Thursday, February 12, 2009

**randomness**

how cute are these??


















i saw them at PEDLARS

for those of you who are watching american idol, why, oh why, didn't they cut her?
MISS I-CAN'T-STAND-YOUR-LAUGH


i am in love with these. such a cute idea.



















this is her etsy site:
LENAE MAY


some people are just too crafty. coffee filters? really?




































she tells you how here.
PAM GARRISON


a couple mottos i need to refer to these days. actually all days probably.






















the kids and i are doing well. it's valentine's weekend and i think cj might be going to the west dance with a girl from south. who knows with him. bailey and her friends have something cooked up. i just don't have all the details yet. hopefully ole' mom will know soon enough.

we had to keep bug off of all medications for her itching problems for 60 days. we couldn't even put anything topical on her. the most we could do was give her benedryl and i don't even know how well that worked. it was a nightmare. she was miserable and it was so hard for us to watch her and try to keep her from scratching as much as possible. after the 60 days we had her blood drawn (last week) and at that point we were able to have the vet give her a shot to curb the itching. it worked within 18 hours and is still working like a dream. the blood was sent off to a lab and had allergy testing done to determine what she is allergic to that is making her itch. once that is identified they can make a serum that we can give her to take care of that specific allergy and then no more itching! the vet called last night and the blood work came in and said that she was negative for all allergies. she is allergic to nothing!! WTF?? i just watched her go through hell for 60 days, spend $450 for the test, and now i know nothing? what now? they say take her off all meds and do the detox thing for 90 days this time and retest. again, WTF? why didn't we just keep her off for an additional 30 days at this point and then we would be 2/3 of the way for the second test. i am so frustrated.

oh, and jack goes to a eugene vet internist and has an upper-GI because he has...wait for it...acid reflux and has to be on...wait for it...Pepcid. they hope to find the cause of the reflux and fix it if they can. cost for just the test?? $1100. please stick needles in my eyes. per missy...SHITBALLS!!

cats from now on! i love my pugs but shit! this is expensive.

have a great weekend.

peace.

4 comments:

SplendidlyImperfect said...

Dang. I need to move to Podunk. That same allergy test costs almost twice that here. The crazy part is that I'm pretty sure what the dog is allergic to - grass. We went out of town and left her with friends who only have gravel and after a week and a half she wasn't itching and her sores had healed. 1 day home and she was miserable again. She's on methylprednisone. What kind of shot did Bug get?

Aren't dogs FUN? :)

Susanne P. said...

podunk?? you better watch it there girlie! i resemble that remark.

she got a cortisone shot.

Missy said...

I'm just laughing out loud right now.

SplendidlyImperfect said...

Y'all have SHEEP by the side of the road!!!

I'm gonna have to remember to ask about cortisone shots when we go to the vet.