Catch Up

Lots has been going on in the Weaver house lately.  The holidays are quickly approaching and life has been appropriately busy.  I wanted to post a brief overview so that years from now I would have some sort of record of these days.

*A couple of weeks ago I had laryngitis for about a week.  I was completely mute for three days.  It was a very quiet three days.  I ended up taking off work for most of the week because it is a pretty big challenge to teach 7th grade when you can't talk. HA!  I found that when you whisper, people tend to whisper back.

*We sold my little Honda Accord.  I had been driving the accord for eight years - longer than all my other cars combined.  It has been such a good car, but I was ready for something new.  It all happened pretty fast.  We listed it online Saturday morning and within five minutes the husband's phone was blowing up with calls from people wanting to see it. By Sunday afternoon the Accord was sold and gone.  It was bittersweet.

*Selling the accord meant I had no car so we had to do something pretty quick.  I test drove a Mercedes GLK 350 and LOVED it.  The one I drove, which was the only one local, sold before we had the chance to buy it.  Andrew got online and started searching.  We found one in Chicago that we really liked.  Andrew made arrangements and headed to Illinois to pick up my new car.  Is my husband not the best?

I absolutely LOVE my new car.  My favorite feature....Definitely seat warmers.

*Lincoln Baxter had surgery today.  Little guy had to get fixed.  Needless to say, he is pretty calm and sleepy tonight.  Liberty went from being perfectly fine to hopping around on only three legs.  We have no idea what is wrong with her back leg.  She was fine, laid down, got up and wouldn't put it down.  Crazy!  Hopefully it isn't anything major.

On The Road to Recovery

I decided to take Lib to the vet this afternoon. She hasn't thrown up any today, but I was still worried about her. They both needed their nails trimmed too so a trip to the vet only made sense.

He confirmed all of our thoughts. She probably ate something outside that didn't settle well. He took her temperature and said that was fine. She wasn't dehydrated which is good.

He gave her two shots. One to help settle her tummy and one for her irritated throat. He also believed that is what caused there to be blood the last few times she got sick last night. She wasn't real happy about this. She looked terrified!

He said to just slowly ease her back into drinking and eating. He assured me that she would be back to her crazy self in the next day or two, but if not I should take her back.

She ate a little dog food earlier tonight and has held it down so that's good.

She has just been resting and recuperating today. We've all done a lot of this.

He's just lazy. :)





He's stayed right by her side for the past few days.

Round Two

I thought Monday was bad with all the sickness.

I was wrong.

Last night was much much worse.

All was fine and dandy until around six last night. My sweet brown girl ate her dinner and then was very gassy. I mean VERY gassy. It was smelling pretty rotten so I let her outside to take care of business. She was out there for about 30 or 40 minutes before I let her back in.

As soon as she got inside and on my bed, she threw up. From that point she threw up pretty much nonstop for about three hours. Toward the end of that, there began to be blood in it. I think it was just because she had irritated her throat by all the vomiting.

I've never seen a dog like this before. I at one point put a towel on the bed and whenever she acted like she was going to be sick, I would hold her on the towel and just pet her while she threw up. She was even making that noise you make when you throw up. I was on the phone with the husband during all this and he couldn't believe she was making that noise.

I felt so bad for her. I was torn on what to do. I knew I couldn't just let her sleep in the bed with me. I had no desire to wake up in vomit. But I also didn't want to just stick her in the laundry room alone. I couldn't put her outside because we really think she is eating something out there that is causing her to be sick.

She finally curled up next to me and went back to sleep. I thought the vomiting was over so we went to sleep. Around 12:30 I was just about asleep when I heard her get to get a drink of water. She drank quite a bit, which I thought would be good for her.

WRONG!!

No sooner than she jumped back in bed, she spewed EVERYWHERE. Literally spewed. All over me. The bed. It shot into the floor. Just EVERYWHERE. Thankfully this time, it was 95% water that she had just drank.

Liam chose this moment to poo the smelliest poo of his life.

Oh what a night!!

We got up and moved to the couch and put sheets back in the washer for what seems like the millionth time. I have needed 10 sets of back up sheets the past few days.


We slept as well as we could with the three of us on the couch until the husband called at 7 this morning. He wanted to check on his girl. She's been good all morning. She did sort of spit up once, but it was a tiny amount. She is very mopey and just laying around not moving a lot.

If she isn't better this afternoon I guess we will take a visit to the vet.

Stick with the Dogs

A coworker has jokingly told me several times this year to "Stick with the dogs". She has three children, a son who just graduated, a daughter going into tenth, and a son going into eighth. This year there were some major injuries with her children causing her to spend a lot of time in the doctor's office. She would often tell me to stick with my dogs. Well I have a story for her!!

Yesterday afternoon, the dogs and I curl up in bed together for an summer afternoon nap. As soon as I lay down and get comfortable, this little guy decides he doesn't feel good.

He walked up behind me, on the bed, and threw up!! Great! I get out of bed and am getting the proper equipment for cleaning dog puke when I start to smell it. I then threw up.

I manage to get it cleaned up and the sheets of the bed. As I'm walking through the living room to put the sheets in the washer, I noticed there is poo everywhere in the living room. It looks like the little guy exploded. So I get that all cleaned up and lovingly send the husband a text letting him know he can come home anytime.

Fast forward to last night... After putting nice clean sheets on my bed, the three of us curl up to go to sleep. This sweet little girl...



walks up behind me and throws up everywhere. SERIOUSLY!! I am not making this up. Thankfully she hadn't pooed all over the living room.

We move to the couch and I send the husband another sweet text. This time he calls me. We're trying to figure what could be wrong with my dogs when Lib throws up again...and again. I tell him I have to go because she is puking everywhere. She threw up four times in a matter of just a few minutes.

She was scaring me. She was shaking and she kept moving her head like she was going to throw up again. I could just tell she didn't feel well.

After a quick glance around the house it appears we made it through the night without anyone else getting sick.

So yeah..."Stick with the dogs".... doesn't mean no issues. I felt like I had two sick children yesterday and I was left to care for them alone.

Home in Bed

Yesterday afternoon, I started feeling pretty yucky. Just felt achy all over. I got up this morning still feeling a bit yucky, but decided to go to work anyways. I really didn't want to miss, especially since I only have until next week before Christmas break.

I made it until around 11 today and just didn't feel like I could make any longer. Thankfully, we already had a sub on campus that could cover my class.

I'm now curled up in bed with Liberty and Liam.

I feel like I should be taking advantage of being home today. I have lots to do around the house and have a ton of research papers that need to be graded. But I just can't. I don't feel up to it.

I really hope I'm not coming down with something too bad. I want to be able to go to work tomorrow and then actually enjoy my Christmas break.

As for today, I see a good chick flick, a warm bath, and my book in my future.

Home in Bed

That's me today. I woke feeling quite icky so I'm staying home. I'm hoping this is just the 24 hour thing that is going around at our school. I hate being sick, especially when Drew has to go to work and can't stay home and take care of me.

I'm also just sad today. As all of you know yesterday was Election Day. It was my second time to vote in a presidential election. In '04 I voted for President Bush and he won. This year I voted for Senator McCain and he didn't win. I just felt so disappointed and scared. While Senator Obama was not my choice for our next president, I still want him to be safe. There are a lot of people in this country who dislike him so strongly they are plotting to end his life. I would never wish that on anyone. I pray that God will protect our new President. I also pray for all of those babies out there who haven't been born yet and probably not even conceived yet. I pray that God will protect their little lives as they are so special. Our President isn't going to fight to protect them, so we must do everything we can to convince the mothers of these babies that life is precious.

When Fox News flashed that he was our next president last night, I just cried. Like I said, I was so disappointed. I understand why some people feel don't vote, because they feel like their vote doesn't count. I don't think I could ever feel that way though. There is something about voting based on my faith and knowing I've done what I could do....