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Thursday, March 08, 2012

The Sniff

Nose to nose
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Mom wanted to give everyone an update.
Over the last few weeks Mom has been kinda MIA.
She has been involved in helping her family with a medical issue.
Her brother was being evaluated by Mayo Clinic in Florida for a liver transplant.
The good news is, he is not a candidate for one at this time.
He will need careful monitoring for the rest of his life.
His condition was caused by an underlying genetic component.
Mayo Clinic is very through in their assessments, and in they did find that my brother has a serious heart condition, also hereditary.
So one hand God gave us great news and on the other he gave us a challenge.
He will need to undergo more testing to see where that condition leads.
So, Mom has been undergoing testing herself as both of these issues were genetic.
Part one was simply a blood test.
Amazing what your blood can tell about your health.
Mom is still not sure that is a closed subject, but time will tell.
Earlier this week she had an echocardiogram on her heart.
The technician casually said it didn't look like she had anything to worry about, but we'll have to wait until she talks with the doctor.
So we ask you indulgence for more prayers and purrs for her Brother.
He first was given what he thought was life ending news about his liver.Then he was involved in an auto accident where an elderly lady ran a red light and his car demolished. Thankfully at the time we all thought he wasn't injured, now we are not sure. Then he had to go though several weeks of intensive testing at Mayo. He then was given a lot of hope about his liver condition which lead to great big sighs of relief, only to have those hopes dashed by an underlying serious heart condition.
We all have crosses to bear but it sure seems like he got more than his share.
But Mayo has been incredible and I hold hope that they will help him again.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Friday Flash

Originally posted October 17,2005

Ping & Gracie asleep together on the foot rest.

Gracie has only been with us since July. She was abandoned at the door of the Animal Care & Control. They had not taken her in because they didn't want another mouth to feed, and to be fair I believe they were hoping someone who came in would take her -- for free. Of course, we were those "someones". Gracie is only a kitten with a big PERSONALITY. She is a very loving girl who just wants to be loved back. We felt strongly that she wouldn't have any trouble fitting in with our expanding family, and she hasn't. At first, Ping & Jinx were standoffish to her, but she is so infectious, that it wasn't long before they were all frolicking and playing like long lost brothers and sisters. Gracie has a habit of headbutting anyone or anything as her way of saying "hello". She began walking up to her brothers and doing this which shocked the heck out of them, they didn't know what to think. But, they soon realized she was only warmly greeting them and they began accepting her welcome with kitty kindnesses of their own. As you can see Gracie warmly snuggled up to Ping suggests they have really accepted their youngest sister. She has had less success with acceptance from her two sisters. Boo is skittish, and since Gracie likes to romp it scares her. So they are still adjusting. Abby hasn't taken to Gracie at all. She is the oldest cat and is settled into her ways. It will take some time, but I believe that sooner or later (probably MORE on the later part) they will form an acceptance of each other. But for now, Gracie is quite happy to be totally accepted by her big brothers.