Howllo Fellow Hound and update lovers: I just got off the phone with Susan’s sweet Mom
(4:30pm Saturday).

Mrs. Randolph said that Susan is considerably better than yesterday. Her brain pressures are down and that is a great thing! Her black eye is looking better and the swelling is coming down. Susan is still sleeping a lot. I am not going to call her tonight. I don’t want her even thinking about carrying on a conversation while her pressures are coming down.

Mrs. Randolph said that the first thing she asked about, when she woke up, was Toby and Daisy.

She is on track to leave the ICU in a couple more days but we will know more on Monday when the full staff gets back to work. Mrs. Randolph said it is pretty quite on the weekends.

Tonight Mrs. Randolph has the task of cleaning basset ears! Yesterday she gave Toby his allergy shot! Good job!

Also, I have been getting a fair amount of e-mails from folks wanting to send things to Susan other than cards. My dear friend Melynda has been working on compiling some information for everyone.

Since this is a public website, I do not want to put her address on this blog posting. If you want to send Susan and her Mom and Dad something just e-mail me and I will help you do that. If I know you or know of you, I will send you her address. If not, I am sure someone other than me knows you! hehehehehe

Here goes:

This is a joint update on Susan Randolph from Cat and Melynda!

According to Susan’s mom, whom we both speak to every day, the surgeons had to shave her head for the brain surgery and she also has staples. Her mom was a bit worried about how Susan is going to feel about that when she becomes more aware of her surroundings. So, some of Susan’s friends and furends are starting a Hat Brigade!

If you want to join the Hat Brigade, just send a cute hat, cap, headscarf, skull cap, doo rag, or any other pawsome head covering for Susan to proudly wear until her barootiful hair grows back in! You can send hats (or get-well cards, etc.) to Susan’s house, where Susan’s mom will be living until Susan is completely well:

Hat size medium/large. Hint: Susan loves basset crap especially when it benefits rescue!

If you would rather send a donation in Susan, Daisy and Toby’s honor instead of a hat, we know that some of Susan’s favorite charities are:

– BROOD (http://www.brood-va.org/support.htm)

– HOP (http://houseofpuddles.org/donate.htm)

– Noah’s Wish (http://www.noahswish.info/Donations.html)

– Senior HoundsAbound.(http://www.seniorhoundsabound.org/info/donate)

Several folks have emailed us and asked if they could send a restaurant or other gift certificate to help out with food while Susan’s recovering. If anyone wants to send a restaurant gift certificate to help out with a meal, we did a search on restaurants near Susan’s house and here are some of them. We suspect that Susan’s mom, who is not as familiar with Leesburg, is going to be driving her around until she feels better and her vision comes back to normal, so we are only listing chain restaurants where people could easily get gift cards to, within two miles of her house. We know Susan loves southern food but we think she loves all food–we don’t know of any particular likes or dislikes (we know she loves chocolate!). There is also a Wal~Mart, PetSmart and a Target close by if anyone wanted to send gift cards for any of those places to get goodies for home or for Toby and Daisy.

Blimpie’s Subs
McDonald’s
Pizza Hut
Popeye’s
Dunkin Donuts
Baskin-Robbins
Papa John’s
Quizno’s
Starbucks
Roy Rogers
Red, Hot & Blue (GREAT bbq)
Subway
Domino’s
Burger King
Taco Bell
International House of Pancakes (IHOP)
Ruby Tuesday
Coldstone Creamery (ice cream)
Ledo Pizza (best pizza in DC)
Panera
Bob Evans
TGI Friday’s
Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs

It really helps when you don’t have to cook!

Well, my dear friends that is all for now. I will be updating everyone tomorrow, and every day until our girl gets back in shape.

P.S. Chaps states, “This food gift card thing is a really good idea! I support this effort as Mayor, and food lover, slurp!”

More Later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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