Merry Christmas!!!!

Hello all I just wanted to give you all a quick update...our dog does have the fast moving cancer. She has 6-8 weeks they think. Some dogs never have their cancer spread but it's very rare. We will be taking her in every 2-3 weeks for check-ups and making the final decision of putting her down when she shows signs of the cancer returning.

Thank you all for your kind comments and prayers. I hit the wrong button tonight...I meant to hit publish and hit reject...UGH!!!! Soooo sorry I lost your comments!!!!!

I hope you all have a blessed and very Merry Christmas!!!! I will post again in January when we return from Disney World.

Love and hugs!
Kim

Poor Doggy

Hello...Thanks to all of you who have been praying for my dad and family and for all the wonderful comments. This all means the world to me. I am so very tired and trying to help my mom via the phone manage my dad's care. He is having good days and bad days which is to be expected with this type of surgery. The surgeon said it's the worst surgery anyone could ever have.

Yesterday we were back to the emergency room but this time for our dog. She fell a few times yesterday and became short of breath easily. When the mail lady came she barked at her per usual but then got so short of breath that she fainted. (I didn't know dogs could faint). Later we noticed her tummy becoming distended so off to the vet for emergency care. They took her right back and did a quick ultra sound on her tummy and found blood. Then they took an x-ray and a more thorough ultra sound. They found a tumor on her spleen and her spleen was bleeding. She had surgery at midnight and we will know between Saturday and Wednesday if it is cancer. (There is an 80% chance it is). Not good odds but none of her other organs are showing cancer. So we will see what the vet says and what type of cancer it is (if it is cancer) and if it's the worst possible type of cancer we will put her down. (She would only have a short time left and we don't want her to suffer with this recovery only to suffer more and die any way). We did the surgery in hopes that is benign and not an aggressive tumor. The surgeon said he found several on the spleen so I don't know what to think. As for now she is awake and alert at the pet hospital.

I am so sorry for being such a downer but we are having one thing after another. But praise God my dad is still recovering nicely.

I will be around to all of you soon. I have so many thank you's to post and I promise I will!

Hugs!
Kim

Making Friends and Crawfishing at the Creek

Hello! Hope you all had a great weekend! Well no pumpkin update...no changes...I'll show you the harvest when the time comes. We have a new friend at our house. My daughter got a new kitten and her name is Cypher. Our dog, Cocoa, and cat, Abby are starting to make friends with Cypher. She is a really sweet kitten!

Abby our great big Ragdoll playing with Cypher and Cocoa "Miss Jealous" coming to check out the new kitty toy.

Cypher has been with us a little over a week and now. Abby is letting her take a snooze with her. Well, shall I say she is tolerating Cypher snoozing with her. Can you see Abby staring her down through her fur?

Next we have some new pictures from the creek. 2 nights ago, my daughter and her boyfriend went to investigate the creek. We knew we had holes down there made by a critter but decided frogs lived in them...why? Because we saw a frog in one! LOL!!! Well come to find out...the frog must have been just visiting his friend the crawfish! Yikes they are scary looking. BF decided he wanted to catch one....ha! The crawfish had other plans! They sure have sharp pinchers...they sliced up a rubber worm and cut through twine! Here are some pics of our adventure....

Shining the Mighty Light in the crawfish hole. Note: crawfish DO NOT like light!

Can you see his claw!?! Yikes! *Click to enlarge*

Trying to fish him out with fishing line and a rubber worm. Nope didn't work! At least we had a good time!

Hugs to all!

Kim