Lots of news!!!

So Vera is wonderful! Thank you to everyone who was thinking of us. Someone was listening!

So Vera had surgery to remove the mass in her abdomen last Friday. They removed 2/3 of her liver, her gallbladder, and a huge 1 1/2 pound tumor. The doctor gave it a 98% chance of being cancerous, but our little girl was in the 2%!! It was benign!!

Well, Vera was sent home last Sunday and was just not acting herself. We watched her carefully, and on Monday night, she was burning up with fever and had turned yellow. She was rushed back into the vet as an emergency and re-admitted to ICU. They did tests and started her on medications. She had an infection and a type of hepititis that is caused by liver trauma (not by a disease). She was also refusing to eat so they put a tube down her nose (she LOVED that!).

By Friday, she was meowing, trying to jump and run away from the nurses, and being an all around pain in the butt...in other words, time for her to come home! She was released Saturday morning. She is still on 3 medications (I am getting really good at prying her mouth open and squirting the medicine down her throat), but she is doing very well. She is not quite as active as she was before, but we understand that she has been through a lot in the last 2 weeks.

Thanks again to everyone for all the thoughts!

A Trying Day

So today has been a trying day for me. First, the kitties had a vet appointment. Pretty standard stuff; Vera for an allergy shot and Preston for an ear infection. No big deal. Well, because of all of Vera's health issues, she gets a physical at every visit. So today, the vet feels that something is not quite right in her abdomen, more specifically, her liver. Then comes x-rays and ultrasounds and now we have an appointment with a feline oncologist tomorrow. We are praying that it is nothing serious, but we are asking everyone to please pray for our baby. We will update the blog as soon as we hear anything.

Nothing Much

Well, nothing has really changed for us lately. My students are getting ready to take the state tests next week. Many of them are very nervous and are acting out because of it. These tests are a huge deal in Louisiana; if you don't pass them, you cannot go on to the next grade. No pressure!

Kenny is still doing what he does in the Coast Guard. Not much to report on that front either. He will be going to a school for 15 days, leaving sometime this month. He is supposed to be back by the 21st, which is the first day of my week-long spring break! Yay!

On a side note, my cousin, Michael, and his fiancee, Lisa, have broken up and the wedding (was to be July 6th) is cancelled. Not really sure what all happened. It's hard when you live far away. So, now I have a bridesmaid's dress that I will have to try and find some use for, not to mention all the wedding flowers that I had already made (all the bouquets and some corsages). If you know anyone that needs some flowers for something (they are Periwinkle hydrangeas and yellow sunflowers) lemme know.

Vera and Preston are doing well, meowing up a storm!

We are planning on visiting home sometime in late June/early July. If Kenny's schedule does not allow it, I will be coming alone. We'll keep everyone posted as we find out more information.

Gonna give this a shot!

So..I'm a shameless copycat and about 5 of my friends have started blogs, so I figured, why not? Well, we are pretty boring at the moment. My birthday is in 2 days and my students have state tests in 2 weeks, but other than that, boring. I'll try and post again after my birthday. Have a great weekend!!

Shandy