We took a vacation to Playa Del Carmen in Mexico this month (Aug-08). We went with two other couples. Tracey and West, who live in Tulsa as we do, and Rhonda and Lance, from MN. Tracey and I met Rhonda our freshman year of college at OBU. Rhonda met Lance at our wedding; Lance had been friends with David since high school.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tragedies in our household...
at least it feels like a tragedy to me right now. I'm sure other people in the world will think I'm being petty, or overly sensitive, but I can't help but feel very sad, and lonely and depressed. My beautiful King of the Backyard jungle cat, Cooper, died last week (Aug 20, 2008). We got home from vacation Wednesday night and found him dead under our bed. My MIL had been house sitting that week, and said he was alive when she left the house Wednesday morning. He has had bladder issues for a couple years, so my guess is he was having difficulty and developed an infection that killed him, or it was kidney failure. Either way, it was more devastating to me than I thought it would be. I loved that stupid cat. He would sit on my lap and purr, would sleep at my feet at night, and follow me around the house in the mornings while I got ready for work. It just sucks, and I want to cry right now while I write about it.
And that's not all...Oh no, it wasn't enough that I lost my baby boy. My precious weiner dog Alice, is at the vet right now and we may have to put her down this weekend. She ruptured a disk in her back and it has caused paralysis in her back end. She has been on complete confinement at the vet, on medication, but the prognosis is not good. She is such a young, active dog that paralysis would just not be any quality of life for her. So when I check on her this weekend, which will be a week of crate rest, we may have to make a decision about her depending on what the doctor says. I just can't stand it. I never realized how much this would affect me...the house is so quiet and lonely.
FOLLOW UP - I am so tired of crying. I have cried for 3 days now. They couldn't help Alice. She was permanently paralyzed due to disk rupture. The vet tried several things, but basically it came down to the only option for her was a doggie wheelchair. And to me that just isn't an option, esp for an active dog like her. So we had to make the completely devastating decision to put her down. Its just horrible how bad I feel, and how hollow. It's not fair and right now I'm pissed at the world over it.
Here are some pictures I took of Cooper the night before we left for vacation.
And that's not all...Oh no, it wasn't enough that I lost my baby boy. My precious weiner dog Alice, is at the vet right now and we may have to put her down this weekend. She ruptured a disk in her back and it has caused paralysis in her back end. She has been on complete confinement at the vet, on medication, but the prognosis is not good. She is such a young, active dog that paralysis would just not be any quality of life for her. So when I check on her this weekend, which will be a week of crate rest, we may have to make a decision about her depending on what the doctor says. I just can't stand it. I never realized how much this would affect me...the house is so quiet and lonely.
FOLLOW UP - I am so tired of crying. I have cried for 3 days now. They couldn't help Alice. She was permanently paralyzed due to disk rupture. The vet tried several things, but basically it came down to the only option for her was a doggie wheelchair. And to me that just isn't an option, esp for an active dog like her. So we had to make the completely devastating decision to put her down. Its just horrible how bad I feel, and how hollow. It's not fair and right now I'm pissed at the world over it.
Here are some pictures I took of Cooper the night before we left for vacation.
And some more pix of Alice:
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