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Our buddy gave us a major scare today. He had what looked to have been a seizure.
He has a habit of vomiting about once a week for reasons the vet can't fully understand. He had a blood exam about a month ago to determine the cause, but the results were inconclusive and didn't show anything too out of the ordinary. We gave him Liv-52 for a month (for his liver) and supplemented his diet with LC-Vit and Nutri-Plus Gel. The vomiting continued, but he's usually fine right after so it hasn't been a cause for real worry.
But today was different. After a spell of dry heaving, Henry stiffened up and fell backwards so fast that he knocked his head on the floor. It was heartbreaking. He was only out for a split second but it got my wife and I so worried that we immediately rushed him to the vet. They gave him some pills (I can't remember the name right now) and again drew his blood to run some tests. We'll find out the results tomorrow.
In the meantime, he's back to his old frisky self. Thank God. I don't want to worry too much about his condition because all the worrying doesn't help. All I can do now is pray, think positively and do all that I can to make sure that he's ok.
In fact, I know he is.
My wife and I were watching The Today Show this morning and there was a piece about the Michael Vick dog fighting scandal. A representative of the NAACP brought out the race card in defense of Vick, alleging that the public's uproar is due mainly to the fact that Michael Vick is black. They felt that he had already been condemned and convicted by the public even before going to trial because of his skin color.
In my opinion, this has absolutely nothing to do with race. Did the public convict Michael Vick in their minds even before he entered a courtroom? Sure. But not because he was black. Whether that were Michael Vick or Barry Manilow on trial, the public would have reacted in exactly the same way. The victims here were innocent dogs. General opinion is often divided when it comes to issues involving adults, but not when it involves the defenseless like children or pets. It strikes an emotional chord that makes us less forgiving.
This is the reason why throngs of people were actively demonstrating outside the courthouse. They saw the overwhelming evidence against Vick and were outraged. Was it unfair for the court of public opinion to convict him even before he was given a fair trial? Maybe. But can you really blame them?
On that note, can someone tell me where I can get one of those Michael Vick dog chew toys?
A part of my daily routine is to log on to boxingscene.com and read the articles. There was a line in an article yesterday about Manny Pacquiao that really got my attention:
"Over the past decade or so, only Mike Tyson has captured the interest and fascination of boxing fans in the manner that this little Filipino spitfire (has)..." - TK Stewart
Wow. That's a big statement, especially coming from a non-Filipino. To declare that Pacquiao's popularity and appeal is equal to that of Tyson's in his prime says just how special a fighter he's become. I love hearing boxing experts like Teddy Atlas bring up his name when discussing today's greatest fighters. Even Juan Manuel Marquez, who many consider to be the most technically skilled 126 - 130 lber, had nothing but good things to say about him. As an avid boxing fan, it makes me feel proud and privileged to be a witness to all of this.
I can't wait for the October rematch with Barrera.
5-1 + 1 world championship. Normally I'd be jumping up and down with joy but the 1 happens to be Boom Boom Bautista. I wouldn't be so bummed out about it had it been more competitive. But he was completely blown out of the building. First round knockout. It wasn't even a contest.
The funny thing is that before the fight, a part of me was actually wishing he'd lose. I always felt that it's better for a young, promising fighter to get his first loss early in his career, just to get it out of the way. Some fighters achieve too much success too early. It gets to their head and often do not recover mentally once they do suffer that first loss (i.e. Naseem Hamed). Boom Boom is young and will learn from this loss. He'll come back a better fighter and will one day become world champion.
The real story of the day though goes to Gerry Penalosa. What an awesome body shot. It was on par with the Hatton-Castillo or Hopkins-de la Hoya fights. It was perfect. And how could you not be happy for Penalosa? What you saw on his face was pure, unadulterated joy and gratitude for once again becoming world champion. And at age 35 at that. Now we have 3 legitimate world champions to be proud of. It was inspiring and easily the highlight of the day.
I've been going through websites like Philweavers and continue to be amazed by the level of talent Filipinos have. It's incredible. Never in my days at the Academy of Art did I see the quality of talent that I've seen here. It's on a different level.
As inspiring as it is to see all this great local talent though, it can be equally as deflating. With all the envelope pushing designers are doing today, here I am still thinking that animated gifs are the bomb. Stop laughing.
Best of luck to all the Filipinos fighting in tomorrow's Boxing World Cup in Sacramento. How exciting is this? Boom Boom finally gets a title shot and against a brawler like Ponce de Leon at that. I can't wait. And to make things even more interesting, Manny Pacquiao is the Philippines' team captain while Barrera will be leading Mexico. Awesome. I hope Bautista and Penalosa come home with 2 more legitimate world championships for the Philippines.
My wife and I watched The Secret last night. It was very encouraging and made a lot of sense. I realized how healthy it is - emotionally, spiritually, and physically - to recognize and be grateful for all the good things in your life. It reminded me of just how much there is to be thankful for.
The only thing now though is that I start to worry like hell whenever a negative thought enters my mind. But in the end I guess that's a good thing.
I finally got my website up. I was originally just going to house my portfolio in my sister's website, but since web hosting is so affordable these days I decided to register my own url. I figured it's a good investment, plus it's something to keep me busy between projects. :)
Our buddy gave us a major scare today. He had what looked to have been a seizure.
