Good Morning Calif

Good Morning One and All.........

I know you all must think I went into hiding, but the truth is, I have dealing with a lot of stuff here.

When I got home on Monday Fresser had been not feeling all that great, DD thought it was because I was gone, on Tuesday she seemed a bit better, but on Wednesday we where heading to the Vet. She was very weak, not able to walk or hold her own head up. This was not depression. After lab work they figured out that her Red Blood cell count was very low, some where in her tiny body was a large infaction. It was the where and why that they could not answer. They gave a tranfusion and she seem to get better in moments. The light came on behind her eyes. My Fresser was back. That was very short lived. On Thursday she was back to not feeling great,  and back to the vets, where she was started on IV antibodies  for the infaction, (she was taking oral) and she given more blood. and After few hours she came home and seemed to be doing better, but when I took her back to the vet on Friday, her count was still very low. She was not responding to the medication nothing was not helping, and not knowing what was going on with her, they didn't know what else to do. It was hard to do, but I had them put her down. I didn't think it was fair to her to keep fight something that was winning. Fresser is in heaven with my Danny and Max now. I spend the rest of yesterday in bed. This morning my head is killing me and the coffee has yet to help.

Today is back to work for me. Its good for me to get out of the house and work. I know that I will have to work tons of over time, the vet bill is almost enough to buy a house. DANG!!!! When it rains...it pours. Oh well a bit of over time never hurt anyone right?

I have not been online in all this time so I don't know what is going on, so let me know. What have you been up to? What do you plan on doing this weekend?

I wish you all a great day.

Lusty Lu

Good Morning... I hope the coffee kicks in soon for you.

I'm so sorry about what you had to go through. My dog became ill again 3 weeks ago after a bought with cancer back in December. Apparantly she's a miracle dog though, because with the type of cancer she had... the oncologist said even if we had done chemo and radiation she would have been gone within 6 months, at the most. Well almost 8 months later (to the date) we found another tumor. This time we saved the money and just had it removed and then went to the oncologist. She's now on a low dose daily oral chemo therapy, as of Tuesday. She's back to running around like a madwoman on crack and chasing the puppy around again. I know it's better news than what you had, but I still understand what you're going through. Everyday I look at Shelby and think to myself, what a blessing this animal is and we're very lucky she's still here.
Keep your chin up, you made the right decision and yes, work work work. It'll do the trick and pay for the vet bills!!

Have a great weekend!

Shelley

Good Morning Lu and Cali Friends,

Lu I am so sorry to hear of the loss of one of your fur babies, I can relate but I also know you did the right thing by not letting her suffer.

This weekend brings planting the last of our fruit trees, some laundry, getting nails done and some shopping.  The rest of the time will be relaxing time (I hope.)

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and remember to do something nice for yourself.

Hugs,
Barb

 Good Morning Everyone,

Lu, I am sorry for the loss of your fur baby.  You did the right thing.  I am currently going through the same thing with my 17 yr. old dog.  My hubby just does not want to put him down and damn it, I am tired of watching my dog Sam limp around, not be able to get up on his own most days, pooping where he lays on occasion, blah, blah, blah.  Sam does not appear to be in pain, but he has no muscle left in his hind legs due to a neurological stroke in his spine.  If I could lift Sam into the car I would take him myself.  So today my hubby wants to monitor him.  Arghhhhh

Well today I am supposed to go to LB Coffee and I am still debating on that as I brought work home last night that must be done by Monday morning in order for us to get paid.  I am mentally exhausted this week, but you got to do, what you got to do.

Regardless of LB Coffee, there is grocery shopping, and then the Angel game tonight.  

Cooler weather is here right now and hopefully throughout the week.  I need to get out and do some walking as my scale is moving in the upward direction.  Up 7 lbs. from last week.  Stress eating.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Oh Lu I am so sorry. I know exactly how you feel as I lost my Teaka last month. They are members of our family. We love them like we love our kids! Let yourself grieve and cry, it will really help. I did not know they did blood transfusions on anamials. You did do the right thing since nothing was working for her.

Today my Mike and Chee are coming. They will go home tomorrw. My son in town and his family are coming for dinner. I am making ribs for them. I love it when my family is all together.

Well I hope everyone has a good day. Hang in there Lu.

Lu,

I am so sorry about Fresser. I love my cats so much and they are part of my family as I can imagine your dog is part of yours. It sounds like you gave this dog a great life full of love. The rules should be our pets aren't allowed to die before we do.

If any of you read my other post. I've felt like hell for 30 days now. I have what is probably a pinched nerve in my neck and the meds my primary care doc gavie me reacted badly and I've been in a stupor, feeling sick and dizzy for the past 4 days or so. I haven't thrown up, but I feel like I am going to. It's very strange. I am hoping to get all this crap resolved this week. I've also been having bad dreams and I've been very emotional.

My plan is to stay at home and just hope these druge course through my body. I know they are because the pain from the pinched nerve is getting worse again. I hope all of you are having a much better weekend.

Msblues

((((((LuLu))))) I am so sorry about Fresser. Even more sorry that they don't know why her blood count was low. I know it's rough hunny. She was a good girl and I know you miss her terribly. She has crossed that rainbow bridge and is playing with Danny and Max. You are in my thoughts hun. x0x0x0x0

Lu i am so sorry *big hugs* I know how hard that is I went through something similar a couple months ago with one of my cats, He had feline lukemia and never tested positive for it till the end, $12,000 later we found out thats what was wrong and it was too late. I hate vet bills, you would think that it wouldnt cost more to treat a fur baby than it would a human. At Least your kitty is in heaven playing around like a kitten again :-)

As I've already told you Lu, I'm so sorry.  I know how much you love your babies and something like this is just not easy.  I'm here if you need my shoulder.

As for me, not much planned this weekend.  I'm trying to get my lesson plan together for the class I'm teaching starting Tuesday.  I'm very unhappy with the people in charge as the material they gave me is totally insufficient to teach this class.  Additionally, they are not paying me enough for me to spend one penny of my own money to make this class work.  I will do the best I can though.  If I hadn't made a committment to teach the class, I think I wouldn't at this point.  But as Mike points out, it's a good addition to my resume.  What an ass he is.  LOL The only thing I need on my resume is, someone please give me a job that lasts for the next 10 to 15 years so I can retire and become the lazy princess I was destined to be. Or better yet, Mike, support me so I don't need to work.  Yea, I like that one best.

OK, need to run to the grocery store.  Then it's back to lesson plans.  Hope everyone is having a nice day.  Lu, I love ya lots.

Steph