The next generation of Mets faithful

My nephews Daniel and Joey had a good time on vacation. I offer this photo to show that my brother and sister-in-law are raising the kids the right way (check out Joey’s shirt — M-E-T-S! Mets! Mets! Mets!)

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Call this a pup-date!

The dog seems better. My panicked concern of a few weeks ago is subsiding, though my wallet is considerably lighter than in the past.

For those of you who don’t know the story, my pup Honey (pictured on a deck in Corolla, N.C.) went blind unexpectedly a few weeks ago. A visit to the a specialist in Red Bank confirmed that her retinas had detached due to high blood pressure.

This, of course, was two weeks before we were to leave for the Outer Banks for vacation — a vacation that was to include the pup for the first time. So, we begin giving her high-blood-pressure pills — at $140 for a month supply — along with her steroids and hope for the best.

The vet told us at the time that her sight could return — though there was a very small window of opportunity.

We head south and she seems worse. She’s hyper and confused in the van, continues to be confused in the rental house — until she begins to settle in. She went from tripping on the stairs to catching a ball in the air in the matter of a week.

So panic and concern are giving way to elation. We have an appointment for her in Red Bank on Friday, so I’ll know more then. Let’s just hope she continues to progress and, for our checkbook’s sake, we can take her off the blood-pressure pills.

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Back to business

Back in Joisey after a week in sunny Corolla, N.C. Nice to get away, especially with such good weather, plus we took the dog who seems to be back to her old self.

Not much to report from the Tar Heel state — ran a couple of times (four miles each in about 37 minutes); ate some good food; spent time with the family.

Interesting clamor on the way home. We stopped at a 7-Eleven for coffee and some fuel. Annie and her sister were walking the dog off to the side of the store as I was pumping gas when a police cruiser came flying into the parking lot and an officer jumped out, running right past them shouting into his radio “I have a 255 in progress.” A bit disconcerting, to say the least — they were a bit unsure as to whether the officer was about to arrest them for illegal dogwalking, at least until he fled by.

They moved quickly over to the other side of the building when the officer came walking out of the woods with a man in cuffs and several other cruisers pulled up. Best I can figure is that a 255 refers to an escaped prisoner — 14:255 under the North Carolina statutes, according to the Web — so maybe we were lucky things didn’t turn ugly.

In any case, we felt like we were on an episode of “Cops.”

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Other vacation week thoughts:

  • Odd how the Mets can’t beat the Braves (they’ve now lost six of nine) but now have a 4 1/2 game lead. Just strange.

    And what has happened to the Mets’ outfield?

  • Do the Democrats really think that giving President Bush what he wants is what the country elected them to do?

  • S.B. Vikings track and lacrosse teams are taking a page from this year’s basketball team. Great job guys.

More tomorrow. I’m tired — nine hours in the car will do that, after all.

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