Kinda Wordless Wednesday with the Beaglebratz

 

Mom d-sided that since we Beaglebratz hadn't bin here 4 a few dayz then we NEEDED tue join in the

 Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop  

sponsored by BlogPaws

(even if it iz kinda later in the day).

An' b-sidez, Mom KNOWZ we need her help tue blog sooo,

we can't help what she DUZN'T due.

 

Whatcha got???
We want sum tue!!!
PLEEEEZE???

THANKFUL THURZDAY - even if it iz kinda late

We are joining in the 

Thankful Thursday Blog Hop 

this week with PepiSmartDog.

We all at Team Beaglebratz have a few things to be thankful for this week.

We Beaglebratz know, none of us haf bin

around much the

past few dayz’n we wuz NOT HERE AT ALL 

on Tuezday.  Our mom had anuther eye doc 

appointment in the mornin’then in the 

afternoon, she had sum peepz come out tue 

give our carpet a BATH!  We DID NOT WANT 

that kind of a bath so we spent the afternoon

duin'this

with our Aunt Sis an'fur cuzin,

Diva Bailie.

And then later, our mom joined us.

We all ended up spendin’the nite with

Aunt Sis an’Diva Bailie.

Now we Beaglebratz r gonna turn

OUR blog over tue

our mom so she can tell u’boutz her

eye doc appointment.

Thank you Shiloh & Shasta.

Well, as the Beaglebratz told you-

I did have an eye doc appointment

Tuesday morning-

it was with the cornea specialist.

As of now-

NO SURGERY NEEDED!!!

WOO-HOOOOOOO!!!!

The epithelial defect WAS almost 6mm-

NOW – 1mm by 2mm!!!

WOO-HOOOOOO!!!!

BUT, what I consider the best news and

have NEVER heard before-

the specialist told me that

I STILL HAVE A FEW OF MY OWN

STEM CELLS WORKING (in my eye)!!!

(To borrow from the B-bratz)

WAHOOZIEZ COOL DOOZIEZ!!!!!

This was going to be what the next surgery was for– a stem cell transplant using stem cells from my other(blind but healthy)eye.  Sooo – between the few healthy stem cells I still have and YOUR prayers and well-wishes,

I HAVE BEAT THE EVIL EYE MONSTER!!!

At least for now and that is ALL that matters!

I am trying to learn this piece of valuable info

 from Shasta and Shiloh.

More from Mom Kim -

I have one more thing I am thankful for.

Last week I missed work the first three days

of the week due to vision problems.

THEN

when I returned to work last Thursday &

got home, there was a message from

a florist on my answering machine letting me 

know that they had delivered 

some flowers and left them on the porch since

no one was home.

(I go inside through my garage so I was grateful for the message)

(Please excuse the Beagle nose and the poor quality of this pic and 

wish I had taken a pic right after I got the flowers - oh well)

The florist hadn't told me who they were from-

when I read the card- 

Sydney and Chewy! 

(maybe Shasta smelled something besides flowers?) 

How thoughtful was this?

We all had reasons to be 

Thankful this Thursday!

Mom Kim,

Shiloh-Lord of the Manor an'Diva Shasta 

 

(True confession time?) Too much Reality – time for new dreams, setting goals (do I dare?) from Mom Kim

Mom Kim here - I’ve always said that I am not a pessimist nor am I an optimist but because of different things I have been through, beginning in 1976 with the onset of my disabilities, I have developed into a REALIST.

 I’ve been thinking – considering what life was like for, not just me but the B-bratz as well, just 5 short years ago.  The main focus I had then was taking Shiloh on visits to the nursing home and at a hospice

(Here is me & Shiloh participating in a Relay For Life a few years ago - I am also a melanoma survivor - I still had to use a Halti on him - NOT used for about 7 years and I am so glad - got tired of people asking me why he was wearing a muzzle - he has his therapy vest on)

Diva Shasta was really just beginning her career as a therapy dog

 (In fact this pic was taken after her first successful eval on 10/3/09 for therapy dog and she also passed her Canine Good Citizen test 

so of course mom was very proud.)

and wasn’t quite sure what to make of it all – because she was so new to that environment and still a bit timid, I kept our visits a bit shorter.  We only visited at the hospice day program where she would not have to be exposed to all the equipment and noise usually found in a nursing home environment.  I would also take turns with them walking through the neighborhood several times each week – usually now the only exercise they get is out in the backyard with OCCASIONAL trips to Petsmart or the vet - as well as NO therapy dog visiting.

So thinking back, beginning in late December of 2009 (post Christmas) and into the new year of 2010, things began to change – and it would not be good changes..  That was when the reality of my vision problems began to take over my life – and I let that also affect the life of the Beaglebratz and our interactions WITH life.

Now I know that in the time since, some of you have read my posts that really detailed those vision problems – the two fungal infections I had – each separate in two different years but in the same eye and the stem cell and cornea transplant that followed each infection.  And there was also the once worsening but now somewhat stable overall condition of that eye since the last stem cell transplant in 2013.   Then in September, 2013, something different happened - during a “routine” eye doctor visit, my doctor suspected (correctly I might add) that I had developed a skin cancer on my nose – near the corner of my eye.  After it was removed and plastic surgery done, it seemed like I developed improved skin/muscle tone on that side of my face – the same side as my troubled eye.  I was concerned that maybe that surgery and skin cancer might have a negative effect on my eye however it appears that just the opposite has happened.  Ok, then something I thought REALLY strange happened in early December of 2013 – I passed out AT WORK!  After that, even more strange to me – I was taken by ambulance to the ER where something MORE strange – after some tests which essentially were normal except for my low blood pressure, the doctor ADMITTED me for observation over-night (like something you read about or watch on tv but would not ever happen to you).  No one ever really found out the real cause however low blood pressure and dehydration were suspected. (I just wanted to interject something here - I took a minute just now to go bak and re-read all the comments of concern and well-wishes that were left when I first posted about THIS SCARY PASSING-OUT EPISODE - not sure I ever posted my thanx for YOUR comments so

THANK YOU !!!!      

Also - I want to THANK ALL OF YOU for all of your caring, concern, prayers, POTP and PURRS over these past 5 years (no - not going anywhere) just not sure I could ever say thank you enough.

 Ok – enough of all the drama of the last 5 years – now moving on and looking forward, which is basically something I have not allowed myself to do much of (looking forward) – during these past 5 years it seemed like everytime I started looking forward and even tentatively making a plan or two, something got in the way to put a halt to it so I soon got to the point where plans and dreams just became a thing of the past.  I can’t remember for sure where I first read this quote but I think I know now why I wrote it down so I would remember it for future use – it fits perfectly in this post

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."  C.S. Lewis

  Right now is like one of those “aha” moments – I knew what it meant from the moment I first read it and I think there was a part of me that wanted to believe it HOWEVER there was another part (pretty sure it was a bigger part) that borders on the realist/pessimist and yes, even the depressed part of me saying “Yeah right, maybe for others”.

Ok so I am sure there are some who are wondering why I put this here on the blog – after all, shouldn’t a blog post be about dog stuff and pet stuff – the blog is called Team Beaglebratz and the Beaglebratz are the dogs and when I do post, I try to post about more up-beat stuff (of course that's all the Beaglebratz know for the most part)  Well, first of all, I – the MOM – am also a member of our TEAM and what affects MY life also affects the Beaglebratz. ACTUALLY - I'm not really that sure why I wanted to share this here - after all, I do have plenty of other things to post about and so do the Beaglebratz.  I think I was kind of stuck - I had some of these same thoughts floating around in my head for awhile now and maybe it was gonna take putting them down in black and white to get past this.  I have been feeling like life is passing me by - AND I'M LETTING IT!  As for getting back into therapy visits with the Beaglebratz - not sure yet as to what extent we all can do that. Shiloh will be 12 in March next year and he needs to be re-evaluated first but I know he misses it as well as misses his walks - yes, he has a bad day every so often with his back BUT we can cross that bridge when it happens; he never has officially retired from therapy work and I would like to give him that opportunity.  Whereas Diva Shasta still has her registration as a therapy dog and when we do go to Petsmart, she is fine when around other people SOOOO all we can do really is just try - WHAT AM I SCARED OF??? And that is mostly what it is all about!

Ok - that is more than enuf - if you read this all - I commend you.

 

Kinda Wordless Wednesday - it's 8 on 8 day for Diva Shasta!

Mom Kim here to wish my 

little lady Diva Shasta a 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 
(this post is a bit pic heavy so please be patient)

From this-

To this-

AND NOW THIS-

STILL barking out orders to her mom and brother Shiloh!

That which you see above-

started like this 8 years ago-

Now for a few more random puppy pics-

(and these can all be bigified)

 

Westie fur-cuzins 

Bailie & Kailie

TO DIVA SHASTA-

YOU ARE LOVED BY SO MANY-

ESPECIALLY- 

YOUR MOM & BROTHER SHILOH!

 

The Diva Speaks

(Just a note - sum may wunder y I am wearin'a crown since I ain't royalty BUTT I AM A DIVA an'divaz can wear ANYTHING THEY WANT!)

Diva Shasta here-

  This past Monday, Ranger posted the  

Wacky Holidays In October 

on hiz blog.  We all at 

Team Beaglebratz wuz 

 goin’over the list an’we gotta tell ya

 there r sum purty 

 neeto-sweeto holidayz in October.   

Of course we all

 know’boutz National Taco Day– 

we Beaglebratz thinkz it shood b renamed-

Jazzi'z National Taco Day! 

Our mom really likez the 12^th which iz 

Moment of Frustration Day x-cept sumtimez she haz thoze momentz a lot – egspeshally when on our’puter.  She also likez 

Take Your Teddy Bear To Werk Day on the 11th-. only that iza Saturday an'she duzn't werk that day so she iz home where all her Teddy Bearz r.

Neether of us Beaglebratz go tue werk so

even if we had a Teddy Bear,

we coodn't take it tue werk.

We did notise sumthin'a bit strange on the 8th-

only 2 holidayz r menchoned-

American Touch Tag Day'n

Emergency Nurses Day.  

 Now while theze r both great dayz, none of us, even our mom don’t know nuthin’boutz theze – well we due KNOW’boutz them BUTT we don’t play Tag altho we cood at leest try tue play Tag on the 8^th  - wunder if cuddlez, snugglez an’kissez count?  Our mom duz werk in a hoomin hospital tho she don’t know any Emergency Nursez.  ANYWAYZ – thoze 2 Wacky Holidayz r nice an’all BUTT there iz a furry much IMPAWTENT one that wuz left out an’it wuz Casey frum The Legacy Chronicles who helped me r’member when he left a comment on 

Ranger’z Wacky Holiday post-

he sed the 17th shood also b

International Casey's Birthday Day.

So what wuz the impawtent day left out on the 8th-

 ....

 ...

 ..

DA-DA-DUMMMMMMMMMMM

 HEAR YE - HEAR YE

I, Diva Shasta due d-clare that

October 8th shall henceforth b known az 

INTERNASHUNAL DIVA SHASTA

BIRTHDAY DAY! 

 I AM A DIVA (an'my bruther iza Lord)

so I CAN due that! 

(An' b-ginnin'October 1st, 

the blog iz MINE!!!!)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA 

Wordless Wednesday with the Beaglebratz

 

 

Can we come out now?

Well it WUZ National Dog Day

Ranger gave us a list of Wacky Holidayz 4 August-

it told us all

that TUEZDAY, 8/26, wuz

NASHUNAL DOG DAY!

(we wuz TRYIN'TUE werk on this fur Tuezday BUTT
momz'puter, blogger an'facebook all had OTHER ideaz SOOOO
we iz sharin'it now)

We Beaglebratz gotz all 

dressed-up in our finery-

Diva Shasta iz modelin'a dress by

Punchy over at PugPossessed

at her

Etsy shop

^^^^^^^^

Hey, what happened tue my head?
Just lookit all that purty ric-rac.
(See, even the pikchurez say 8/26/14)

This pikchure showz the little x-tra that
Punchy will add tue make the dress floofier
if u want it.

Here'z a good pikchure of the
purty collar an'cute button Punchy added.

An'here iz anuther pikchure of the ric-rac.

An'of course Shiloh-Lord of the Manor coodn't b left out - doncha think he NEEDZ 
sumthin'more?

This iz one of thoze bandanaz that have the
space fur the collar tue go thru.

Now this iza neat pikchure - YES-
the bandana iz TOTALLY reversible.

Of course the best pawt wuz the price-
not furry much green paperz at all-
cheaper than thoze big-name placez.
Anuther great thing-
sum of thoze ideaz fur Diva Shasta'z dress,
AKCHUALLY came frum OUR MOM
(we knowz - hard tue b-leeve, rite?) an'then
Punchy put her x-pertise tue werk.
Nowz r'member-
thoze green paperz that Punchy gitz frum 
her Etsy shop-
they go tue help her care fur 
her Pugz an'rite now-
that meanz alot of it goez tue her vet cuz
that dreaded C monstah iz after 3 of them.


We Beaglebratz r pawticipatin'in this week'z
Barks and Bytes Thursday Blog Hop

 co-hosted by the
2 Brown Dawgs Blog'n 
Heart Like A Dog


PeeEss - We will b pawticipatin'in
Murphy'n Stanley'z
Fractured Fryday Hairly Tails
later tue-day so there will not b a guest blogger.