Bella’s Second Puppy Check-Up “With Frills”
This past Friday, August 15, 2014, our Bella got to meet her regular Veterinarian, Dr. Kristin Raboin, for Bella's second routine puppy visit. Given Bella's adventure loving nature, we are on a first name basis with several of the doctors there at the clinic. We thought we knew about raising puppies but Bella has taken us on quite the learning curve. We arrived at 3:10 pm and were checked in. Within a few minutes we went into the exam ...
One of the hardest things to do is to help someone live through a period of depression. Depression can be brought on by any number of reasons. Sometimes the depression is accompanied by or brought on by a post traumatic stress event. The mental and emotional toll taken on both care givers and patients suffering from depression is, at times, overwhelming in its intensity. The past history of how people with depression were ...
Bella’s First Vet Visit for a Broken Leg
Yes, it is true. Bella's first week here at home was fun. She fit right into the family. Luke and Rusty were a bit overwhelmed by how "Miss No-Fear Bella" quickly made herself comfortable. Rusty, true to his nature, opened his heart and by the second day, it was common to see the two of them sleeping together. Luke was, for want of a better word, flabbergasted. Bella moves like greased lightning and with her cute little "rufff", one ...
Bella Picks Us Out !
Finally! The days being counted down until we could go to pick out our new puppy had seemed endless. I had been searching for a special mini goldendoodle puppy. Our chocolate Lab, Rusty, is over 7 years old and Luke, our mini goldendoodle, is 2 years old. When we brought Luke home, Rusty took a good long look at Luke and then at me. I sat on the floor, allowing Rusty to explore this blonde, wiggling bunch of fur. After a few sniffs ...
Is it just me or have you too, noticed how, when things are running along smoothly, along comes something set on derailing your day? That happened to me on Monday night. For those of you following my Facebook page, you know what I am writing about. For those of you who don't follow my Facebook page, go there and get the full story. I was so upset by what I had discovered and given the circumstances, I could not go into a full solo ...
I have been following the story of Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who was shot in the head by Taliban insurgents in Pakistan for wanting an education. She is a hero to me. She went toe to toe with the Taliban and lived. She is now working to bring attention to the plight of the 200 girls that were kidnapped by a group of Islamist militants who go by the name of "Boko Haram". This young lady who went through a near death ...
On July 7, 2014, God gave me a vision and a clear path to follow to accomplish His plan for my family. I was filling holes in the front yard when suddenly an icy breeze blew through my hair and it was so different. I sensed the presence of God in the wind. I realized that through my heart and up into my mind I was hearing the voice of God. As He began to speak to me, I looked up towards our home. The sky had taken on an almost bright ...
This is a hard subject to write about. Even as I now sit here writing about it, my recalling of that time still leaves me stunned at how hard it was to work through to get to the other side of "finally, I can see light." I won't be rushing to finish this article. The reason is that now, because of the near death experience that my Mark suffered at the hands of the medical institution, he is in the process of working his way towards ...
We, who are the brain injured, strive to live in a world where the term "short term memory loss" and brain injury is something that most people just don't understand. As someone who experienced brain injuries that included short term memory loss, I have to admit, for a long time I cannot remember anything funny about it. Having comments made to me by well meaning people who were trying to compare their forgetting where their car keys ...
When I first published this on my blog five days ago I stopped at the point wherein my next subject was to be about the potential for deadly interaction that can occur when taking CIPRO & Tizanidine [brand name -Zanaflex] concomitantly. In order to make sure that I did a good job writing about this subject, I took some time to review all the information that I had about what happens to the human body when these drugs are administere...