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I had a stomach ulcer rupture and had surgery to correct it. I was given a list of restrictions when I left the hospital, diet, activity, etc. A 10 pound weight restriction was on the list. I have my first post surgery appointment on Tuesday. But have Easter this weekend with very young relatives that I would like to be able to pick up and hold. I do not want to rip any stitches out.

My 3.5 year old Golden Retriever/Lab mix sprained her ankle (hock) on her back leg. I took her to her vet as soon as the office opened the following morning. She was diagnosed with a level 2 sprain and given vetprofen 100 mg. every 12 hours for pain. I have been putting a luke warm washcloth around the injury every 3-4 hours for 15 minutes to help with the swelling. It does seem to help! She is a big girl and weighs 101.3 pounds. This issue is being addressed I have changed her treats and no longer give her dog treats. She is given cold cooked green beans and cold cooked carrots for treats now. The carrots are sliced up to prevent her from choking on them. She is starting to lay the injured leg on the floor when she is resting now. She will stand on it to go to the bathroom. She is having difficulty getting from a sitting up position to a standing position we have all hardwood floors so it is slippery. I am wondering how long until she can get back to her mile walks and playing in the hose and her regular activities.

My 14 year old daughter is the youngest of 4 biological siblings and 2 step siblings. The oldest are 20 with her being the youngest. Her youngest step sib. lives with her mother and has had a monroe piercing since she was 15. This child dropped out of school when she turned 16, got her GED and since has not worked and is on a damaging path. My 18 year old got her nose pierced when she was 16. She took good care of it but the ring fell out and the hole closed after about 6 months.

My daughter goes to a conservative school in a small district she has told me that a couple kids in her school have facial piercings. We have had a few discussions about this in the past few months. I have expressed to her my concerns regarding this behavior. She has had medical problems in the past e.i. a bone tumor that was removed about 1.5 years ago, kidney surgery when she was 7 and febrile seizures from 2 years to 7 years when she had kidney surgery. I have also done research about the safety of the procedure. She has had her ears pierced 2 times the first time the skin grew over the earring and had to have it removed by the doctor and the 2nd time worked out better but only one side is still open and she had her cartilage pierced of which is still open also.

I am looking for some good advice hopefully from another parent that may have dealt with this in such a young teen before. Do they think this is a good idea, she is really trying to express herself or some reason related to her step sister???