Thanks Gloria...I love the people in this group...although I never met any of
you and probably never will...I know that there are a lot of loving and caring
people here...and like I said...I know that there are a lot of people besides
me and my family who are going through a lot...some even worse...and by the
way...I would really like to meet a lot of people from this group...but we're
all so far apart so we probably never will meet.But I still consider you guys
my "friends" and love listening to everyone's stories and looking at all the
beautiful pictures of the animals posted here...Chihuahuas and all the
rest...Sharon
----- Original Message -----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] update on things..most OT
Sharon, you have friends and we are hoping that soon things will get better
and better for you and your family.
Gloria P
In a message dated 10/20/2008 6:19:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL
PROTECTED] writes:
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
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