Hi everyone...first of all I want to thank all of you who offered advise and
suggestions when I asked for it about the "aggressive" Chihuahua that we were
supposed to go meet. We were supposed to go on a Sunday...the woman called me
on Sat night and said that she felt the little guy was too mean (her words) to
place at this time so she decided to keep him. He bonded with one of her other
dogs so I'm hoping that now that he has a new "buddy" he'll relax and enjoy
life. I'm going to call her one day soon and see how things are going.
Yesterday was a really bad day. My sister called me and told me her one pug
passed away. He walked into the living room by my brother in law and collapsed.
He was an old guy...he was also a rescue...he was at least 13 or 14 that we
know of. They lost another pug a little over a year ago...also and old
guy...also a rescue. They have one pug left...he's about 10 I think. They also
have a German Shepherd that is about 2 years old. I'm glad they rescued the
little pugs...at least they had a good home...they had them for years.The pug
they have left...they bought when he was a puppy.
Then about 5:15 yesterday afternoon...Meeko...one of my cats...was sitting by
me and I thought she had water in her whiskers...well...something caught my eye
and I saw that she had what looked like water running out of her mouth...then
it got bad later in the evening...I called the vet...they said as long as she
was eating and drinking it PROBABLY wasn't anything serious. Later it got
really thick and looked like clear gel....I was up till after 4:30 this morning
with her...I called the vet and took her in today...he said he couldn't find
anything wrong with her. Her mouth was fine...her teeth are
good...lungs...chest and heart all checked out ok...she's still eating..dry
food...canned food and treats...still drinking water...no less no more than
ever...he said she might have gotten a trace of some kind of chemical ...my
husband put a lawn in for the neighbors...and I thought maybe he had some
fertilizer on his boots or something...she gets into EVERYTHING...and I don't
let anything out that will hurt her...at least as far as I know..she's still
eating and drinking...so I guess she'll be ok...if she's still "drooling"
tomorrow...I'm calling the vet back. Last night was real bad...today it is only
off and on...not too much...so if anyone has any ideas on this or has gone
through this...PLEASE let me know...I love my cats VERY much....and Sox
too...and I'm worried sick. My other cats are all fine. Just a note...back in
May Meeko got very sick...fine one second...and I thought she was gonna dye the
next...rushed her to the vet...they did all kinds of tests and blood work
....couldn't find anything...kept her in the hospital for a couple of days and
gave her antibiotics....she was fine. She's about 2 years old...rescued...all
shots and spayed. SORRY to go on about her...but I wanted you to have all the
info in case someone might now what the problem is.
It's not over...my day got even worse! At 10:15 last night...one of my aunts
called from out of town and told us that my cousin had died. We grew up
together...she had a VERY hard life when she was a child...and not much better
as an adult...I just hope and pray that she's in a much better place...she
deserved so much more...I just saw her in July at our family reunion.She was 48
I think. She had COPD...she did a lot of damage to her body when she was
younger with drugs and alcohol...but she was raised that way.It's so sad..I
guess she threw her husband out...not sure when...they were married for over 30
years as far as I know...and he said he was just going to stay gone till he
"cooled off"...she died while he was gone...she was all alone (so sad) except
for her little dog...her dog was so loyal to her...I know he was there with
her. I don't know where her kids were...or who found her.I think her son
did...we don't know much yet because of them living out of town and us not
being able to reach any of them.Most of you know everything that has been going
on with my family...so I won't repeat it...but I get SO depressed...some days I
find myself thinking I don't even want to get out of bed...I'm so afraid of
what tomorrow might bring...I try to stay strong..and positive...but it's so
hard...
Out of all the bad things that happened to my family...we are all very thankful
that we didn't lose my dad...my daughter...my grand-daughter or my brother in
law....although we did lose my father in law in May...and a couple of family
friends. Also my husband lost his job...finally got another one...but with a
pay cut of over $4.00 an hour...BUT...at least he got a job...if we make it
till spring...we should be ok...
And believe me...I KNOW there are people who are a lot worse off than we
are.I'm so sorry this is so long...I want to try to answer some of the emails
that were directed to me...and I have a lot of comments on all the beautiful
pictures that everyone keeps posting...but it might be a while...Thanks for
listening everyone...YOU are my therapy! Right now I need all the friends I can
get~~~Sharon
