Lost in translation...

May has been a difficult month. If you read my post of April 30th you'll probably understand why.

http://imaginaryscrapbook.blogspot.com/2009/10/jasper.html

After a battery of tests, medications and waiting, it turns out my wee man has canine multiple sclerosis. It's incurable and will soon take his life. He's lost so much muscle mass in his back and bum I can feel every bone. He drags his claws on the ground when he walks, struggles to get up off the floor, is completely deaf, has hypothyroidism, hip dysplasia, chronic atopy and arthritis. But what is more heartbreaking is knowing that one day soon he'll lose the ability to use his back legs, bowels, bladder, front legs, lungs and his brain. I've already had a preview when I caught him by surprise one afternoon. He saw me and tried to run towards me but lost control of his back legs and dragged the whole lower half of his body up the road to meet me. The sight was more heartbreaking than words can describe, especially when he's been with me for almost 13 years!

So I've written May off as a non-starter in my project. Anything I have written will be posted in June, when I will restart my endeavour. I am naturally sad and frustrated at the break in my progress. But as committed as I am sometimes there are just more important things in life, and a close companion is one of them.

To all my followers, thank you for your support and I hope you'll continue to keep reading.