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June 3rd 2021, 10:32 AM
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Somehow, I feel I should apologize for doing almost nothing in the way of work on this dmod for a week. Or maybe, I'm just fishing for sympathy. Please forgive me.

Last Saturday, since we were now vaccinated, my wife and I traveled to see some old friends we have not seen in a year. They are a couple we have known for decades. She was in good spirits, and was a wonderful hostess during our visit. Unfortunately, he was not quite the man he has always been, as a bout with Covid-19 last year left him with some long term cognitive damage, and a mere shadow of his once perfectly physically fit self. Still, things went pretty well and we all had a great time.

Then we came home and found our dog was partially paralyzed, and apparently in great pain. Taking him to the veterinarian gave us sobering news. His chance of recovery was poor. Two days later, he was still in the vet-hospital and was unconscious, fully rigidly paralyzed, and apparently still in pain. We put him out of his misery and cried for most of the rest of the day. We still do not know what killed him, but can assume it was a genetic ailment, possibly "canine meningoencephalitis of unknown origin".

This dog was my nearly constant companion, and even helped me recover from surgery about 5 years ago (encouraging me to walk every day). Needless to say we took this loss rather hard.

Anyway, I'm back now and working on this dmod once again. It is a good distraction.