindest word I could muster was “unprofessional.”
Mike in NC
Today Netflix added two of the greatest movies ever made: “Airplane” and “The Naked Gun”.
Amir Khalid
@E.:
Yikes.
Omnes Omnibus
@Mike in NC: Nice beaver.
Juju
Yay Sophie!!! Can you see the eye chart now?
dmsilev
@Mary G: Restaurants etc can still do outdoor dining; indoor dining is what is shut down.
Edit: LA Times:
Sigh.
SiubhanDuinne
@Omnes Omnibus:
Ontario observes a Bank Holiday on the first Monday in August, and every few years that day coincides with
myour birthday. I used to love visiting my aunt and cousins formyour birthday celebrations and noting, with pride, that the entire province had closed down inmyour honour!!Edited to fix the possessive pronouns :-)
Ruckus
@Yutsano:
It seems like something neurologists do, as I’ve had the same experience. If you don’t fit the exact profile, they are stumped. They know something is amiss, they just don’t know what, why or how.
John Revolta
Makes you wonder if maybe they’ve got a little inside info……
Omnes Omnibus
@SiubhanDuinne: This year will be one.
zhena gogolia
@cain:
Oh, I love it! It’s very stupid but I love it!
SiubhanDuinne
@Mike in NC:
Best news in EVAH! Thanks!
John Revolta
@SiubhanDuinne: But I thought you Sothron Belles all could do that thing where you get all hostile and petty and judgemental and still come across all sweet and sugary-like?
SiubhanDuinne
@Omnes Omnibus:
I know! (As it was the year I was born.)
SiubhanDuinne
@John Revolta:
Aren’t you just the sweetest thing to say that?
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Ascap_scab:
It’s ok when Republicans do it. They don’t have a coherent ideology beyond power and corruption
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Yutsano:
Glad you’re feeling better!
Anne Laurie
Remember that 80s mantra Dress for the job you want, not the job you have? This Trump-Press-Secretary job is just a long-form interview for the job McEneny really wants, as the next Blond with Two Boobs on A Couch. That’s where the real money is — lying for the Squatter-in-Chief is just one of those summer stints that liven up one’s resume, like a semester at a European mime atelier or a summer job
tending barwrangling horses on Dick Cheney’s ranch.Amir Khalid
@Anne Laurie:
I remember how the Republicans mocked Secretary of State Hillary for her pantsuits.
SiubhanDuinne
@Anne Laurie:
Yeah, I kind of assumed a FOX audition was part of the mix.
Benw
Aww hell yeah Sophie!
@Mary G: what the hell!? Why would SD be excepted? All my fam is in SD where I grew up, I don’t want morons flocking to bars/stores/beaches there! Just lock it down!
dmsilev
@Anne Laurie: Wasn’t she a FoxBot of some sort before becoming the latest Wormtongue?
Ascap_scab
@SiubhanDuinne:
It comes from the early days of Napster.
Mary G
@Benw: They’ve been doing better than the rest of us, possibly because so many Republicans there are involved with the military and believe in taking orders instead of whining about FREEDUMB, maybe? I haven’t heard about any “I Can’t Breathe When I Drink a Lot” protests there.
But yes, this is a recipe for disaster. I know Gov Gav is trying to go by data and hard evidence, but some things are just common sense.
Dan B
@SiubhanDuinne: Every year the PRC celebrates my birthday. I was not aware until my 40s that I was birn the same day the People’s Republic was declared. It was not discussed in Ohio, or Seattle for that matter.
I have yet to attend the birthday in China.
Mary G
Moar good news from Biden’s campaign:
Amir Khalid
@Dan B:
A bit like saying that every year Malaysia celebrates Princess Diana’s death. (She died on August 31 — Merdeka (independence) Day.)
Ascap_scab
@John Revolta:
YRC isn’t the only LTL trucking company out there. ABF, ODFL, and SAIA are plenty ready to pick up the slack if YRC implodes.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Mary G:
WOW! $141 million in a single month is impressive! He’s going to need it to face off against Dump this summer and fall. Trump had been raising a ton of money but I know they’ve had to sink additional funds into states they thought were locked down recently. I also got the impression recently that his fundraising itself the last few months has been struggling
Benw
@Mary G: I hope you’e doing well and able to stay safe there!
I wonder if SD’s low rates are partly because so much of SD is already set up to function outside?
Your original point is spot on: data that SD is not heavily infected (YET) doesn’t help when people don’t function like random particles. Announce SD is open for business and everyone from Pasadena on down over to Yuma is rushing to SD bars and movie theaters. No, stay away!
It’s bad cause my brother’s fam is working two full time jobs and desperate for day care.
geg6
@SiubhanDuinne:
Bless your heart.
rikyrah
Yeah ???