I know you're all wondering how I'm doing so here's the skinny. It's been, as Elizabeth is fond of saying, an uphill battle. I did get better but that's a relative term. I wasn't as bad as I'd been but I wasn't very good either. We went to Carolina Beach on Monday for the sole purpose of getting within walking distance of a pharmacy for another round of pain pills and antibiotics. We had used up all our gauze and tape, too, so Elizabeth walked the three miles round trip to get everything while Ed stayed behind to watch me. I haven't been out of their sight for over a week and just between you and me, I'm a little tired of them. "Go out and have some fun just the two of you!" I keep telling them. "No really, I promise I won't chew on my wound; I'll just sit here quietly and wait for your return!" They just smile and nod their heads and here we sit, the three of us like those dumb musketeers doing nothing interesting. No walking on all these long beaches, no swimming like I notice other dogs doing as we motor along, no playmates. This is getting to be a real drag. It's been hard on us all and everyone is tired. I sleep all the time thanks to my little pills but my people are getting kinda grouchy. I admit I keep them up at night whether I wear that stupid crown/collar/whatever-you-want-to-call-it or not and I'm sorry but I can't help it. I'm doing the best I can.

Meanwhile, we move all the time, always heading south. Ed and Elizabeth are weighing out the pros and cons of an offshore passage to beat a huge weather system that's going to hit the coast by Saturday morning. They're hoping I'll be up for the challenge and I assured them I would do just fine, as long as I keep getting bacon treats with my medicine. Eventually we'll make it to Florida, then the Bahamas, then further south. In closing I just want to tell you that Elizabeth wants to take a photo of me wearing this thing but I told her I would have to take legal action against her if she even so much as points the camera in my direction while I'm wearing it. She sighed and said, "OK fine, Luna, you don't have to be so dramatic" but I don't trust her. She'd do anything for an interesting photo on the blog.