Author Archives: Jane Ganahl

I think there must be an unwritten rule that you shouldn’t blog when in the depths of a blue mood, but here I go anyway. Big Mike, after being so sweet and docile on Monday for his bandage change, was … Continue reading →

Big Mike continues to heal steadily, but I’m selfishly starting to get anxious about my annual post-Litquake two-week getaway. It’s not supposed to start for another six weeks, but at this pace, I fear he won’t be healed yet. And … Continue reading →

Big Mike 3 You watch this video and think, how could he ever be pugnacious?  😉 I’m convinced that animals – like childen – are put on the planet to make us liars. After waxing rhapsodic in my last post about … Continue reading →

Big Mike is finally experiencing a real improvement – his wound is starting to heal more quickly. Huzzah! The difference, I think, has been some high-tech (read: expensive) new first aid supplies sent to me by my rescue ace friend … Continue reading →

Just a quick update to say that I clearly take my own words both seriously and prophetically. Soon after writing the previous post pondering why I feel so close to this battered and bruised boy, I guess I decided to … Continue reading →

I had decided that I needed to move Big Mike upstairs to the guest bedroom, after he’d been in the bathroom for a month and had started showing signs of restlessness, looking anxiously out the door when I’d walk in … Continue reading →

Big Mike has utterly captured not only my heart, but that of every visitor who drops in to see him. Painfully shy when he first arrived, the docile boy is starting to come out of his shell more and more. … Continue reading →

As I mentioned previously here, when I first thought about catching the gravely wounded Big Mike, I realized I was asking to contend with some fairly scary medical bills to nurse him back to health. But I could not just … Continue reading →

This beautiful, brave boy’s physical health is improving, though it’s slow going. The wound is still open, and the abscess oozes off and on. It’s testing my abilities (or lack thereof) as a caretaker – I almost get sick when … Continue reading →

As soon as I got back from Mexico, I picked up Big Mike from Dr. Sue, where he’d been cooling his paws for a week. I was a little stunned to see him still looking so bad: his leg wound … Continue reading →