Here a some shots of Nellie. As you can see my two Torties look pretty cute together :) Nellie loves her RESCUE pillow and sleeps on it every night. I think she enjoyed Christmas and she was really good about not getting into �things - just the last few days I had things up she started to play with some of the evergreen arrangements but no big deal... �

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December and January Nellie has had some set backs - �In Dec I had to give her �two baths �and Jan has seen a return of "plugs" about every other day. With the ok of Dr. Wight we put her back on Metacam - one drop every other day - and she is still on the DM only diet. She has only been on the meds for a week and the last few days have been better. We thought that maybe the colder weather kicked up �the arthritis in her lower back so we will see if the Metacam can help.

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Otherwise she is doing great - she found that my cupboards can open and she was able to pull a package of unopened Fig Newtons down from the second shelf of my pantry and get a few nibbles (I called the vet and they said unless �we saw any problems �she was ok). She loves to chase shadows and to cuddle and she always makes us laugh.

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Miss Nellie Belle is a sweetie!! �

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Carolyn Bernot

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