Posts Tagged ‘Hospital’

It’s been a bit of a struggle to get in here and write an update. When I’m not working, I’m sleeping.

Or heading into hospital for a colonscopy and biopsy – which is where I’m headed in about half an hour *lesigh* It’s been a while coming, and I’ll be glad to finally have it behind me. The pre-surgery blood test last week wasn’t exactly pleasant – but it was more me working myself up than anything. It’ll be interesting to find out the results *shrug*

We had a bit of a scare with my beautiful puppers last week. She got to a cane toad. It was HORRIBLE. She was staggering, and then having seizures and throwing her head around, and then she’d go all stiff. We had to rush her out the vet at 11pm, that was a good 20 minutes away (scary, given that the vet had told us that the first 20 minutes were most critical), and she got a good dose of valium, and then an IV into her. It broke my heart to have to leave her there overnight. Especially since we were told that there was a possibility she wouldn’t make it.

I didn’t sleep a wink that night. We didn’t get home from the vet until 1am, and I bawled my eyes out long into the early hours of the morning. I don’t think Nick got much sleep either! Nor my Mum.

But she survived. My girl sure is a little fighter.

We’ve been on toad watch every night since, and we’re finding them on an almost nightly basis. Poor Lexi has to be on a lead when she goes out to the toilet before bed. She’s not so crazy about it, but I don’t want to have to go through that again. She turns 5 next month – and I intend to have her around for many more years after that!

With that, I’m off. Time to head down to the private hospital. I haven’t been allowed to eat the past two days. Ohh, the pain!

xoxo

A post on Robyn's Blog reminded me that I hadn't yet posted about one of my new favourite websites - Etsy! I've been a little distracted as of late..

But how is it that I only just (two weeks ago) found this website?! It’s brilliant! It is THE place to buy and sell all things handmade – I already have my eye on quite a few pieces. Plus, they have an entire “weddings” section, in which I have plans to buy up a storm a little closer to the date!

And how is my brother doing? He has a minimum of a month’s stay in the hospital, and we had a bit of a scare with blood clots this week, but he seems to be doing fine otherwise. He has plenty of friends visiting him regularly – which seems to be helping his spirits, and he has a stack of DVD’s and magazines to get through.

I won’t let my guard down just yet, but he’s doing well. He’s bloody lucky to be alive. It’s clearly not his time to go yet *shakes head*

A big thank you to all for being so supportive. It’s been a rather horrifying week for me – but everyone (family, friends, work mates, my bosses, fellow bloggers, i-do members) has really rallied behind me and given me a lot of support. I can’t thank you all enough – it means the world.

xoxo