Updates!

Hi girls! No fancy post today just some updates on things around here...

Yesterday the boys and I went to see our cat Maxie at the vet (she's shown above, under our Christmas tree last year) and she was wrapped in a fuzzy green blanket with IV's in her and the cone hat around her head so she wouldn't rip out the IV. She hadn't eaten anything in a couple days. When they took the cone off her head she seemed to perk up a bit and began sniffing my oldest son Gavin, licking his forehead:) Then she was sniffing at the special soft food they had for her, which is what she will have to eat now for her kidney problems. And... she ATE some!! The vet called today and she was still similar to the past couple days, not too active and not eating for them. I sent Brian to go see her today 'cause that is "his" kitty; she loves her daddy so much! Come Monday, we will have to decide if we want to bring her home- keep her on meds, special food and possibly have to give her fluids under the skin. With her kidney's functioning at 30% only, is it fair to keep her hanging on and suffering? We can't imagine how it would be to make the "dreaded" decision! :( It will be very expensive for us to make all the special adjustments for her, not to mention frequent check ups at the vet. This is SO hard!! I feel sad for the boys who love her and are attached to her. Brian hasn't been himself the past couple days because he misses his snuggly kitty who follows him everywhere like a lil dog!

Then there is my dad... His surgery for the oral cancer is this Monday morning at 7:30 am; we are leaving tomorrow (my bro Andrew, dad and I) to head down to Indy, which is a 3 hour drive from where we live. The dr. told my dad they will be removing half of his tongue then taking skin graphs from his thigh to rebuild the tongue; he will be in Intensive Care for 2 days, then in the hospital for another possible 7-9 days. They want him to do chemo and radiation when he gets back home. He is expected to be out of work for 2 months for recovery. He told my mom he will walk me down the aisle at my wedding but doesn't think he will be able to be at the reception. So there will be no Father/Daughter dance for us. This makes me really sad and angry that BAD things happen to good people. For him not to have smoked or chewed tobacco, WHY does he have to endure this? CANCER is HORRIBLE!! My precious lil grandma who died from Cancer 4 summers ago never did a thing in her life to hurt anyone and the disease completely destroyed her! I just pray that my dad will recover and be cancer free!

This is such an emotional time for me now and the fact that its all happening with the wedding being just 4 weeks away is very stressful too.

I think that I am going to skip out on Scrapbook Sunday for the next couple weeks, just to be able to focus a bit more on all the things I need to do. I will be gone tomorrow through Tues/possibly Wednesday depending on how dad does after the surgery. I don't want to leave him there all alone and in a lot of pain.

I won't be posting for a few days but I will update you all on things when I get back.

Please keep them in your prayers for me!!

Thanks for being so wonderful to me ♥

~Noelle