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My last post is bittersweet. Little did I know that my visit to the vet with Sadie would be a premonition from my last blog post. Last Tuesday my husband took Sadie to the vet to get to the bottom of what was causing some of the issues we were having with her. Three months ago we brought home our new baby boy and thought that maybe some of the things she was doing were her way of acting out and showing us she was mad. She was starting to pee anywhere and everywhere and poop anyplace she wanted. We would find little poo's all over that she seemingly just left behind because she didn't care. We thought maybe she had another bladder infection because she was peeing on anything she wanted, but there wasn't any blood like in the past. Something wasn't right, but we just didn't know what. <br />
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About a month ago I noticed she was starting to walk.. funny... Something was just off in her walk. I would call it more of a waddle in the back. Her tail didn't lay right. She stopped jumping up on the couch, our lap, our bed, but she was still going up and down the stairs. If she did jump up it would only be by her using her front claws to pull herself up. I couldn't help but feel something wasn't right and that it was possibly also causing her to be peeing all over, but I couldn't figure out the pooping all over.. Our neighbor thought it was because she was mad at us.. but something just didn't seem right. <br />
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My husband took her in on Tuesday and called to say they didn't realize he wanted to see the vet in the morning so they had her scheduled as a drop off. I would need to pick her up that night. I was hesitant because I like him to make the decisions on what tests they do and whatnot and I would need someone to watch the baby. <br />
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My sister watched the baby and I took the cat carrier to get go Sadie just like I did last Spring. When I the vet came in she was carrying her laptop with no Sadie to be seen. In the past Sadie would be the first to come in and then maybe a folder or a vet tech, but never just a computer and no cat. I figured this may not be good news. The only thing I could say was "This isn't good news is it" to which I only received silence and a shake of the head. <br />
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Our vet showed me Sadie's X-ray comparing her vertebrae to last years vertebrae. One of them had a fuzzy hazy look to it. Then our vet said 'She has bone cancer and it's eaten away one of her vertebrae... she's in a lot of pain". My heart sunk. She was in pain.. we had no idea. <br />
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The bone cancer struck quickly. Like I said it was only very soon after bringing the baby home that Sadie slowly stopped jumping up on things, but we didn't think it could have anything to do with the other problems. The cancer took over so much of the vertebrae her spinal cord and nerves were damaged. This is why her walk was off, tail fell funny, and she no longer had control over her bladder or bowels. She didn't mean to be peeing or pooing all over.. it just was coming out of her. The X-ray also showed her stomach was empty.. She hadn't eaten in 24 hours. We only had a few days left. I was given 4 days worth of morphine to give her and told we should schedule to bring her back Friday or Saturday to put her down because she was just in too much pain. <br />
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I will say Morphine is a cruel trick of a drug. While on the morphine it was like we had a kitten version of Sadie. She ran, jumped, and seemed to be almost how she was before. She looked absolutely fine. How could she possibly be in pain. It wasn't until I saw her in her litter box trying to pee with nothing coming out when I knew the vet was right. We had to say goodbye. <br />
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We gave her as much love as you could possibly give the last few days. She had tuna everyday, wet cat food, tons of kitty treats, ice cream, catnip, toys, love, love, love and more love. Her last night we got non-toxic ink and decorated white picture frames with her paw prints so that we could put a picture of her in it to remember her. We hugged, kissed, loved, and cried over her. We told her we loved her and how much we would miss her. We went back and forth over.. do we really have to do this.. is she really in pain... yes.. this is the right thing to do. <br />
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The day before taking her in I knew I needed to do as much cleaning as I possibly could while she was still around. I knew I wouldn't be able to do it after she was gone without having some type of breakdown. I vacuumed her room, cleaned out her litter box, and picked up any and all litter box pellets I saw anywhere in the house so as not to set off a breakdown later on.<br />
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On Saturday we both took her in. Paid the bill first (super awkward). Signed the papers. Told her we loved her and would always love her and finally released her pain. <br />
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We buried her in the backyard in a corner where we have a new plum tree growing. She will be safe there. We put some of my pink hello kitty fleece down under her and added her toy wand she loved, bunny toy, and catnip ball. I like to think she is playing with them on the other side of the rainbow bridge. Or maybe she's running around with past animals I lost in my childhood. For those she left behind we will go on, but always miss her. I still expect her to be at the top of the stairs every time I get ready to go up. I can't go in her room without crying, and expect to hear her meowing through the day. Our hearts are heavy, but it helps knowing she is in a better place. <br />
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-19400776920750512262013-04-01T07:54:00.000-07:002013-04-07T16:10:32.853-07:00VetToday I took our cat Sadie in to the vet for a follow up apt. She's been having frequent UTI's this last year and has recently been showing signs of possibly having Hpyerthyroidism. At the last visit they asked us to come back in 2 weeks to do a blood draw and recheck weight. Today was that day. I tricked her into the cat carrier and took her in crying bloody murder the whole drive in. She met with the vampires in the back and came back draped over the shoulder of the vet tech that adores our Newfoundlands Kahlua and Jewels. I remembered to ask about getting heartworm for the dogs and found out we are terrible owners and Jewels was due last November... OOps... A plan was hatched to get both dogs on the same schedule and to bring them in sometime in the next month. This will make it easier on us and also because since Kahlua's annual is in August... I know 8 month pregnant me won't be wanting to take a 140 pound dog in at that time. So equal schedules it is! At the front desk the vet tech asked the scheduler to just book us for the whole day so she could just sit in a room of newfies all day and be in heaven! We joked and had fun when a woman walked in. I looked over expecting to check out what type of dog she was bringing in but saw no dog. I immediately thought "oh she must be picking up an early morning drop off"... but that's impossible because it WAS early morning. Before anyone could say anything she dropped to the ground. Hands in her face... crying. I realized then that she was not there to pick her fur love up.. something bad happened. I first thought "Oh no.. her dog was hit by a car" and prayed I wasn't about to see something awful come in. I heard her somehow get out "I just can't do it.. I can't take him out of the car." Now I realized why she was here... today was her day... the day all of us pet owners dread. At this point the receptionist was on her feet helping her up and to a bench, vet techs were running out from the backroom realizing the situation and our vet was already hugging the woman consoling her as best she could. Two of the vet techs rushed out to her car and in that moment I realized this was me anywhere from now through the next 3-4 years. This is not just me, but anyone who welcomes a furry lovie into their life one day has to make the decision to let them go. That there either is nothing more you can do, that they are in too much pain, or it's just the right thing to do and today was her terrible, awful, decision day. I felt like I was intruding on her day/moment/life and felt myself wanting to just cry with her so I quickly finished paying got all my stuff and snuck Sadie out as fast as I could. My goal was to get out of the parking lot before I saw the dog. I knew if I saw the dog or whatever condition he was in I'd be crying with her. As we got to the car I could see the vet techs at her car with each backdoor open working on getting her dog out. I assumed it was a dog, but I guess it really could have been any animal, but a dog he was. He emerged as I got into my car. He looked to be at least 10-12 and some type of German Shepard mix. Happy, skinny, grey muzzled and going all grey and walking himself in for the last time. That's when I lost it. That was the hard part... seeing that 'happy dog smile' and not look in pain when I'm sure he's in pain, but putting on his happy doggie face for the world. Kahlua has been on borrowed time for years now because of her bad bones. I can remember when the option to put her down after her first birthday was on the table. "She's going to be expensive" I can hear someone say... "She'll be on anti inflamatories and supplements for life".. "We can do surgery, but there are no guarantees it'll last since she's so young and her frame is so big"... We already have the money set aside for if and when we will have to do the other leg. My worst fear is having to put her down before she's old.. before she even has the chance to go grey. No one is ever ready for the day they have to make the decision that woman made today. My heart breaks for her today. There is never anything that can be said or done to ease the pain of losing a best friend, but today I was glad to see how wonderful and helpful my vet staff can be. I sometimes get angry that things cost so much at the vet, but after today I think I'd pay any amount of money to have that staff at my side when it's our turn. I'll hug my fur loves a little tighter today and give them some extra treats and love and remember that our time with them is limited, but never forgotten. <br />
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So, it's been a bit since I last posted on here. Today I had so many things going on in my head I just had to let it out somewhere!!!! Sometimes I think Facebook is just NOT the place for me to bitch.. so.. I'll do it here! I do have exciting news since the last time I blogged. I'm pregnant!!! Currently 14 weeks and super excited to have moved into the second trimester! The first few weeks were a whirlwind. We found out right before New Years and were just so excited! I remember at the New Years Party we went to I asked if I could have a non-alcoholic margarita and immediately regretted it because that was definitely not the slyest move in my book. Kevin told his friends that were at the party and all I had to do was look across the room at his giddy guilty face to KNOW he told them. I couldn't be too mad though because we really were just oh so excited! After the excitement started to settle and reality started kicking in that we're having a baby and need to get some stuff finished up at home is right around when the nausea started creeping in. Morning sickness/all day sickness sure is interesting. I always used to say I'd never had morning sickness when I got pregnant because I already dealt with it every morning. Usually my blood sugar is super low in the morning and I feel pretty crappy, but I was definitely wrong. Pregnancy morning sickness is a whole different icky feeling. I'm happy to report moving into week 14 now most of it is starting to fade away and with the help of my anti nausea meds my appetite is BACK with a vengeance! I think about mid January we had my friend Kelly take some awesome pictures of us to eventually put on Facebook. I really wanted to wait until the 12 week mark. I had a pregnancy loss last fall super early and have sort of been on edge to make sure everything is going right and a bit timid to let too many know before we were in the clear. <br />
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Yesterday it snowed like crazy in the evening! We went from absolutely nothing to at least 3-4 inches in just hours!! Kevin's classes were cancelled and we were super glad because just his drive home from work was awful and his car looked dreadful by the time it made it into the garage! He said it was an awful drive! Kahlua on the other hand was soooooooooooooooo excited! She LOVES snow and was out eating it at any and all opportunities! Little Jewels isn't as crazy about the snow. She's 8 and I think she's outgrown any fun that can come from playing in the snow. She ate a little after seeing Kahlua chow down, but sadly it all came back up after she got in the house. Poor old girl, her tummy just doesn't like it! <br />
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So, the rant I was thinking about today.. Ok, so.. I have a confession. I don't wear makeup. Like... ever.. for any reason. I used to, but I just don't anymore. I think it makes my face feel heavy, it smells, gives me a headache, makes my face feel greasy, and gross. In the past I've sold Arbonne, AND Mary Kay and I don't like any of it. I bought myself Bare Minerals to wear for my wedding because everyone kept saying "oh you'll love it.. just try it".. and I hate to say it, but I was not sold. Don't like it. Nothing special or awesome about it. Not impressed. I'm most happy to wear some lip gloss and go. My husband doesn't even like me in makeup. Makes life easy! :) Also, I don't wash my face. You know like on a daily basis. Don't do it and am more than happy with my skin. I think it's all a ploy to suck up your money. I remember when I sold Arbonne there was an entire 6 step process of applying their serum and lotions. It was a load of crock looking back. There is no gold in the bottles that you are applying, it's not better than anything you could buy at a grocery store. It's not even like it's organic. Just a money pit. I will admit I use Burts Bees face cleanser in the shower occasionally, but NOT everyday. I think sometimes people think I'm crazy. When I tell someone I don't wear makeup I get odd looks like "what.. how can you NOT" and I want to yell back "WHY should I HAVE to?"</div>
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I don't know if I've posted it on here, but I have also opened an <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/CookieOnTheLoose">Etsy shop!!!!!</a> I've been making cutesy Owls, shell picture frames, burp cloths, and soon I will add some Mood Monsters for your desk at work!!! Can't wait!!! Here are some pics!!!</div>
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Woohooo!!! Well I'm off for now! I've also got a purple mood monster to finish for someone so maybe you'll see it on here or my Etsy shop soon!!!</div>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-16971418319478795552012-01-22T20:17:00.000-08:002012-01-22T20:17:21.678-08:00Home at last!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
Yesterday we adopted a lovely little Newfoundland to join our family! She is 6 years old and much smaller than Kahlua. She is one of the South Central Newfoundland's Clubs rescue dogs. We first met her at a Christmas tree farm in early December and I fell in love! It took a little while to get her, but she was well worth the weight. As many people know our current 3 year old Newfie Kahlua is a big girl! She's often mistaken for a male newfie because of how tall and big she is, but this new girl is much smaller. While Kahlua weighs in at 140 pounds our new Julie (Jewels) is only about 85 pounds! When she was rescued she was very underweight and I think she could still gain about 5 pounds, but we will see what the vet says. We drove 3 hours south to get her and she and Kahlua slept in the back of the car the whole drive home! Since arriving home it's clear she doesn't know many commands, but I think Kahlua is serving as a great role model as we are remaining patient with her. Her is a picture I took of them last night. I am sure I will have many updates to come!!!</div>
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Yesterday I went on a long walk with a friend and when we walked back into the house Kahlua was comfortably laying on the couch. Last night while I was getting ready for bed I walked through the kitchen and looked into the living room to see where she was.. and there she was again.. on the couch. Actually, while I'm writing this RIGHT now.. I'm sitting on the floor typing and take a guess where she is.. You got it! ON THE COUCH! lol. I am not sure if it's because it's so fluffy or what, but she's NEVER been this interested in the couch. I think she thinks it's her bed! I've never had a bed for her becuase she usually won't lay on things. She seems to really like anything as close to the ground or tile as she can get. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512509587610145330" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TIBeQ25wEjI/AAAAAAAAAPo/AXa5G_FThmA/s320/P9010484.JPG" />Looks amazingly comfortable here! <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512509417932833490" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TIBeG-zhwtI/AAAAAAAAAPg/joq8d9_ClR0/s320/P9010485.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512509209389983218" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TIBd617CZfI/AAAAAAAAAPY/M4gbvGWqgz8/s320/P9010486.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512509068475493522" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TIBdyo-Z7JI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/bF2WVF-iGKg/s320/P9010489.JPG" />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-24573649169427893812010-09-02T19:01:00.000-07:002010-09-02T19:21:25.023-07:00BUTTERFLY FLOWERS!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TIBaxKQICrI/AAAAAAAAAOw/-_AswlCaFQw/s1600/P8270458.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 342px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 282px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512505744513567410" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TIBaxKQICrI/AAAAAAAAAOw/-_AswlCaFQw/s320/P8270458.JPG" /></a><br /><div>What a summer! I've been so busy I haven't even had time to do much updating on here! I have some fun pics to share though!! Last weekend I bought some summer flowers to put around the house. I got hydrangea's to put in the front of the house and some other plants that are suposed to attract butterflies. Amanda came over to help me plant the flowers and helped take fun pictures!!! <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 353px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512503151352301842" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TIBYaN-TSRI/AAAAAAAAAN4/Tjubep2J84U/s320/P8270459.JPG" />We had to dig this crappy ground cover up to put the hydrangea's. They had prickly thorns on them and it was NOT fun! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Next I planted these 'butterfly attracting flowers'. I don't remember what they are called because I put the card in the ground with them. At Lowes (where I got them) there were TONS of butterflies all over them! I've noticed them all over the neighborhood now that I have them! </div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 335px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512503906711818386" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TIBZGL6C0JI/AAAAAAAAAOY/5p66W1vYHVI/s320/P8270482.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 347px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512503900500678786" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TIBZF0xMWII/AAAAAAAAAOQ/C-mED8yoMMA/s320/P8270483.JPG" /></div><div> </div><div>I also bought two 'Nanho Purple Butterfly Bushes'. These things are AWESOME! There were at least 5 butterflies sitting on them WHILE I was moving them around the house trying to figure out where to put them. My favorite was this yellow butterfly you see below. I cannot WAIT for next summer to see the butterfly bushes in full force!! CAN'T WAIT!!! <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 343px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512503160106910162" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TIBYaulkAdI/AAAAAAAAAOA/gc17FnCpDSM/s320/P8270477.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 366px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 338px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512504492424871298" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TIBZoR26vYI/AAAAAAAAAOo/8aTL-6r1QcU/s320/P8270480.JPG" /></div>Kahlua helped of course! She layed on the front porch and then tested the water to make sure it was good enough for the flowers! <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 324px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 338px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512504490848034130" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TIBZoL--HVI/AAAAAAAAAOg/iRshv1EKBGo/s320/P8270472.JPG" />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-37758032255164793282010-08-14T21:07:00.000-07:002010-08-14T21:22:10.396-07:00ENGAGEDSo this is a few weeks late, but things have been NUTS around here!! Kahlua's doing fabulous and is up walking around, climbing on furnature, and back to ripping things up around the house again.. It's good to have her back.. lol I thought she had just outgrown some of her puppy destructive behaviors.. but no. we realized it was just that she didn't FEEL like ripping up the magazine laying on the floor.. that is of course until now.. But anyway.. BIG NEWS!! I'm ENGAGED!!! WOOHOOOO Kevin proposed on his birthday July 29 and we're planning on a wedding September 2011. Sunflowers are the flower and possibly theme of the wedding. No idea what colors we'll have, but I'm sure I'll find something in all the magazines I've gotten so far. My sister is super excited about planning the shower and bridal party and I have a feeling Amanda had my party planned years ago and is just now getting to pull out all her plans. As for the proposal, I had no clue he was going to do it even though I should have had every reason to think he would that day. Since it was Kevin's birthday that day we had plans to go downtown to eat at St. Elmo's Steakhouse and then see a comedy show at Crackers comedy club. He was suposed to pick me up at 5pm at my job. At 5pm he called and said he was running late and would be there at 5:30. I'm thinking ... "we're not going to make our 6pm reservation".. So 5:30 comes and he calls and says "Cookie (my nickname hense the blog name) ... Cookie I locked my keys in my car.. " Now I have his spare key to his car in my purse so I asked where he was and he said "At the Keystone mall.. at Reis Nichol's".. Now for anyone who doens't live in Indy.. Reis Nichol is THE BEST jewelry store in town.. AND my friend works there and told me to tell him to come in to pick out a ring for me.. SOOO I'm thinking .. hmmm why would he be there on his birthday. I excidedly drive over to Reis and find Kevin in the parking lot looking defeated.. Give him his spare, park my car and switch to his..<br />On the drive downtown to St. Elmo's I ask.. "SO, what were you doing at Reis Nichol's Kevin?" and he says. "oh come on angie, i know your mom told you.. she can't keep a secret".. My mom?? What does my mom have anything to do with this I say and the cat was out of the bag.. however.. I thought he had just bought the ring and would be getting it some time in the next week or two.. silly me. So we go to dinner, comedy show and then back to pick up my car. On my drive home I text some friends "not gonna happen tonight. <br />When we get home I went inside first... and there were the little battery candles set up ALL OVER the downstairs and up the stairway surrounded by rose petals EVERYWHERE!!! THIS is when he proposed!!! GOt down on one knee and everything!! <br />Aparently he had put the ring under the spare tire in his car and set the keys down while he did that and shut the trunk.. he didn't mean to do it at all.. so unfourtunately for him, i found out he bought the ring, but had no clue that he HAD the ring!!!! He had called my parents beforehand and that's why he thought I already knew!!!! lolAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-307034287809128532010-07-19T16:58:00.000-07:002010-07-19T17:03:56.823-07:00Swimming at the lakeOver the Fourth of July we went to my parents lakehouse and Kahlua got some GREAT physical therapy exercise SWIMMING! Newfoundlands are water dogs and MADE for the water. They even have webbed feet!!! I was really hoping she'd get to go swimming this summer so I'm glad she was ok when we went. A few days before Kevin took her to the Orthopedic surgeon and he said her leg/knee was looking awesome! <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TETnGtrKG1I/AAAAAAAAAMw/uWm1Ikaic0k/s1600/kahluaswim10stare.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495771547824692050" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TETnGtrKG1I/AAAAAAAAAMw/uWm1Ikaic0k/s320/kahluaswim10stare.jpg" /></a> Here she is swimming around looking like she's in heaven!<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TETnGLrBMwI/AAAAAAAAAMo/A383906of98/s1600/kahluaswim10wet.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495771538697302786" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TETnGLrBMwI/AAAAAAAAAMo/A383906of98/s320/kahluaswim10wet.jpg" /></a><br />I think we're just going to have to get her one of these for the backyard! :)<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TETnFzgSyPI/AAAAAAAAAMg/Yh8XZSEUQAQ/s1600/Kahluaswim10summer.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495771532209866994" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TETnFzgSyPI/AAAAAAAAAMg/Yh8XZSEUQAQ/s320/Kahluaswim10summer.jpg" /></a><br />I think she looks like she's racing here! <br /><br /><div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TETnFSXxtYI/AAAAAAAAAMY/twInF6MHpXY/s1600/kahluaswim10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495771523315774850" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TETnFSXxtYI/AAAAAAAAAMY/twInF6MHpXY/s320/kahluaswim10.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-45778455258194335362010-07-10T14:52:00.001-07:002010-07-10T14:57:58.131-07:00The Lake!!!For the fourth of July weekend we went up north to my parents house on the lake! We weren't sure how things would go for Kahlua becuase she had just had her 8 week follow up and still had some limitations. We were told it'd be another 4 weeks before she had no limitations at all. We were given the ok to start taking 'mini' walks so we figured she could get in the lake to swim a little bit! My sister has all the pictures of her in the water so I have to wait a week to get those and then I'll post them!! Here are other pics while at home. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492399809966124386" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TDjshvV0LWI/AAAAAAAAALo/2miEfDWDpnE/s320/P7020373.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492400090802963042" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TDjsyFiiQmI/AAAAAAAAAL4/7EeAX6m4GvA/s320/P7020370.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492399797512300098" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TDjshA8l5kI/AAAAAAAAALg/rAarYUz_DJs/s320/P7020375.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492399422892450162" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TDjsLNYQoXI/AAAAAAAAALY/HThZtp5_jPs/s320/P7020374.JPG" />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-23391811734825325532010-07-01T10:50:00.000-07:002010-07-01T10:56:17.597-07:008 week TPLO follow up x raysWE MADE IT!!! This morning Kahlua had her 8 week follow up x-rays. Kevin took her because I had to work so I wasn't there for the excitement, but he called me as soon as they were done to tell me how things went. The orthopedic surgeon said the bone had completely fused and he could not even find a fuse line meaning the bone reeeeeally healed up well!! We can now start taking her on small mini walks and build up as she's able to. I was interested in learning about stairs and aparently after another 4 weeks he felt she could basically do just about anything. As for the left leg it's still not the greatest, but it isn't really setting her back much so he said "if it ain't broke don't fix it"!! SOOOO I guess we just take each day one at a time and slowly build her muscles back up to walking longer and see what happens!!!! We were told to continue to watch her weight (we still have some to take off) and also to keep her on her glucosamine supplaments FOREVER. All in all it's a great day!!! <br /><br />I made some peanut butter bones last night to bring to co-workers and of course Kahlua did some taste testing to make sure they were ok.<br /><br />And if you didn't think that news was good enough I put my 2 weeks in at work this week!!! WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I got a job at a hospital in the area where I will be working at their Women's Boutique and their Women's breast cancer center. SUCH an exciting week!!!! Pictures will follow soon!Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-3736017762511120342010-06-18T14:18:00.000-07:002010-06-18T14:36:50.306-07:006 weeks after TPLO!!WOOHOOOO!!! We've made it 6 weeks since Kahlua had to have her TPLO surgery! She's doing awesome. Still a little slow getting up since the left knee isn't so great, but doing great! She lunged after Sadie for the first time in MONTHS! Although Sadie didn't care for the action I was THRILLED to see she could move that fast again! Since that moment we've been reteaching her to 'STAY' and leave Sadie alone. I'm happy to report they are able to remain in the same room together and now get inches away from each other without Sadie wanting to rip Kahlua to pieces. She's one tough kitty! I am on a computer other than my laptop so I will only be able to post pictures of Kahlua that I've saved in my 'Photobucket' site. ENJOY!!!!!<br /><a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/newfiekahlua/?action=view&current=1269572530.jpg" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/newfiekahlua/?action=view&current=1269572530.jpg" target="_blank"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484230108327043874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TBvmOhFV4yI/AAAAAAAAAKY/RCa0K372bHg/s320/layingonfloor.jpg" border="0" /><br />Laying oh so comfortably!<br /><a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/newfiekahlua/?action=view&current=P5010203.jpg" target="_blank"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484230586086788498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TBvmqU4JDZI/AAAAAAAAAKg/OuZmMbAidwM/s320/kandsadie.jpg" border="0" />Sadie looking to see if it's safe<br /><a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/newfiekahlua/?action=view&current=Daybeforesurger.jpg" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/newfiekahlua/?action=view&current=Daybeforesurger.jpg" target="_blank"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484230594236730610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TBvmqzPPTPI/AAAAAAAAAKo/w2GqIS2v7D4/s320/looklikesme.jpg" border="0" />Kahlua saying "see we are friends"<br /><a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/newfiekahlua/?action=view&current=53010smile.jpg" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/newfiekahlua/?action=view&current=53010smile.jpg" target="_blank"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484230595046933570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TBvmq2QaBEI/AAAAAAAAAKw/GL8TZg3Zazc/s320/canihavefood.jpg" border="0" />Can I have more food please???Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-89833415879156267972010-05-30T08:39:00.000-07:002010-05-30T09:15:11.891-07:0025 days post TPLOThis past week was Kahlua's first week to get to come hang out in the living room while I was doing some baking. At one point she was up doing a little walking around chasing her 'Busy Buddy' around with some snacks in it. I limited that though because I wasn't sure how much she should be up walking around. The right leg is doing great recovering, but the left leg is really showing how much it's struggling. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TAKL3nRLeeI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/B1VTZrcJqjk/s1600/P5240283.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 243px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477093884386048482" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TAKL3nRLeeI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/B1VTZrcJqjk/s320/P5240283.JPG" /></a>You can definitely tell how excited she was with this next picture!<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TAKL3NealMI/AAAAAAAAAJw/5YMPxMOj3BI/s1600/P5240278.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 342px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477093877462242498" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TAKL3NealMI/AAAAAAAAAJw/5YMPxMOj3BI/s320/P5240278.JPG" /></a> Here is the latest on the right leg. It's looking awesome!!!! We've also been able to get her weight down a little. We've still got about 10-15 pounds to take off though. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 312px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 228px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477096213620592642" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TAKN_MV-EAI/AAAAAAAAAKI/-VNu3hu6FBI/s320/5.30.10.JPG" /></div><div>Here is Miss Sexy Saidie. She was entertained yesterday by the fish and thought I'd snap a pic of her and add her to the blog! <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 233px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477096222577549842" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/TAKN_tteYhI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/95WKoyT8AnI/s320/sadieandthefish.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-4814950485668217902010-05-23T20:02:00.000-07:002010-05-23T20:09:00.186-07:0019 days post TPLOWe're heading into week 3 after TPLO surgery. Things are going well so far and the hardest thing really is just keeping her calm and preventing her from moving around too much. Here are some photo updates<br />Peeking over the chair to say hello!!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474667699274780930" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S_ntRDaUEQI/AAAAAAAAAJg/BlHQYWNh-N8/s320/Peekaboo.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474667709252215186" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S_ntRolHoZI/AAAAAAAAAJo/SIs2fj6oDgY/s320/P5220273.JPG" /><br />Her hair is growing back pretty quickly!! <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474667689844828530" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S_ntQgSCaXI/AAAAAAAAAJY/atCKmqk9kBs/s320/18+days.JPG" />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-13415747142001844682010-05-10T18:48:00.000-07:002010-05-10T19:21:05.276-07:006 days after surgery<div><div>Kahlua has been doing great with her recovery. She absolutely hated the plastic collar so we ordered a 'cozy collar' on Petco's website. I bought a Large, but it was way too small.<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469826344968406290" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S-i6FJLqRRI/AAAAAAAAAHc/cxugySI3WK0/s320/Conehead.JPG" /> Here is a pic of her Cozy Collar</div><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469827654026163682" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S-i7RVzWdeI/AAAAAAAAAHk/zpeKAPjMgiY/s320/CozyCone.JPG" /> These are the yummy applesauce pops Kahlua gets to have! I also have been filling a second tray with plain yogurt for yogurt freezies. YUMM!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469828265266337426" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S-i7062XVpI/AAAAAAAAAHs/Rc3Mpw-_X2Y/s320/P5040226.JPG" />Here is an update of the knee as of 5.6.10. The red is bruising. The pinched area is where the staples are. She's doing amazingly well. We use the big sling to help support most of her weight when we take her out, but she keeps wanting to put weight on the leg. </div><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469828875706899874" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S-i8Yc6vHaI/AAAAAAAAAH0/-Msbz7XICJs/s320/5.6.10leghealing.JPG" />Kahlua also got her FIRST LETTER in the mail last week! Her buddy Cato sent her a treat card to nibble on while healing from surgery!! She was VERY excited (as you can see from her sad face pictures).. </div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469831201432491554" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S-i-f067ViI/AAAAAAAAAH8/5wuPzxuHPS4/s320/firstcard.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469831209240501266" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S-i-gSAgHBI/AAAAAAAAAIE/HsQS0Nq1pyw/s320/firstcardclose.JPG" /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-75665244430993839052010-05-05T13:35:00.000-07:002010-05-05T15:02:12.243-07:00Day 1 post TPLOThis morning we were able to go pick up Kahlua. They showed us the X-ray of what they did and then also showed us an x-ray of her hips and said she has 'beautiful' hips! They went over the do's and don't, but really I think we already most everything just from all the research we did beforehand. They brought her out with an XL sling very similar to what my co-worker gave me.. only bigger. She did great walking out into the hall and then when she saw us she decided that was where she needed to lay as flat on the ground as possible! The vet techs gave her kisses goodbye and 3 of them lifted her into the back of my car. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467899222386582834" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S-HhX2H8pTI/AAAAAAAAAGM/tgg_RH_atv4/s320/P5040217.JPG" /><br /><div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467906059002808258" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S-HnlygRh8I/AAAAAAAAAG8/JFcm-ZY0IvY/s320/P5040220.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467899231308164194" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S-HhYXXBLGI/AAAAAAAAAGU/YGy5KUbRlxY/s320/P5040222.JPG" /> Above is the leg. They shaved the right leg and you can see a little white patch where there is a bandage. Tonight we are suposed to remove the bandage. Her front paw is missing some fur from the IV they had in her. <div> </div><div>Remember that potty box we made her?? Well we went to take her out today for the first shot at using the box. Rather than using it to potty she decided it would make a fabulous bed and layed down in it and would NOT get up. She had a great time smelling and eating the grass. Defeated we learned how to pull her weight up and help her off the porch and onto the grass.. what a defeat! The blue thing under her is the new sling that was part of the overall bill I'm sure!<br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467907153925255474" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S-HolhaIMTI/AAAAAAAAAHE/YkYDhcCaPkg/s320/P5040232.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467907158687274322" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S-HolzJe1VI/AAAAAAAAAHM/ioXFi9N7AhA/s320/P5040234.JPG" />I've been giving her applesauce pops that I made up for her. We'll try solid food later tonight before we give her the meds they gave us. </div><div> </div><div><br />All in all things are going GREAT for her first day. I honestly didn't know what to expect, but I'm feeling good about things. We have her confined to a small area of a side room with a fan on her and one of us is almost always in the room with her.<br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-4898068997870076532010-05-04T21:41:00.001-07:002010-05-04T21:47:15.941-07:00Surgery DayKahlua had her surgery this morning. The orthopedic surgeon called me around noon and left a message that everything went fine with the surgery and we could pick her up tomorrow morning around 10am. He would like to go over the Do's and Dont's with us. Wants us to take any medications or anything we give her in so he can see what she'll be taking. I called back because I'm nervous and had to hear for myself that she's doing ok and they said she's fine and that we'd get pain meds tomorrow when we leave. I'm so so so glad everything went well and now I think the hardest part is going to be helping her recover from this surgery. I felt terrible for her this morning when we were going about our normal routines getting ready and her just looking at us like "umm.. hey.. guys.. you have forgotten to FEED ME.." Poor thing! I made frozen applesauce treats to give her if she isn't feeling up to eating and I'm also going to make some yogurt pops for her. A co-worker gave me a sling to borrow from when their dog had surgery and Kevin told me that he was told we'd be getting one from the vet also.. I'll take all the slings I can to help lift our 150 pound dog! She was on a diet this last month and ended up gaining 10 pounds because of her inactivity. Really made me realize how active we really do keep her! Here is one last pic before we took her in this morning! <br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S-D4MvTb1II/AAAAAAAAAF8/8345Vz6jOZQ/s1600/P5020209.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S-D4MvTb1II/AAAAAAAAAF8/8345Vz6jOZQ/s320/P5020209.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467642845367882882" /></a>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-32628541346568817802010-05-02T19:14:00.000-07:002010-05-04T21:40:34.298-07:00Pre-surgery weekendThis weekend we've been doing some things around the house to get ready for Kahlua's surgery. We needed to make an area to confine her, make a sling to help pull her up from the floor, and then make a potty box to have on the patio for her. Firs up is the sling. I found a really cute sling online, but wanted to try to save some money and see if I could make something myself. I took some of my extra fleece and bought some vynal straps and sewed up this lovely little contraption. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466864013173726082" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S94z2vSWG4I/AAAAAAAAAEw/CyOxHS-G7yg/s320/Sling.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466864206146919250" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S940B-KvW1I/AAAAAAAAAE4/sVUQ8ED8LIU/s320/Sling2.JPG" />These next few pics are of the area we sectioned off to keep Kahlua. Her crate is too small to keep her in after a surgery and we wouldn't EVER be able to help get her out of the crate so we went with blocking off an area of the room we've already been keeping her. We put a painters tarp down to help keep the carpet clean. It was something that was recommended on the 'orthodog' blog on Yahoo. I've been reading the dogs get sick and make messes the first few days so this should help keep the cleanup to a minimum.. I hope.. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466865457704330162" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S941K0lR47I/AAAAAAAAAFI/v4IAA8g5X-s/s320/Bedspace.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466865155388049010" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S9405OXdhnI/AAAAAAAAAFA/-wPNgJrTCU4/s320/areatorest.JPG" /></div>While looking over things other people have done for their dogs after TPLO surgery I came accross someone who made a 'potty box'. Kevin had originally made a ramp to help her get down from the patio to the ground, but afterwards he wasn't feeling comfortable enough using the ramp. Kevin decided to make a 'potty box' for kahlua. We have it filled with 6 bags of dirt and we'll be putting grass over the top. Hopefully she won't have to use it for too long (cross your fingers) and will become strong enough to be able to use the ramp. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466866965117035698" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S942ikIeZLI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/1NSrn9i0Fy8/s320/pottybox.JPG" />
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<br />I got some floor rugs for her path from the room through the kitchen out to the patio, hopefully this will help her to have a safer walk when we need to take her outside.
<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S-D2XjddBMI/AAAAAAAAAF0/oRR_Nwp7M8w/s1600/P5040213.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S-D2XjddBMI/AAAAAAAAAF0/oRR_Nwp7M8w/s320/P5040213.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467640832143983810" /></a>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-53682570314564455722010-04-29T14:15:00.000-07:002010-04-29T14:19:08.979-07:00TPLO here we comeWell, yesterday Kevin took Kahlua to the vet. We had taken her with us on a road trip over the weekend to Baba's farm. After a walk through the woods Kahlua was having alot of trouble just standing up at ALL! I'd say this was the worst she had ever been. We took her to the vet this week and were told we MUST operate soon for her right knee. Kevin will be scheduling an apt today to have the surgery in the next week or two. I've been studying up on what to expect from so many blogs and posts online. There is so much help online! I've been very lucky to have found <a href="http://www.newf.net/">www.newf.net</a> and being a part of OrthoDogs on Yahoo Groups! I'm very nervous about all of this, but have faith it will all work out in the end.Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-62529536005107842642010-03-25T19:41:00.001-07:002010-03-25T19:50:41.259-07:00Bad News BearsRecently I noticed Kahlua was having trouble getting up off the floor. She was having the most trouble when she was laying on the laminate floor, but I felt she was having similar problems getting up while laying on the carpet. I took a vacation day and took her into the vet to see what was going on. She's only 15 months old so she shouldn't be having health problems now right?? Wrong! Her cruciate ligament (ACL in humans) is tearing in her two back legs... The vet sent us to an orthopedic doctor for more information and x-rays. He doesn't want to operate on her yet because he doesn't want to fix something that isn't broken yet. SO.. we are left with "Conservative Management". This means no play dates, no running, no jumping, no having to much fun, and NO SLIPPERY FLOORS (i.e. .... the kitchen). Worst case senario her ligament tears completely and we get a TTA or TPLO.. both are not cheap, but what we'll face if it happens.. It's been a rough week learning about all of this and trying to figure out what the best plan of action should be.... not a fun time right now!Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-25259724855451604902010-02-25T09:15:00.000-08:002010-02-25T09:19:50.343-08:00Summer time on the lake<div><div><div><div>I am missing summer more and more! The snow was starting to melt here, but yesterday and last night the snow came back and it's cold again! I'm ready for summer so hopefully it'll start warming up soon! Here are some fun pictures from the lake last summer. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442231805126071874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S4aw_hnfVkI/AAAAAAAAAEI/99g0qiXmLe4/s320/Kahluaonthe+lake.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442231702789305394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S4aw5kYgNDI/AAAAAAAAAEA/eRIotq3MrWo/s320/Picture+020.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442231570018820594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S4awx1xjYfI/AAAAAAAAAD4/Gs66tTSpffg/s320/Picture+017.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442231476667930466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S4awsaA912I/AAAAAAAAADw/qb0jN_RQN4Q/s320/Picture+022.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442231352025249842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S4awlJr1eDI/AAAAAAAAADo/C9YGPJJdcxw/s320/Picture+027.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-32482023886190006212010-02-25T06:52:00.001-08:002010-02-25T06:54:51.087-08:00This morning I was told I have the memory of a goldfish... I am not too pleased with that idea, but I'm afraid it might be true.. I'm going to start looking for things to sharpen my memory!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442194543518771362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 151px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 192px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S4aPGnUBaKI/AAAAAAAAAC4/FNi8Dhd--hs/s320/goldfish.jpg" border="0" />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-19678169749363392682010-02-19T11:42:00.000-08:002010-02-19T11:56:44.777-08:00Vacation Days!This week I took Thursday and Friday off for vacation days! I've been working ALOT and doing alot of OT so these days were MUCH needed! I've been staying up late watching the Olympics and got in some doctor apts. Today I slept in until NOON and it felt fabulous! Kevin and I took Kahlua out to play in the snow and Kevin built a snowman!! The snow is Kahlua's most favorite thing in the world!!! Here are pics of our fun snow day!<br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440043443411111426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S37qsG82TgI/AAAAAAAAACQ/Ivha8Akg1PY/s320/P1010136.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440043911437170498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S37rHWe9N0I/AAAAAAAAACo/_XTj67sG8Sk/s320/P1010142.JPG" border="0" />Looking good, but now he needs a face and arms.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440043597297636898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S37q1EOQViI/AAAAAAAAACY/Wm5-AoAhgJc/s320/P1010143.JPG" border="0" /></div>Perfect! Now he's complete!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440043756967329346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S37q-XCefkI/AAAAAAAAACg/a-tqn0PnIjk/s320/P1010144.JPG" border="0" />You can't really see the snowman's arms... but he has some! I don't think Kevin realized he could ZOOM in to see me better in the picture!! OH WELL!!! Fun times!!! When we took a walk we passed some guys putting siding up on a house and one of them yelled "that thing has more fur than my sheep at home!!! HAHAHA I'm sure it's true though because I know I vaccum up ALOT of dog hair alll week! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440045199735520786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S37sSVxN_hI/AAAAAAAAACw/SzKcdbfOLP4/s320/P1010139.JPG" border="0" /><br />I had Kahlua pose with our wooden deer out front. Kevin's dad came over one weekend and brought this lovely deer with him. He makes them and sells them and they're super cute, but I'm not quite sure what we'll do with it once the snow melts!Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-13516608434645070502010-02-13T11:17:00.000-08:002010-02-13T11:20:13.454-08:00The other night I helped my sister pack up some boxes into her car. She's moving to Texas in a few weeks. Of course Kahlua needed to help by watching us and laying beside the new boxes in the living room! <br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437809518835488018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S3b68lZtVRI/AAAAAAAAACA/IyuSSPhK5JY/s320/kahluapresent.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S3b7AzPXGJI/AAAAAAAAACI/ipHHCTgti1o/s1600-h/kahluapresent2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437809591269660818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S3b7AzPXGJI/AAAAAAAAACI/ipHHCTgti1o/s320/kahluapresent2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382387603678340361.post-56119646969125640012010-02-13T10:39:00.001-08:002010-02-13T10:49:14.245-08:00Cookie Dough Truffles attempt #1<div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>So I'm a HUGE fan of Annies Eats food blog! She recently posted about Cookie Dough Truffles and I KNEW I was going to have to make some and try them out myself. I made a few mistakes along the way, but feel they turned out pretty well. I made the dough up the night before and left it in the fridge 24 hours. When I went to make them the next day I will admit the dough was a bit tough to handle. Next time I will make sure I only leave them in the fridge a few hours and then start making up the dough balls. Here are the dough balls before their chocolate dip!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437800178993393202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S3byc7x07jI/AAAAAAAAABg/qKezM8EkPfI/s320/truffles+before+chocolate.jpg" border="0" /></div></div>Next I melted both semi sweet and unsweetened chocolate and placed in a bowl over simmering water. Kevin came through the kitchen around this time and asked if I was 'making fondue'. In a way I guess I was fonduing cookie balls!! Here is a picture of them after their dip in the chocolate. YUMMY!! I placed mini chocolate chips on top for a cute decoration as recommended by Annie!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437801766638629602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S3bz5WN8suI/AAAAAAAAAB4/c4fa3dJ4lCc/s320/truffles+together.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437801033390162978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S3bzOqp5BCI/AAAAAAAAABo/ov5w5K9M8-Y/s320/truffles+drying.jpg" border="0" /></div>Next came the hard part... waiting for them to dry! While they were drying I decided I didn't want to waste the leftover chocolate and started dipping pretzels in the chocolate and putting them aside to dry. I didn't have too many chocolate dipped pretzels, but enough to put in some snack bags to take to work through the week! Finally here is my finished product!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437801638968888818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YwLCIA5_Z84/S3bzx6nHDfI/AAAAAAAAABw/wOAkwBrjyfA/s320/truffles+finished.jpg" border="0" /></div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421416338410593497noreply@blogger.com1