u/Cool-Eggplant-6397

This is my second post. We are worried sick. The vet did a physical exam, blood test, and x-rays, but found nothing to explain it. The vet prescribed a week's supply of anti-inflammatories, nerve pills, and muscle relaxers. She also recommended we put her on a liver supplement. We are finishing up the meds, but she still just has no strength in her hind legs. It happened so suddenly. We have no idea what caused it or what to do about it.

The vet says the next step is an ultrasound and echocardiogram, but we might go to a different vet. There is a holistic vet here in Chattanooga people rave about due to helping restore their dogs' mobility.

Once she gets up and seems to get the blood flowing to her back legs, she can walk pretty well. She can't run or jump or go up or down stairs or anything, but she can walk without much of limp. After she gets still, it's hard for her to get warmed up again. I bought her some Dasuquin joint soothing chews, but she has only had one so far.

This literally happened over night. One day her back legs were just very weak and shaky. If we could just get it figured out, we could focus on treating it. It just sucks not having a clue.

We have an appointment at 10AM with the vet. Our spayed 8 year old female who is on the smaller side but a little bit overweight has suddenly developed weakness in her back legs. They tremble, and she kicks them as if she is trying to regain feeling in them because they are falling asleep. She gets excited and tries to run and play like she was fully capable of doing just a few days ago, and her back legs just collapse. She is able to stand and walk with a bad waddle, but she can't do much more. I have been carrying her out to use the bathroom. She can't manage the stairs. Any idea what we are dealing with?

On my S24U, multiple times per day I am getting two Google notifications, maybe about one of my favorite baseball or football teams. When I click one of the notifications, it takes me to an article about one of the teams I'm following. When I click on the other notification, it makes me put in my fingerprint or pass code. Then, it takes me to the exact same article, just with smaller font. Has anyone else experienced it? I've force stopped the Google app, cleared the cache, and wiped the storage in the Google app to no effect.

My mom and step dad were paying $130 per month at Verizon. My brother was paying $70 with Straight Talk. My wife and I were paying $140 with AT&T. That's a savings of $220 per month. All five of us are satisfied with Cricket. My wife and I had AT&T and don't notice any difference except that AT&T used to throttle our data speed after 5GB. None of us ever use hotspot, so that's not an issue for any of us.

I was paying AT&T right at $145 per month for two lines. We purchased the phones unlocked on Amazon. Worst of all, AT&T was throttling us after we used 2GB of data. My wife would use all that in about two weeks, so for the last two weeks of the month, our data was too slow to use. It wasn't even fast enough for Google Maps. We ported our phone numbers to CC. We went with the two lines for $55 AARP deal. We are now paying less than half what we were paying AT&T and haven't experienced any negatives. With CC, throttling doesn't kick in until we use 50gb of data. We only average using about 5gb. We decided to go with CC vs Mint or Visible because AT&T is a little more reliable in our area than T-mobile or Verizon, but those seem like really good options too.

My wife and I just got back with the two miniature schnauzers from Pensacola, FL for a short vacation. On one of our walks on a recommended dog-frienfly trail near the beach, both dogs got covered in sand spurs. Our male is larger and much heavier. He had them embedded between his paw pads on all four paws. We removed all the spurs, but the next day, he really started to avoid putting weight on his paws and avoiding hard surfaces. We are going to take him to the vet on Monday if he isn't better, but we are just trying to make him as comfy as we can. Here are some things we've done and other info.

1. We soaked them in warm water and baking soda. Then I cleaned them with Nizoral shampoo.

2. We soaked them in warm water and epsom salt.

3. We treated them with neosporin.

4. We treated them with Paw Soother.

5. We treated them with coconut oil.

6. I gave him the recommended dosage of benadryl twice. It didn't seem to help at all, so I discontinued that.

7. I had some liquid prednisone doses leftover from a bout with kennel cough. That helped. I will probably keep giving him that at the recommended schedule.

8. I had some amoxicillin left over. I have been giving him a recommended dose for his size. I will keep doing that until we talk to the vet.

9. I don't feel or see any remaining shards from the spurs, but it's possible pieces could still be in his paws.

10. He is avoiding hardwood and tile floors. He much prefers carpet. He won't walk or stand for more than 10 or 15 seconds.

11. He is not in constant pain/distress like he was at first (not sleeping), especially after prednisone. Today is the third day. His paws (especially the rear paws) just seem to hurt under his weight.

12. He is eating good. We put down a soft pad in front of his food and water bowls. Otherwise he would only eat if hand fed.

13. It doesn't hurt to rub his back, move his legs all around, or lift him. My wife is an RN. We are almost sure it's not a back injury.

14. He is eating and pottying normally. It's just visibly uncomfortable on the paw on the ground when he clocks his other leg to pee or for both rear paws when he squats to poop. Our yard is dry and rocky in the hottest summer months.

15. His spirits are still good. His personality hasn't changed.

My wife and I continued using our same old unlocked Galaxy S20 Ultra phones when we switched from ATT to CC. We are thinking of upgrading to S23's or S24's soon. We will buy them from eBay or Amazon in unlocked excellent condition. We've had good luck with that in the past. To get the newer phones working with CC, will it be as simple as inserting the CC sim cards from our S20's, or will we need to visit a CC store? There isn't a store in our area. We got CC when we were on vacation.

I have one of these mini amps for running two extra speakers with my Denon receiver. It seems like I paid around $100 two years ago. $77 seems like a good deal with the larger power supply.

https://ebay.io/m/DhiKzy

It's $32 higher on Amazon.

https://a.co/d/0fD0eXiu

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I tried every remedy, but my Denon AVR-X6700H receiver kept going into thermal protection mode. The speaker wires were not touching, it had plenty of space to get air, and I even bought an AC Infinity cooler. Buying a bigger, beefier power cord worked for a while, but the problem eventually came back.

I contacted Denon by phone. I explained all the troubleshooting steps I had already taken. They found my receiver in their database using the serial number from when I registered it. I bought it about a year and a half ago in open-box condition from World Wide Stereo's eBay store. WWS assure me it would come with the full three-year factory warranty.

Denon sent me a free prepaid shipping label. I boxed up the receiver in the original box, which I kept. Denon offered to send me a box and packing materials for free. I sent it to Norman's Electronics in Atlanta. I live in Tennessee, so it arrived in two days. I got a text from Norman's when they received it and a few days later when it had been added to a technician's bench for diagnostics. A day or two after that, I got a call from the technician. He said the left amplifier was failing, and the part is on backorder, so Denon decided to replace the unit with a refurbished model. He said I'd be receiving an email from Fed Ex with a tracking number in a few days. After about four days, I had not received an email, so I contacted Denon. They said the replacement would be shipping out the next day. The replacement arrived a few days later from United Stereo of New York. It looks new and works like it should. From the day I boxed it up until the day the replacement arrived, it was 16 total days. There were two weekends during that time, so it was only 12 business days.

I contacted Denon because my AVR-X6700h receiver kept going into protection mode. After replacing the power cord, it worked as intended for several months, but it finally started back again. Denon sent me a prepaid FedEx label to send it to Norman's Electronics in Duluth, GA. I live in Tennessee, so it got there fast. A tech from Norman's called me less than a week after receiving it and informed me that the part needed to repair it was on back order (left amp), so Denon will be replacing it with a refurb model. Before I sent the unit for repair, I saved all the settings on a USB stick. Will there be any problem using the USB stick to restore the settings on the refurb model since it's the same model receiver?