I guess this would be a bit of the Beyond
The last entry was entitled WBZ and Beyond. At that time I thought the Beyond was the rest of our travels but that’s
not quite it I guess. The most recent buzz involves some interesting repurcussions from Dad’s medical world. He gets
migraines on occasion where normally the on occasion part means once every other month or so. His recent neurological
episode has seemingly increased that dramatically with him having to grab his migraine meds, lay down and lose an
entire night at a rate of roughly twice per week. This isn’t so good but is probably his brain healing a bit from the
impact of the neurological episode of his mysterious condition. There’s a quote Dad loves that says something about
keeping the keys to your happiness in your own pocket and not in someone else’s pocket. As such he has explored every
opportunity to better understand and potentially impact his situation. We took a trip to Beth Israel Deaconess over a
year ago to meet with a Migraine Specialist doing research and wanting to have Dad be a subject. The notion of that
work is the impact of light in migraines and pain. Dad has absolutely no light sensitivity and as such his pupils do
not react to light and are generally exceedingly large. When a Migraine is starting or his risk for it begins to rise
tremendously his pupils constrict and can actually pulsate even though there’s no shift in lighting. This makes for an
interesting neurology in general but all of that is getting way too indepth for my Canine Comprehension anyhow.
The salient point is a major release is coming from the study and Dad has already done an interview with Scientific
American (last night) and will be heading to the hospital to film a short piece with New England cable News on Monday.
His part will be small as will sadly be mine though I bet I do charm Latoyia Edwards! The benefit is that this might
expand the work of Dr. Rami Burstein and help him get funding for further exploration of Dad’s brain. It also puts
Dad’s name out there for a lot of the medical community which can often lead to other connections of merit for his
unique neurologicalcondition.
Well that’s enough about Dad for me. Our morning walks have remained vastly intact here on day 9 of the New year and
it continues to be fantastic. yesterday morning we even hit the woods near the house and Dad let me have a full puppy
spaz out in the silent snowy wonderland of the woods at 56:00 a.m. This snow stuff is plenty of fun when you get to
romp in it as opposed to having to fight the salt off your paws armed only with a tongue (blech) or Dad carrying a
towel for tha tpurpose. Still nothing clears them like a rinse and that just isn’t easy in the winter. I think I have
Dad convinced that prancing in fresh new snow is a rinse of worth though!
Patriots Playoff game at Gilette Stadium on Sunday. Temperatures are reputedly going to be in the teens so I’ll have
my coat and a few blankets ready for the excursion but I’m going since it’s sunny and above single digits. Dad better
be ready to keep me warm with lots of Charlee Bears. I wish the Pats could see me catch my football since with my
jukes, speed and catching ability I’d be Brady’s new favorite receiver until Wes can return.
Last note in my disjointed Beyond post is the New Year’s Eve viewing of “Up” with Tracy and Jennifer. The dogs in the
movie have collars which let them talk and this is supposed to be a marvel. When they get their own blogs they can
come talk to me. Still the movie, albeit farcical was touching and enjoyable. I wonder how many balloons it would
take to lift Quinn off the ground and I wonder how much I’d rather keep my four paws on the ground except when I leap
under my own power to catch a toy!
Be Well and…I’ll be hunting Ravens on Sunday!
the Mighty Quinn
