Welcome

Hearye, hearye,
Aunt Gerry is now amongst us! Thanks to Uncle John she has been able to access and read the family page. Hopefully soon she will be posting too. I advised her to get up to speed by reading all the old stuff as well as visiting various other blogs of family members, so she may be reading for a while! Don't know if the boys are reading the blog or not, hopefully they are.

Rascal is doing much better, wearing a collar again, and his hair is growing out. He has decided that he wants to be a house dog. That's something we discuss often, usually everytime I open the back door to let Angel in or out.

Angel is doing fine, found a variety of her favorite toy in Wichita so I picked up a bunch. She is loving that.

Eliora is busy preping for finals and the big move home next month. She is looking at her summer school options but no decisions final yet.

Shaina is still loving dental stuff. Cleaned my teeth and it was a chore. I'm a gagger and it took 45 minutes just to do the x-rays (normal time is 15 min). Cleaning was another whole adventure, but she stuck it out! She has finals soon also.

Grant is being the supportive husband and providing for Shaina. He's a wonderful guy and helps me out alot. Jerry & Lorinda and I have grown to become good friends and often get together. I am learning to drive several places in Wichita and as you know that is MAJOR for me. The city is a scary place.

Garrett & Rhylee are pure heaven for me. I love getting them here for the night sometimes, it's lots of fun. My three were all here recently and decided to put up "the tramp". They took turns jumping and it brought back some good memories. Garrett & Rhylee had a blast jumping too.

Sarah has her hands full with her bunch! I don't know where she finds the energy! I must be getting old and slowing down. Sarah always has so much going on and is so creative.

Matthew is always busy and I don't get to spend as much time with him as I would like to. He does so much and yet, anytime I need him he always makes time to take care of me.

All told, It's A Wonderful Life!

later, m:)

HEY,
EVERYONE BE SURE TO WISH MATTHEW A HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON MONDAY THE 14TH.
UNCLE JOHN

Alzheimer's test

Yes, they do have a test now for the genetic tendency. Dad tested positive for it recently. We had pretty much thought he had it but there are so many different kinds of dementia that we were not really sure. So now we know for certain. Could be worse I guess, after all he just turned 98! Nothing else much new here. Samo, samo. Gonna be rainy for a few days. Still trying to get the work done on the pool so we can get it open next month. Waiting for a patch to be re-done and doing some caulking of the seams. Come on summer...
Barb

Rascal update

hi folks,
Rascal came thru surgery just fine! Was really groggy that night and is on pain meds for the next few days. Today is better and his attitude about being "poisoned" has returned. He examines everything we give him for pills. Eliora is in charge of meds and is giving him stuff at 7 am and 7 pm. Poor girl is waking up earlier on spring break than she does when going to classes! HEHE! I figure if I'm footing the finances the least she can do is fight with him about the pills! Mashed potatoes work the best, and he really likes it if he can have gravy too. He's on soft food for the next two weeks but pills are only thru Sunday. Angel is way jealous and lets us know its not fair! ttyl m:)

Rascal dental surgery

hi folks,
Rascal is currently at the vet. Today is surgery to remove his bad tooth. Hope all goes well, Eliora and I took him in early this am, will pick him up tonight after work. I will post tomorrow on the outcome. I asked them to save the tooth for me, I will give it to Shaina since that is her "field of interest". hehe! I am kinda worried about this surgery since Rascal is so old, I am very glad that Eliora is here this week so he has his mama to help him during recovery. I told her she is in charge of pills if he has to come home with some cause it is really hard to get him to take them. ttyl m:)

Rascal pics!

Here's Rascal, all 132.9 lbs of him! And the harness that he chewed up lickety-split! And the neck ouchie! It really looks alot better now. Those black spots are black skin! Everywhere he has black hair he has black skin, go figure! m:)

Poor Rascal

Rascal dog developed a hotspot on his neck under his collar. Poor baby. Took him to the vet, it was really bad, they shaved his neck and gave him pain pills and antibiotics. He can't wear a collar now so I bought him a harness which he promptly chewed up. Because he can't wear a collar he can't be in the yard without supervision. He doesn't like being in the "kennel" for extended times so he has been sleeping nights in the house, days while I am at work in the kennel and evenings on "supervised yard visits". He discovered that I was slipping pills into his "goodies" and thinks that I am poisoning him. It is getting harder and harder to get him to take his medicine. Also the vet informed me that he has cracked a canine tooth and it must be removed next week. Probably more pills too! Angel is jealous of all the attention and house time Rascal is receiving and is upset with me. I give her "non-poisoned" goodies and it helps a little, but I can see the green-eyed monster in her. Tried to upload pics, no good, oh well. I'll try again later. OK, now all together, say, "POOR RASCAL"
later, m :)