I am gad you are here - Sorry about all the trouble you have gone thru and going thru. Please believe me there are folks worse off than your situation. We are all struggling at this time. Some more than others. I have lost 3 family members just the past 2-1/2 months. We are barely keeping our home. 1 friend who have lived in an 8 bedroom home, in a nice town south of me is living in their Mercedes SUV.... everything lost because the dad was a day trader. Another friend with her family is staying in a motel - so shamed she refused help from family and friends - They had a mini-ranch worth over 3 million - lost everything - foreclosed on the home - sold all their prized pure-bred horses. They eat TV dinners, and live off bread and water at times. It's devastating!! But by the grace of GOD - we are still OK - HE meets our needs! Praise the Lord! We are clinging to HIM - trusting that things will change for the greater GOOD!! Hang in there Sharon!Be Blessed,Gloria C "For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to give you hope and a future". Jeremiah 29:11
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:51:29 -0400Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] update on things..most OT 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 OTTo: "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
