Tuesday morning.....

I finally got a chance to pop in for a quick update. My nieces went home yesterday afternoon. My oldest niece was texting me when I was on the way to the dentist office. She said they were waiting to leave for the airport and were killing time. My oldest daughter was texting her since I was driving. I love the fact she can now text me. It makes me feel more connected to her. When did she get old enough to text? I texted her again when I got home to wish them good luck on their travels. She just kept texting until they got on the plane. She then texted when when they got home. Gotta love modern technology. I'm hoping maybe next time we can fly out to see them. I really enjoyed my visit with the girls this time.

This morning I have to take the dog to the vet to get his stitches out. That should be a fun morning. HA! I'm not sure why I'm evening taking him. I believe most of them are out anyway. As soon as the cone came off he couldn't stop licking it.

Later today Bubby has an O/T appt. I'm not looking forward to it. She's a nice lady but I don't think she is the right personality for him. I think he needs a slightly more aggressive thereapist. I don't mean a person who would yell at him but someone who doesn't allow him to get away with things. He really hasn't learned much from her yet. He still can't right his name. We are still looking into Kindergarten options for next year.

Last night had another issue with Foo. I can't wait until she's an adult and outgrows this. Or at least becomes less selfish. A mom can dream,right?

Off to start this fun filled day. HA!

Thankful Thursday......

I thought I would give some updates about this guy and my Hubby today. Our springer made it out of surgery fine. The doctor still isn't sure if it was a tumor or a cist. We all agreed it was big,ugly,nasty and it had to go. They would like him to wear the cone for 10 days. I really don't see that happening. The poor thing can't walk from point A to point B without smacking,knocking over, and killing the back of your legs. The last two days I have been hand feeding him since he can't find his bowl. HA! Poor thing. I have to tell you the funny story the Vet was telling us when we picked him up. When we took Springer in they gave him a shot to calm him before surgery. I even joked with the Vet about giving him an other shot. The vet knows how he gets with seperation anxiety. They asked that we sit with him until he calmed down. Tornado,Bubby,and I sat with him for 30 minutes and he still wasn't calm. We were getting into our car and Tornado says"I hear him" Sure enough there was a dog in there carrying on. I assumed it was ours because thats how he gets. The vet confermined it was him. They had to give him another shot. Apparently that one didn't work. He got another one. When that didn't work they had to give him 100% gas during his whole surgery. After surgery he didn't stop barking once. I'm surprised he could still bark after that. That's how anxious he gets when I'm not around. Finally someone else understands what its like to be his owner. HA! I think they were counting the seconds until we picked him up. :)

Hubby met with the oncogolist on Tuesday to discuss the results of his CAT scan. He could not see anymore lumps on the scan nor did he feel anymore on Hubby. He doesn't want to do a PET scan and subject him to anymore radation. I agree! Hubby will see him again in 3 months. I'm not sure if he will be back to having 3 month visits again but at least they are keeping an eye on him. I'm thankful!

My nieces Firefly and Lady Bug are flying in from Minnosota today and are spending 2 weeks with my In laws. I get excited when they come in. We only get to see them once a year. My half sister and her family are also up from Virginia visiting this week. I haven't seen her yet because of our schedules. I'm hoping to see her and the kids before they go back. If you don't see any new blog posts its because I will be busy enjoying family visits.

Have a happy Thursday.............

Today is the day....

It's going to be a running on Faith nail biting kind of day. This afternoon Hubby goes into the oncologist to find out his CAT scan results. Today could possibly be the day we found out once and for all if the cancer is back. To say I'm nervous is an understatement.  I have to admit it might be better to finally have an answer instead of this wondering. We haven't been able to make any future plans because of the not knowing if its back. We have been tossing the idea around to buy a vacation/rental house. We've been told treatments have gotten better since the last time he's had cancer. I just hate the thought of him going thru all of this again.

This morning I am taking our dog to the Vet. They might do his surgery at lunch time. If not then they will do it on Thursday. I'm praying everything goes well with that. I can't stand the thought of losing him too.

Have a happy Tuesday........

Almost a quarter of a century......

I wanted to put this post up yesterday but things got crazy around here. Yesterday Hubby and I celebrated our 23 wedding anniversary. Yep. You read that right. We got married so young. I guess you are wondering how we spent such a momentous occasion? Well...First we looked at a Jeep wrangler(four door). We tried to look at one. After driving 45 minutes the darn thing wasn't on the car dealers lot. Man,was I ticked off! We checked out a new outdoor shopping center. They have one of those dinner theaters there. Have you ever been to one? My 16 year old and her boyfriend went to one a couple of weeks ago. I like the concept of someone bringing me dinner and then I get to watch a movie. HA!And our biggest plans of the day???? Hubby rushed our dog to the emergency animal hospital. One of those kind of days. While we were out my 18 year old daughter texted us that the dog was just lying there and she thought he had an enlarged tick on his hind leg. Every time he moved it was oozing blood. She sent a picture of it. I couldn't even make out what the thing was. Anything with blood gets my attention. Quickly. We decided to cut our day short and come home to check on him. This thing was huge.And ugly. Mostly ugly. In the course of trying to figure out what to do,I happen to notice a pile of blood and what looks like a blood clot on the dinning room floor. I took a flashlight to look in his wound. It honestly looked like a puncture wound. I have never seen anything like this before and of course our Vets office is not open on a Sunday. They told us if we thought it was an emergency we could take him to their on call vet hospital but it would cost us 75.00 just to walk in the door. I was so afraid he would bleed to death there was no way I was waiting for the morning to take him to our vet. Hubby left at 4:30 to take him and I went to pick our daughter up from work. He texted at 5:30 to say he was still in the waiting room and didn't see a Doctor yet. 6:00 he finally got into the exam room with him. About 45 minutes later my door opens and in walks my Hubby and dog. My newly half shaved dog. He apparently had a huge tumor that burst. He's now on antibiotics and pain medicine. We have to take him to our normal vet. They will have to surgery remove it. UGH. I'm a little worried about the surgery. I'm hoping it's not cancerous and he's 9 and a half years old with other mild health issues. Oh and that animal hospital doesn't charge 75.00 just to walk in the door. They charge 110.00! Geesh. Nothing like taking advantage of desperate people.

Well gotta run and do errands.......
P.S. Notice how I spared you the pictures of that nasty wound.