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First, a bit of an apology. It wasn’t until a couple hours after my last post that I realized I had posted in the Greyhounds sub, but Jackson is an Italian greyhound which I know has its own sub. If that was a misstep, I sincerely apologize, but nonetheless we really, truly appreciate everyone’s well wishes and encouragement during such an uncertain time.

IVIG was our final option which he began on 7/30, and he looks to be responding well, as his platelets have gone from undetectable to about 80k this morning, halfway to the ideal range (and hopefully rising) and well outside the danger zone for spontaneous internal bleeding. After a 5-night stay at the hospital, we were able to bring him home this afternoon. He’s currently sleeping off the emotional and physical exhaustion from the past week, hopefully recovering his HCT levels as well. We have to return in 2 days for updated blood tests and to make a critical decision about the next step.

But for now, our beautiful boy is home, right where he belongs, and I honestly believe all the kindness, positive thoughts and prayers pouring in from so many different parts of the world helped keep him strong in the midst of a dire situation. We were also blessed with some very confident doctors who also encouraged us to keep a positive outlook.

So a big thank you to everyone here for cheering Jackson on through this process. I believe he’ll continue to fight his way back to his normal self as a gentlemanly sock bandit 🧦

Love you, Jackson, and love you too r/greyhounds ❤️

His bloodwork was immaculate 3 months ago, but some strange bruising in the past couple days led us to discovering he has ITP (Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia) with a near-zero platelet count.

Luckily, ultrasounds and such detected no internal bleeding, although his stool appears to be getting a little darker, but he's on organ-protective medications during his hospital stay.

Unfortunately, the first two ITP treatment options have not improved his platelet count. He's super energetic and has maintained a healthy appetite, which makes the diagnosis and the fact that his body isn't responding such a shock to us.

So he will begin IVIG in the morning (it's currently 7pm JST). This is our hail mary. The idea is that this procedure will distract his immune system away from destroying the platelets long enough for the steroids to kick in and help increase the platelet count and calm down the immune response.

This kid loves to sneak up to our bedroom and steal my freshly washed socks to use as floss after a meal, I wanna buy him all the socks in the world.

頑張って、ジャックソン　❤️

Was offered 30% off all vinyl purchases with a 4-month trial of Amazon Japan Music (def gonna cancel lol), had to jump as this ended up being like $17USD

EVERY episode she seemed to be hyper cognizant of the cameras, constantly shifting her eyes like a lunatic for the right angle as if she knew which camera was focusing at a given moment. Do they give direction to the audience to appear super interested in the case? Because she turned that shit up to eleven.

Does Central Casting still service this show? Was she expecting a genuine acting gig to come from this kind of work?

Recipe here: https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/homemade-pop-tarts/

Lower butter ratio than other recipes I’ve tried, but that makes for a more accurate, crumbly texture as more butter usually leads to a chewier, flakier pie crust vibe.

Rainy season and some structural damage are beginning to stunt my tomato growth, but I was able to grab just enough to make a nice zingy sauce.

48hr CF

Next episode: pizza sauce

I ended up skipping dinner tonight

Instead of regular milk in the batter, steep some cereal in there for a little while. Dusted and topped with cereal for overload

EDIT: recipe in auto mod reply

Italian sausage and olives… and buttered tf outta that crust.

5 fruits forming with about 15 or so more flowers about to bloom. Plant is finally taking off thanks to this steady weather, can’t wait to start canning. But for now, time to prune some leaves a little bit

Really proud of this one

I don’t like most Japanese sweets but gourmet-level かき氷 might be my all-time favorite dessert. And the fact that it’s getting easier to find this style outside of major city areas…🤌

This one, called ‘Blueberry Snow,’ had whole fresh blueberries and blueberry paste inside, and the ice was partially milk-based.

Located in Nagareyama, Chiba

Spent the last couple months experimenting with new flour blends as a pivot due to rising costs of flours I typically used, thanks to the yen basically reaching record worthlessness.

Took a while to accept that Caputo, although really affordable, is just not for me, and the strongest Japanese bread flour is barely 12% and was still a little delicate…wasn’t cutting it. So I bit the bullet and went back to my Central Milling High Mountain BF/Bobs Red Mill AP mix. Caputo wasn’t terrible, but this blend just works for what I’m trying to accomplish.

That said, I’m sure I still have a lot to learn as far as working with different types of flour, but for now it just feels good to get back to consistent results.

Also, after YEARS of searching I finally got my hands on some Italian sausage so I wasn’t gonna waste it on a mediocre dough