Whether it's your first Bonnaroo or you’re a music festival veteran, we welcome you to Inforoo.
Here you'll find info about artists, rumors, camping tips, and the infamous Roo Clues. Have a look around then create an account and join in the fun. See you at Bonnaroo!!
wizardofwonder is Chris, Mr P's owner. Chris and Wallace (the author) stopped by brunch handing out magents and stuff, but told me that Poncho's sick and was unable to attend. I'll post a pic when I get home so you can recognize them.
Post by wizardofwonder on Jun 21, 2007 18:11:58 GMT -5
Wow, don't we all look fine. It was great catching up with you again!
Mr. P had not been his usual happy, energetic self after the North Carolina Boogie over Memorial day weekend, so I took him to the vet. At first the vet thought he had strained his neck. After taking the medicine the vet gave him for awhile, Mr.P did not improve. He was laying on the ground and panting when it was not hot, and he had not been active. So one evening a couple of days before heading off to Bonnaroo, I took him for a very short walk of about one block. About three quarters of the way back Poncho just laid down and looked terrible. I picked him up and took him home, where he just laid there on the floor and tried to catch his breath. On the Monday before Bonnaroo we were back at the vets office where I told them whatever was going on went way beyond any strained neck, and that I wanted all possible tests performed and that expense was irrelevant. Well it turned out the little guy has an enlarged heart (I always wondered how so much love could fit in such a small dog) and that had caused his blood pressure to go way up and fluid to build up in his lungs. He was given three new prescriptions to take. There was simply no way he was going to be able to go to Bonnaroo and had I not agreed to officiate a wedding (I'm glad I did, lovely couple, beautiful wedding), I would have stayed home with him. My friend Joe took really good care of him while I was gone and he was much better when I got home. Wallace and I did walk around Bonnaroo and took some pictures which Wallace said he was going to use for the story. It will be interesting to see what he comes up with given that Poncho is not actually in any of the pictures. But Wallace is quite creative and I'm looking forward to seeing what he comes up with. The enlarged heart is a genetic thing and will not go away but the high blood pressure can be addressed with medication and the fluid in his lungs is clearing up well with the medication he is taking. I'm very grateful for all the love people have for Mr. P, I'm sure it has helped him, I know it has helped me.
Sucks about Mr. P's heart, I hope he gets back to his usual, partyin self.
On another note, I found a Ponnaroo button while cleaning up for clean vibes yesterday and it was so awesome, had it not been sitting in shhit-water i woulda taken it.
