Wordless Wednesday

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Sammy

One night when I feeding the baby Sammt got out of his bed, laid on my spot, looked at me & went to sleep lol. Crazy dog!  

Waiting for someone to throw his toy! 

Sammy learned early on when we take pictures there could be a flash, so he started closing his eyes when he saw a camera. The first time I put George in him he jumped away. This time he sat there for awhile with George on his back. He is getting use to George. 

He comes up to George daily and smells him. Sammy doesn't like it when George cries. If we aren't by the baby he will come get one of us. If we have George Sammy stands by us until he stops crying. 

Menu Monday

It is time to pull out the crockpot again this week. 

Orange Chicken - I am going to put chicken thighs in the crockpot, pour Panda Express orange sauce over the chicken and cook for a few hours. I will serve with rice & steamed veggies.

BBQ Chicken - Same thing as above but using BBQ sauce. 

BBQ Chicken Pizza - I will use leftover BBQ chicken

Costco Pineapple Sausages - I recently picked these up and they are super yummy!

I bought 5 pounds of chicken thighs at Costco 2 weeks ago, so it is time to use them. Art is going to be chickened out by the end of the week. My goal is to make enough to have leftovers for lunches. 

I recently started doing a lot of shopping at Costco. Their prices are just so much better than the grocery store. I can buy enough sour cream for a month for less than I would pay for 2 grocery trips. Same with mayo and veggies. 

Sammy especially loves it when I go to Costco to buy rotisserie chicken. He gets very excited when he comes home to smell "his" chicken. He thinks this chicken is all for him. He will walk around the kitchen whining each night until he gets chicken. Sometimes he doesn't feel it is enough, so he whines & whines for more. If he doesn't get chicken in his food he will go on a hunger strike. We have created a monster! I didn't buy a chicken this week manly because I am sick of it. When Bing Bong is born I think I will send someone to Costco to buy a chicken for Sammy. That should help him transition. lol

Get Well Sammy!

We have gone to 7 vet appointments, woke up around the clock to give pain pills, hand feeding our little boy. I am happy to report he is back to himself! I stayed home two weeks ago with our little guy to make sure he was ok and to take him to the vet again.

Sammy is on 2 pain meds and steroids. The first night we gave him everything and he laid on my lap drugged up. Then he started drooling on my leg. LOL He slept through the night for the first time ever! 

He has been laying in his crate whining away. He is NOT happy he is in doggie jail. The vet said we don't have to keep him in a crate anymore. As overbearing parents we think he needs another week. We are going to keep him in the crate another week. He will be sleeping in his crate from now on. We have to make sure he doesn't jump on furniture which is going to be our biggest challenge.

A house is not a home without a dog!

On Saturday Art said Sammy was acting funny. I didn't notice he was acting funny because he was laying down when Art told me. Art got up & left the room. Sammy decided to jump off the couch. He looked like he was drunk. He couldn't walk straight, leaning to one side and could barely walk. I yelled for Art. We decided to take him to the vet. Sammy got excited when I put his collar on, so I thought he might want to walk with me to the truck. That is when it got worse. He started to run, fell over and couldn't walk. 

Art & I were a mess! We left him at the vet for about 2 hours. They called to say they weren't sure if he hurt his leg or if it was neurological. If he hurt his leg it would repair itself in a couple weeks. The vet was running a bunch of tests and would call us on Sunday with the results. The thought of losing our little furbaby was just waaaay too much to even think about. I was in tears until we picked him up. Once I saw him I felt a lot better. 

Sunday Sammy seemed to get worse. He was yelping like crazy when he moved or we moved him. He was in so much pain. He was shaking in pain after he snapped at a fly. He LOVES to chase bugs. The vet called us later in the afternoon to go over his blood work. All his blood work was completely fine. I started to tell her what was going on. She was very concerned and told us to take him to a vet that was open. 

Oh boy was the second vet a disaster. She pretty much told us he needed surgery or we would need to put him down. I was in tears trying to hold it together. We were sent to the specialty hospital. I held Sammy the whole way there bawling. Thank goodness because vet #3 Dr. Finster was simply AMAZING! She examined Sammy and came to us with options. We did not want to do surgery. Dr. Finster told us he had a ruptured disk in his neck. She was very optimist he would return to almost normal with steroids and complete bed rest for 4-6 weeks. 

Sammy laid on the couch all night Saturday. We fed him on the couch. He was himself - alert and cuddly. He wasn't happy he had to lay around. When he would get up he would whine and yelp with pain. 

Saturday night was rough! Every time we left Sammy side he would whine & cry. Neither of us got much sleep. When Art would leave the room he didn't whine as much. I think he played Art more since he has Art wrapped around his paw. 

I stayed home with him on Monday and took him for a follow up appointment. I felt so much more hopeful on Monday that he will recover. He was NOT happy with the fact he was in doggy jail. He spent most of the day sleeping or whining. I would hold in occasionally to reassure him we love him. I just want him to recover the best he can, so he will be living in the kennel up to 6 weeks. I am going to be the strict mean parent who will enforce the rules. The mother in law will get strict instructions later today on what she must do when Sammy is at her house. 

As you can see above Sammy ignored me when I put him in his kennel. lol Pouter! Needless to say our weekend was crazy emotional. I am so glad he seems to be doing better. He is barking at the mailman, eating, responding when his paws are turned upside down, pouting because we are mean. He will not eat or drink in his kennel. When I put water in there he dumped it over. I put some food it there he took his nose and pushed it away. Typical toddler behavior when he doesn't get his way. 

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Sammy's Patio Set

A couple months ago my inlaws bought a patio set with a little couch, 2 chairs and table for their back yard. It's really cute. Well Sammy loves to lay on the couch every day at their house.

Today Sammy is the proud owned of his very own patio set for our house. MIL thought Sammy needed one for the back yard on the weekends. Bahahaha she said this is his birthday present this year.

I really like it so I'm not complaining the dog swindled this out if her. Seriously though who buys an entire patio set for a dog? I can't stop laughing about it.

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Cuddle Bug

Sammy has been glued to me ever since I came home from the hospital. He spent Thursday-Tuesday with Grandma & Grandpa Post while I was in the hospital. I asked them to bring him home the day after I came home. He came home that day, jumped on my lap and laid beside me for the next 2 weeks. He laid on my lap almost all day long. If he wasn't on my lap he was beside me on the chair or couch. He has been very cuddly and making sure I was ok. Each night he sleeps right beside my legs. If I get up he wakes up, watches where I go, and then goes back to sleep when I do. 

Sammy is not normally glued to me. He is Art's buddy and usually is glued to Art. He wouldn't even sit on Art's lap for the first 2 weeks. If Art called him he would look at him and just stay beside me. He realized I couldn't play hard, so he would play very nicely with me. If he wanted to play rough he would take his toy to Art. I swear this little guy is a person. Sometimes he acts just like a little man instead of a dog. 

I love this picture. He jumped up on my lap, laid his head on my pillow and started snoring. Puppy snores are the best!!!! 

Get Well Companion

On Saturday Sammy would not leave my side. I laid in bed, he laid beside me, I went to the couch, he went to the couch, I sat in the recliner and he sat at my feet. I was having a lot of pain on Saturday and he must have sensed it. He just had to be tight beside me. He has been my little get well companion. 

Sicky

I haven't been sick in years. I really try to be healthy. I don't avoid sick people because I try to build up my immune system. Well I got hit hard this week.  On Monday night as I was getting ready for bed I thought I was having a bad allergy attack. I was coughing a little bit.  I took some allergy medicine and went to bed. When I woke up Tuesday morning I felt like a truck had parked on my chest and I sounded like a barking seal.  I was pretty sure I had a fever, so I left work around 2pm on Tuesday.  Sure enough I came home, took my temperature and I had a fever. Wednesday I worked from home. Today I called in sick and went to the doctor. I have RSV.....I thought only small children got RSV.  The doctor gave me some cough medicine with codeine. It is AMAZING stuff!!!!

 

I will be staying home on Friday too.  I have been having major issue with spelling today. Good thing I didn't try to work from home today. I was having major issue with spelling before I took the cough medicine. I have had a fever for 3 days. Friday I think is the day the fever needs to stays away for good! I am like a small child when I have a fever. I HATE fevers! They are just the worst things!!!

Sammy has been my little cuddle buddy today. He has been laying with me all day. Tonight I was taking a little nap and he started attacking my feet. He thought it was play time.

 

 

 

Wordless Wednesday!

Leopard Birthday

My mother in law made dinner for me on my birthday. I told my MIL I would like leopard slippers for my birthday. Well not only did she get me leopard slippers, but a whole bag of leopard stuff!  A one piece pajama outfit with cat feet. lol Leopard umbrella, leopard hat, monkey socks and a gift card.

My MIL was also kind enough to buy trick candles. I would blow the candles out, I would start to wave the smoke and the candles would light on fire again. Oh my lord I had to put those candles in water to get them to stop lighting. The good point is I was able to make a million wishes. =)

 

Tonight Art is taking me to the Melting Pot for my birthday dinner. I can't wait!!!!

Halloween Pics

Art and I have a tradition where we sit outside to pass out candy. We started this because Sammy goes CRAZY when people ring the door bell.  Well he still goes crazy when he hears people coming to the front of the house. He was barking his head off on Halloween. I even took him outside to sit on my lap. He growled at everyone who came near us. Back in the house he went.

I usually sit outside for about an hour. Art LOVES Halloween. He sits outside the entire time.  Here are some pictures of us sitting outside.

Pictures from Last Week

Last week my boss brought me flowers to thank me for everything I do. Made my day!

Sammy relaxing! Avoid looking at the camera incase the flash goes off. 

Sailors were in SF! =)

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday!