1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
No.
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
May 14, when our dog Diego had to be put down due to illness.
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Bologna
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
Five dogs and eleven cats.
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Maybe.
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
Occasionally.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
Yes.
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
I would think about it.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
Super Sugar Crisp. But since that doesn't exist any more, Honey Crisp.
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Yes
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Mocha
13. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
Their gender.
14. RED OR PINK?
Red.
15. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
Procrastinating.
16. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
Recently passed dog, Diego.
17. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST?
If they'd like....
18. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
Blue jeans, dirty gray running shoes.
19. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
TV...I don't even know – ads are on at them moment.
20. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Purple.
21. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Chocolate
22. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
President of the pet rescue group I keep foster dogs and cats for.
23. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Do cooking competitions on Food Network count?
4. HAIR COLOR?
Dark brown, turning gray and getting thinner.
25. EYE COLOR?
brown
26. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
no
27. FAVORITE FOODS?
Today? Cinnamon toast.
28. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Happy endings
29. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (for about the 10th time)
31. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Summer
32. HUGS OR KISSES?
Both
33. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Terri
34. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
My Dad who never checks his Facebook account.
35. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Atlas Shrugged
36. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
A 2008 calender advertising Qwest phone service.
37. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
CSI...House...Chopped...Medium
38. FAVORITE SOUND(S)?
Boomerang, the lab/beagle mix, howling.
39. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Beatles
40. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
More than 10,000 miles. I've circled the globe.
41. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
Annoying Terri.
42. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
In a hospital.
43. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?
everyone's
44. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER?
In church, about 9 months before we married.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Goodbye to Diego
Rough day in the household today. It's time for Diego to go. He has been sick with pancreatitis for about 1 1/2 years, and been treated for that with enzymes and prescription food. Several weeks ago, he had an acute bout of pancreatitis, and has been losing weight since. At a vet visit last week, we learned he also has lymphoma. He should weigh about 45 pounds. Last week he weighed 28 pounds. He is about 9 or 10 years old, so "heroic measures" for treatment that, at best, would extend his life another couple of years but would also risk further pancreas problems aren't really viable. So we brought him home and did our best to make him happy and comfortable. I'm pretty sure he has lost more weight over the last week, he looks like a skeleton with fur. In the last three days or so, his legs have been getting weaker and weaker. He can only stand for a minute or two at a time, and then only when I lift him up and put him on his feet. He still enjoys eating canned Mighty Dog food, but he hasn't wanted his prescription food for a couple of weeks. I have to hold him up when he goes to pee, so that his legs don't give out causing him to collapse where he just peed. I missed that fact on Saturday, and his legs actually gave out before he started to pee, so he just lay on the ground and peed.
Because Diego isn't very mobile on his own, we've been able for the last couple of days to have a continuous food dispenser available for the other dogs in the house to eat whenever they feel like it instead of on a schedule. Hopefully none of them will take too much advantage of that and make themselves fat.
Anyway, we have a 1pm appointment with the vet for Diego's final goodbye. That's made it a particularly rough morning, as we try to go about our routine while also knowing we'll be taking him to be put down later. Every little slight is magnified out of proportion.
Because Diego isn't very mobile on his own, we've been able for the last couple of days to have a continuous food dispenser available for the other dogs in the house to eat whenever they feel like it instead of on a schedule. Hopefully none of them will take too much advantage of that and make themselves fat.
Anyway, we have a 1pm appointment with the vet for Diego's final goodbye. That's made it a particularly rough morning, as we try to go about our routine while also knowing we'll be taking him to be put down later. Every little slight is magnified out of proportion.
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