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I had to add this picture of Shilo...look at how much weight he is losing on his restricted diet!! I think he could do an 'Extreme Makeover Doggy' if you ask me. If you look closely though he is licking the dog bed in hopes one of the other dogs left some bone residue or something. A little nip...a little tuck...lifestyle change and he is red carpet ready!!!

Ultrasound

Sorry for the long delay, but here is the first picture of baby. Based on the measurements my due date remains the same: January 11. I will be going for another u/s in 5 weeks as it was too early to see some of the things they need to see like the chambers of the heart. I am guessing that he sent me this early due to the miscarriage I had...not sure, but I was so happy to see such an active little baby in there! I was very nervous about this appointment, even though I heard a heart beat and am showing, so I was happy to have my SIL there for support. I was so worried about doing this alone and finding out, like last time, that there was no baby. I was alone for that one and sobbing in the hospital bathroom by yourself is devastating and humiliating. Jack will be able to come for the next one I am hoping. Having to come to Edmonton for a routine ultrasound is crazy, but we lost one of our girls to medical leave and they haven't found a replacement. This was a quick trip, but I was able to see my sweet niece and nephew after the ultrasound..man I love them. Also seeing Kailey be so sweet with Lana made me so proud and excited for her to be a big sister. She is still talking about how she helped her when she was crying. Made a huge impression on her. I am so ticked that I didn't get any pictures though...grrrr.

Shilo Update.

Here is a side shot of my poor guy. They had to shave a ton of fur. He is doing great...starving on his 1/2 cup/day diet, but otherwise is doing amazingly well. Kailey is getting used to seeing that much bare sheebee thank God. She wouldn't go near him when he first came home, I think he grossed her out. :-( He is already starting to loose weight so in a month I am hopeful his Thyroid is back to normal and his kidney numbers are better.

A couple of Kailey'isms

Kailey tells me:
'mommy you are not cute'...gee, thanks kid, then she follows it up with, 'You are GORGEOUS!'.

Kailey tells me after her bath:
'Kailey doesn't have big boobies she has small boobies.' What?

Walking into the garage she says:
'This garage stinky...yuck... it smells like soup.'

Cold Lake Carnival.

Heart Beat!!!!!

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOO.
I went for my check up today and I was lucky enough to hear a strong heart beat. I was so thrilled to hear that wonderful thump-thump-thump. 150 bpm. I now feel like I am 'allowed' to be excited now. No weight gain since the last visit, but my BP is high. 155/84. I am not really concerned since I always wind myself up in these appointments plus I had the surprise that this was a "FULL"meal deal type of appointment...lovely. I don't remember having a complete physical this early on, but lucky me. :-) Ultrasound is Monday and I feel so much better going into this appointment after hearing the heart beat. There really really is a baby growing in there!!!!

Great weekend.

Walking Parker with his new leash she picked out from the dog show.
She asked me to take some pictures of her dog...'no Mommy, this dog is not yours, this is Kailey's puppy - you have your own dog." Sheesh.

-We had a great weekend. She got to see Gido and Grandma Diane. She was so excited and when it was time for them to leave she didn't take it very well. Luckily the LKOC dog show is in town so off we went to cheer Jackie on and to distract her from the fact that she couldn't go with them . We missed her in the ring, but she was happy to hang out with her and a TON of dogs.

-Jack is picking Shilo up as I type and will be home tonight...yahoooo. He is on a restricted 1/2 cup food/day for the next month and they will re-check his levels. Cannot imagine Shilo on that little of food, but they stressed the importance of it so he will have to find his Zen.

Kailey reading.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/video/video.php?v=129800955568

Dress up.

Isn't Bridgey-Boo a looker??? Ok maybe not, but what she is lacking in raw doggy good looks she more than makes up for in personality and temperament. hahaha. Kailey's best friend is a furball...that is fine by me. :-)

Sheebee, ShyGuy aka Shilo

POOR SHILO. We have been taking Shilo with us to the field with the girls so Kailey can walk a dog on a leash. She loves walking him and it keeps her on the trail and he gets some much needed exercise. We went out Monday and got home around 2 and by 5 that night Jack was petting him and he had a softball size mass on his belly close to his privates. While I telephoned the Vet here(useless a-holes they are) it was getting bigger. They couldn't see me until Friday afternoon, so off to Lloydminster we went. They did an x-ray, took blood, catheterized him for a urinalysis, took needle aspirates of the area and did an ultrasound. They had to refer him to a specialist as it appeared that there is a hole in abdominal wall and his insides are coming out of it...yuck. They think that it is a Inguinal Hernia that needs to be closed surgically and as fast as possible. They will put his guts (this case it is fat rather than intestines...for now anyway) back in through the hole and either stitch the hole up or put a mesh over it - think patching a hole in drywall. Poor guy. Jack, bless his heart, offered to drive him 5 hours to Saskatoon to the Vet college for a better ultrasound and surgery. He left to pick him up from Lloyd. around 10 and then is carrying on to Saskatoon from there. He is stable, but his lump is huge now...poor guy. He is so patient with everything - I think he is in shut down mind you, but he was an ideal patient for us Monday night. I got to play Vet assistant since this was an after hours visit. Poooor Kailey doesn't understand what is going on and she is constantly asking about him. 'poor shilo has an owie on his belly'. 'kailey put a band-aid on him and he feels better?'. 'shilo at the doctor...he getting poked'. She grabbed her play stethoscope on yesterday morning and said she was going to fix him....she went looking for him. :0( Lucky there is a college like Saskatoon as the cost they quoted me in Edmonton was outrageous to say the least. This was just awful thinking I would have had to put a price on his life...I felt like someone was kicking me in the gut. They are 80% certain this is a hernia, even though they couldn't find a hole in Lloyd, this is operable with a great success rate...there is chance they will open him up and it is not repairable, but I am not thinking about that right now...or trying not to anyway. I will update the blog as I hear anything. He is a member of the family and has been for 7 years so I am worried...as much as he annoys me sometimes...I love that furball. :-( So does Kailey. Jack....not so much...hahaha. That is why it is amazing he is doing this for me.