Brayden's Social Calendar & Georgia's Recovery.......

So I guess it begins already & only at the age of (almost) 20 months!!  Brayden has 3 birthday party's that he has been invited to in the next 3 weeks.........I mean my goodness his social life is going to be so much busier than mine ever was!  I am excited that we will be so busy throughout April though because it means that before we know it we will be holding his little brother in our arms!!

In other news; Georgia had her surgery Friday & things went well but they are concerned about the damage the stones caused to her bladder.  They are not sure how long they were in there but this is what they looked like;

they were over 1.5 inches each & as you can see there were 4 of them.  They are thinking that the were & caused & formed because of these damn pills...........

if you are by any chance giving these to your dogs I would suggest stopping ASAP.  Yes, you will have to figure out a different way to have their pee not completely kill your grass but they are NOT GOOD for your pets & in my opinion should be removed from the shelves!!!

Georgia was pretty out of it yesterday & was in so much pain (I guess) she was just peeing in her bed just because that is where she was laying; I had to keep making her get up o& switch beds so it would be too gross!  She really started to come around last night though & even managed to eat her dinner; we are praying for her full recovery & that her bladder isn't going to have permanent damage but we just don't know.  Here she is in all her miserableness!!

& Bella hasn't left her side since she got home Friday night.  She looked for her all day Friday & seemed very confused when she did finally get home that night & all day yesterday & has tried to get her to play a few times but mostly just stays close to Georgia & made sure to check on her all throughout the day yesterday..........

Prayers Please.......

I have struggled about posting about this because I tend to hold stuff that makes me really get emotional inside, bound up tightly so no one sees me upset. My sister had a brain tumor & went through & is still going through a very long remission process & now my uncle is having to go through I think his 3rd surgery for his cancer & I am just going to ask that everyone say a little prayer for them both.

My sister is in remission but the radiation, chemo, removal surgery & the brain tumor itself took it's toll on her; I love her with all my heart & pray that she stays in remission for ever but I guess my biggest fear is that she won't & we will lose her before she gets old & gray!!

My Uncle (my mom's sister's husband) has been battling cancer for a while now & just last week went through a very long surgery & chemo procedure.  The Cytoreduction (Debulking) Surgery takes about 12 hours to preform & is done to remove the "bulk" of the tumors.  While the surgery was being preformed they also preformed Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) which is supposed to take care of all of the smaller tumors that can't be seen just by looking.  This a a sentence from the website link.......doesn't it sound pleasant?

 A slang phrase used for this combination debulking surgery and intraperitoneal chemotherapy treatment is "shake and bake"; "shake" referring to the swishing around of the chemotherapy solution in the abdomen while in surgery and "bake" referring to the higher temperature of the chemotherapy solution. 

My uncle is doing well & hopefully will be getting all the tubes removed today but if you could please take a moment & say a prayer for him & my sister as well I would appreciate it.