Life is so hard at times

As blogville knows, this year has been very challenging to say the least.  Our grandmother died suddenly last month, Dad became very sick with E. Coli and still has it, and all four of us has had bouts of diarrhea and Snoopy was hurt by a roofing contractor working next sore.

Today tops them all- WHN and Dad went to a medical appointment leaving us alone with the back door open to prevent accidents-.  All was well, or so they thought.  When they left all four of us were behaving as usual, but when the humans returned Sweetie and Anna were outside sunbathing. Or so WHN thought- in actuality Sweetie was dragging herself to the stairs as she could not stand up on her rear legs at all!  She had scraped the skin on her bottom and rear legs raw in her attempts to get inside.  WHN and Dad picked her up and got her on her bed nearest the back door.  The vet being closed for the night, WHN is taking Sweetie to the vet first thing in the Am.  Dad will help get sweetie into the car and WHN will have to get her into the travel command post at the vet office.

Sweetie is not in any pain- she scoots around on the floor while dinner was being made to our chagrin but is resting now.  WHN will again be sleeping on the couch so Sweetie can stay put and also to give her any help needed outside

Please pray for Sweetie- this is a terrible shock and came out of no where.  We have already priced drag bags and carts and will figure out how to pay for the latter.

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Marie Christensen Bullock ( 23 September 1939 -20 May 2017)

This is our favorite photo of our grandma and WHN, taken in 2003.

As you may read by the heading, Grandma died early Saturday morning. Dad and WHN had been able to see her before she died, and Grandma knew Dad right away-her face lit up when she saw him.

We are very thankful for Grandma as she loved Dad and introduced WHN to dachshunds!

(Dad is also very ill right now- he picked up a virulent strain of E Coli and it is in his blood stream, so please keep him in your prayers)

Grandma is now at the Rainbow Bridge playing with our Aunt Pint, a poodle mix, and our Aunts Gingie and Nutmeg-the original Bullock Dachshunds

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Update on our grandmother!

We are driving back to New Jersey tomorrow or Monday as she is going into palliative care.

She had a stroke Thursday as we reported earlier, then she had several seizures Friday during an MRI.  Her internal organs are now failing due to her being in the end stages of Parkinson's Disease.

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Good Afternoon!  Sorry we haven't been around lately, but WHN's depression has returned and she has kept us very busy nursing her back to health! She is finally going to be off our paws!

However, today we learned that Tasha, Queen of the Unstuffed Stuffed Squeaky Toys, has a mass on either her liver or spleen and must undergo an ultrasound to determine treatment options.  It was discovered during her annual physical, via her blood work, and  X rays, which revealed that her liver enzymes were 15 times higher than the normal range, as well as a mass either on the spleen or liver. A review of previous years' bloodwork revealed no issues so this is a new medical problem.  Her age (13 in November) could be the cause and it may still be nothing, but we are prepared  for anything at this point.  

We also ask for prayers for Dad's mom, who had a stroke today and whose outlook is not promising- she has been in the hospital or rehab facility for the past six weeks and took this turn earlier today