Post From the Past! Zach's Fiance (Dorothy's) Bridal Shower - May 1st 2021

I got to go to Dorothy's bridal shower. It was held at her parents house. I had met her parents before, but it was very brief. I got to know her mom a little better. She is SO cute, and she LOVES to cook. Look at this spread!!!

I am not sure who did the decorations, but they were just gorgeous!

These were the beginning of the presents. Dorothy and Zach are loved!

Dorothy and her mom, Evely

Dorothy, Evely, and Gina

 It was a really fun shower, I got to meet a bunch of nice, new people. I even won one of the games. I got a $10 gift card to Krispy Kreme! Congratulations, Zach and Dorothy!

Goodbye Gizmo!

Our good boy Gizmo has taken his path over the Rainbow Bridge. He survived a pulmonary embolism around mid February, and we thought he was getting better, but about three weeks later, it happened again. I wasn't going to be cruel and put him through that again, so we said goodbye

He was my last bit of Dusty. Now that he is gone, I feel like she is really gone too.

I am not sure how Lady is feeling about it right now. She seems a little more clingy than usual (if that is even possible)

This is the last picture I took of him. As you can see, he just looks really weary. He lost about half of his body weight. Poor buddy was just skin and bones. I hope that he and Dusty are out exploring like they used to do around the neighborhood. 

 Liz gave me some sympathy bracelets....

Gina gave us this card....

this poem...

..and these wind chimes with this little tag on the bottom....

Rachelle gave me this ceramic box...

It sure is lonely in the morning without my buddy to keep me company while I drink coffee. Even though he was mostly deaf and blind, he always knew when I was home and would come up to greet me. We are going to miss you buddy! Please be patient until we get there too! <3

Terry's Scary Wound!

Back in June of 2022, Terry's bursa sack burst. This has happened before, and he usually gets an antibiotic and everything is all good. This time, it was a newer doctor and I don't think he realized how bad this can be and didn't prescribe a strong enough antibiotic so.......it burst OUTWARD like a blister. Well, that is all fine and dandy, but it wouldn't heal, and Terry had a little hole in his leg. Finally in September, he went in and it was determined that he needed surgery to clean it out. (Turns out he is REALLY lucky because our best friend Brett had a sore on his elbow that wouldn't heal, and it ended up killing him. That is a different post). A few weeks after the surgery, it started swelling up again. The infection had returned. He had to have surgery AGAIN, and this time a wound vac was added. 

This is right after the second surgery...

It became a presence, so we named it Kwato from the movie Total Recall...

This is what it looked like at the first dressing change. It was brutal because the surgeon STUFFED the sponge WAY down in, and it was really hard to get out. Yes, you can see his tibia.....

Here it is a couple of weeks later. It is starting to grow tissue..

    

This was around mid January when Kwato finally came off. It is amazing to me that the body knew when to make new capillaries and when to make the skin. SO cool!

                                                   

Even better! 

   

This picture was taken at work, and the neon light makes it look bad again!

This is how it looked on the day that the wound care service discharged him.

  

  

This was SO scary, especially because Brett died of complications that arose from a scratch on his elbow that didn't heal.