What a Roller Coaster! May 6, 2009

Thankfully, Blaze is doing amazingly well! He is just so sweet. He is also one fast crawler and into everything! I had to take dog food out of his mouth last night. He loves to investigate and explore. We have one area where we all throw our shoes into a basket. I put a pair of his shoes in the basket and he keeps climbing in to get them out. It's quite funny.

Yesterday, Blaze was a little angel baby. I can't express in words how pleased I was with him. Melissa, my niece and Blaze's nanny, called me at work to say she needed to go back into Urgent Care. We had gone on Sunday night, where she was told she had a bad infection and needed to take antibiotics and anti-nausea medicines. Tuesday they were saying she might need to have her gallbladder taken out. Blaze was so good while we waited at two different medical facilities. He talked all during her ultrasound. He has had enough echoes on his heart so the room and set up were not scary to him. I told her Blaze was telling her how good she was and how brave she was being to not cry! HA! We didn't hear any results until after 2 p.m. today. She does not need to have her gall bladder out, but she will need some different medication. If she is still sick on Saturday, then she will need another test.

Tim had an upper GI scope done on Monday. What they thought was the problem wasn't, so it was good they checked things out. He was groggy on Monday and felt icky on Tuesday. They took two places out for a biopsy, so those areas felt especially sore. He has some medicine which will hopefully help.

On Monday a lab puppy decided to call our front porch home. He kept coming inside, he got in the car with us, Maggie couldn't go out without him bugging her. It was pretty obvious that he was really hungry. We have called animal control to come get him, so Tim went ahead and fed him last night. The first day I took Blaze outside to look at the puppy. The pup jumped on me, trying to get to Blaze. I yelped and raised Blaze up a bit higher and Maggie crouched low and gave the defender growl. Blaze and I got back in the house quickly, dog fight avoided. The puppy looked so confused! He would be the perfect "boy" dog. I voted to try to keep him, but I was vetoed. We need to get things a little more together before tackling a project like he would be. If we had a fenced in yard, we would keep the uncoordinated mammoth, but we don't and he needs to find a better home. In the meantime he sits by the front door, randomly crying and throwing his body against the door. At first we all jumped and looked horrified at the sound from the door. Now we don’t even blink at it. I spent a lot of time Monday night thanking God we don't live in an area with bears, wild cats or the like to worry about. A friendly puppy has us held hostage. I can’t imagine living in the wild.

Last night with Melissa sick, Tim feeling oogey, the puppy trapping us in the house, Blaze finally in bed, I got another call. My grandmother had some dental work done and was feeling very ill. Mom stayed the night with her. Mom also let me know that my aunt's dog had to be put to sleep. He was a family favorite and will be missed. It was a bummer ending to a very chaotic day.

Hopefully things will settle down for awhile now! We shall see!