Sad over an animal I've never met...

How do you explain to people that you are sad about an animal you’ve never met but love all the same?

 

I start my day with this pug dog blog because it is emailed to me.  I love reading about the antics of these animals.  Sol, the black one (who I LOVE) came to them as a rescue from their neighborhood.  She is around 12 but is spunky and full of life.  Even though she is deaf, they’ve been teaching her sit/stay/leave it and she has apparently done really well.  She’s even learned to swim.  But now she’s had her second malignancy.  Makes me sad.  She is such and old soul and those eyes just make my black pug dog lovin’ heart melt!

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 September 23rd, 2009

The Results

The results of the pathology report came back and unfortunately it is not good news. The tumors sent for testing were malignant. The silver lining to this dark cloud is that there were clean margins. The pathology report also notes "no evidence of lymphatic or vascular invasion is seen." The tumor is what they consider a grade II mammary carcinoma (intermediate grade of malignancy) and the overall prognosis is guarded. The recommended next steps on the pathology report is to have a chest x-ray because this type of tumor has the potential for metastasis and usually does so in the lungs. Luckily, we had a chest x-ray done before she even had surgery and we know the lungs are clear at this time.

Where do we go from here? Well, no where really. We have dealt with things pretty much as best we can. The tumor has been removed and we have clean margins, which is absolutely fantastic. But the reality is that Sol has had two malignant tumors removed in less than a 12 month window.

We are appreciating every day we have with Sol. Each night when that little lady props her butt up on my pillow, I give her a big 'ole kiss and say, "Good night Solsey Baby!" And when I wake up in the morning with a stiff neck from sharing my pillow with her I look forward to all the little things that just make Sol Sol.

I don't know how things are going to play out and I'm not sure if I want to know. I had my day of doom & gloom yesterday, but now I am trying to be more positive. No matter how many tomorrows there are it will never be enough. So I am just hoping that the ups and downs of this roller coaster are all at the beginning and that we can have a smooth ride for a bit.

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Oops, she did it again!

As if Mary and Stu are not already super proud of her, Kate Hawley went and got herself knocked up again!!!  She and her hubby-hoo Brian are going to be parents to a new bouncing baby something in February.  (I asked Kate what she was going to have and before she could say “we are not finding out” I said, “A baby Giraffe?” HA!)  Ethan will be a big brother and I’m sure he will love the new playmate, once the new kid stops crying and keeping Mummy Kate up all night!  Of course I am sad that it took Kate 18 weeks to tell her favorite Jenna about the new bundle of impending joy.  I’m also sad that I have no ability to return phone calls, but still…Kate knew that!!!

 

So next year, when we head out to visit Kate on Ethan’s second birthday, the bitty baby will be 3 months old.  *sigh*  I am sure it will be love at first kissy kiss!!

 

So, let’s play a super fun game!  Kate has all of these specific rules for baby names.  I’ll list the rules and then maybe you can make some suggestions.  The rules are as follows:

 

1.        Must be two syllable first names so that it will go well with the last name Smith and so the child will have two syllables to hear their name read in class, rather than one. (her rule, not mine!)

2.       Cannot be a name that can be made into a nickname.  Ex: Margaret into Meg, Bess, Marge etc.

3.       The middle name must be two or three syllables long to offset the two syllable first name and the one syllable last name.

Phew, this is exhausting.

 

I think there may be one or two more rules, but let’s be honest, it was ALMOST 9 pm last night when she was telling me this and I have a hard time with that time of night!

 

But truly Kate and Brian, congratulations on the new baby!

 

Now send me pictures of the old kid.