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| Tue, 04-01-2008 - 1:24am |
Hi. Haven't been here for a while but it's been kind of busy. I've talked before about my son and his girlfriend in China, Shirley. Even though they've been together for a couple of years and she was expecting a baby the end of June, her parents have been really opposed to them getting married and have been putting up a lot of stumbling blocks. Eventually, Joe's treatment of Shirley made them begin to thaw a bit and they finally said that if the two of them were willing to spend a month apart and then still wanted to marry, they wouldn't stand in the way. Joe decided to use that time to do something he had been wanting to do for a long time...take a trip all around China. He made it through a couple of weeks...then he was missing Shirley so much and she was missing him, he decided to cut his trip short and go home. As it turned out, just a couple of days before he got back, Shirley lost the baby. So they're dealing with that now, poor things. It looks like Joe will be coming here for a visit in May and Shirley may be able to come with him which would be so nice. But that also means that it is really unlikely that I'll be able to make it to Milwaukee and I'm disappointed about that. I'll just have to see how the timing and the finances work out.
My dog, Rosie, has been acting like she doesn't feel too well. Her lab values were bad...liver and pancreatic enzymes were sky-high, and today they did an ultrasound and found a large mass in her abdomen. They're going to do an exploratory next week...I wanted the week-end to do all her favorite stuff just in case. I'm hoping they find that it's something they can remove and give her a little more good time. But if it's inoperable or metasticized, they will probably not let her wake up. That was my decision. She's about 15 years old and I just can't see making her go through an uncomfortable recovery only to have a short amount of increasingly uncomfortable time left. So this week is her week.
Last week was pretty bad at work. We had three doctors gone and it just felt like everything just totally inundated those of us that were back. I spent Saturday in Portland with my daughter and only had Sunday to relax. That definitely wasn't enough. I just spent today feeling beaten and battered and waiting for the news on Rosie didn't help.
On an up side...or not...I'm having a great time watching the accounts of this year's election. I've never been into politics in a big way but MsLily has shamed me over the years into paying more attention and it's a lot of fun this year...lots of spit and fire. It will be interesting to see who we end up with and what he or she is able to do with some of the problems we're having in the country now.
Well, I'm off to bed. I need the sleep!
Kat

Kat, we are always happy to see you :)
Please give our regards to Joe and Shirley on their
loss. I wonder if things would have been different
and less stressful for her if her parents did not
tell them to separate for a month.
You know what I am thinking.
Well I really hope they both come to Oregon in May.
And that you could somehow make it to the meet.
On Rosie, ((((((Hugs)))))). Let us know what
happens.
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~*~ Aloha to all .... ~*~
HI Kat
I am really sorry to hear that Shirley lost the baby. So very hard on both of them and the time apart was probably very hard on both of them. I hope they can make that trip back together and maybe it will still work out for you to get to the meet.
Not looking good for me getting to the meet either right now. But I am still trying to work it all out.
I am am keeping Rosie in my prayers and hope they will be able to give her some more time by being able to take care of whatever the problem is. Our furbabies are so special and very hard to see them getting old. Our Bailey is 16 and having a few problems now. She has bad hips now and is having problems using the bathroom outside. We have to keep her confined to our kitchen now and we both hate doing that but it saves the hardwood floors.
Take care and hope you will get some time to catch your breath my friend.
Love and ((((HUGS))))
Aw, Kat, that's too bad about the baby....so hard to see your kids sad and blue, I know. Hopefully things will start to look up for them very soon. Sure would help if the parents were more supportive of their relationship, but it's probably a cultural issue, and that should work out in time.
So sorry about Rosie, too. That's a hard thing to go through, I know; I've been there. So hard to say goodbye to our old friends. But you've given her a good life and I think it's very nice that you're making this week all about her.
Take care, Kat.
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(((Kat))) so sorry to hear about the baby. Stress can do that and with her parents not being supportive.... Hope they can visit in May.
Sorry to hear about Rosie but hope they can resolve her problem. Its awesome you are making this her week. She's so lucky to have you as her mom. My prayers are with you.