For over the last year and a half my life has been mostly heartache and
pain...so many deaths...illnesses...money problems...it has been the worst time
of my entire life. My whole family is hoping and praying...praying more than
hoping...that the worst is behind us....it got to the point that when my sister
and I would call each other...the first thing out of our mouth when the other
one answered was...."everything is ok"...it seemed like every time the phone
would ring it was bad news...I'm trying real hard to think positive and be
strong...I'm so glad I have all my "friends" here in the group~~~Sharon
----- Original Message -----
From: arlene weaver
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] update on things..most OT
i dont know how you can even think straight enough to write it down.
all i can think of is its got to get better, hang in there.
May God walk with you today.
arlene
--- On Mon, 10/20/08, Sharon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Sharon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Chihuahuas] update on things..most OT
To: "Chihuahuas" <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, October 20, 2008, 7:19 PM
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
