It's her amazingly handsome & sexy husband (aka Heckler) here.
I just wanted to leave an update for all those people who aren't facebook friends with me (which would be 99% of you
)Her hip surgery was 2 days ago, the surgeon said it went very well & although she's in a LOT of pain right now that is slowly improving.
I know she appreciates all the good thoughts & wishes & hugs that you guys have sent her way
Really it makes a huge difference to know people out there have her in their thoughts
I'll update again in a day or two unless she's well enough & able to do it herself
We ate food on the ferry, and again at IHOP (which is totally a luxury for us, because we don't have an International House of Awesome on the Island). I feel all bloaty from too much food.
I'm feeling pretty scared right now, but I really guess I don't have anything else to add.
Thanks to everyone for your support ♥ it means a lot to me. Know I love you
I'm nervous, but I think we're pretty well ready to go to Vancouver on Tuesday. Laundry still needs finishing (for packing), and the house needs to get tidied so I can navigate around in my wheelchair when I get home next week.
Kitteh Update
We have our foster Pug, Buster, here for the weekend. I am so super smitten with him! I'm going to miss him when I'm away. He will be coming back (most likely on a permanent basis) as soon as I am recovered enough to have him here. We really just need to play that by ear though... I don't know how I will be managing, and I worry about poor Heckler being sleep deprived.
Here are some pics of our lovely little boy:
I wrapped something like twenty Christmas presents while watching cartoons. I'm still waiting on a few presents to come in the mail, but I think I am pretty much done 
Heckler & I got lots done today too, I'm feeling pretty accomplished
Rescue Woes
I'm at the 200 hour mark until surgery - just 8 days
The preparations are going well... I almost have all of my Christmas shopping finished. Tomorrow morning I pick up my wheelchair and, sigh, raised toilet seat. Heckler cleaned and rearranged our bedroom, so I will be able to navigate in there with my chair. The only thing I really didn't achieve in time for the surgery was the weight loss. Apart from having McDonald's today, I've been eating pretty well - it is just the working out that I didn't get to do, but that was because of the pain, I couldn't have worked out.
We only have one foster kitten left, and he is going to his new home later in the week... though it looks as though he is taking the place of another kitten, who will be coming back. I had hoped to have them all adopted by my surgery date, but one kitten isn't that bad.
Ranger's health is deteriorating rapidly, and that is pretty stressful... he is 12 years old now, so he has reached his life expectancy... but that doesn't make me feel any better about it. He had a big vet visit about two months ago, and the drugs we got (and have since refilled) are no longer helping. He has also developed a large lump on his side. We're in talks about final arrangements
I got word that my great uncle passed away yesterday. That was pretty sad. He was ill for a long time, so it is a blessing that he has passed and is free of the confines of his body. We weren't extremely close, but he stuck up for my mom & I when my father (his nephew) treated us so horribly; blood is often thicker than water, but he called my father out on what he had done when the rest of the family stood silent.
On Rememberance Day, my grandmother came over for a visit. She brought me one of my grandad's medals from World War II. I saw it and just bawled. I hugged her and thanked her very much. I loved my grandad - he was my real dad - the man I always depended on. I'm getting teary writing this...
Okay, that was kind of heavy... sorry. Let's smile
"...15% of the time the surgery does not work. Additionally some people experience nerve damage, loss of feeling in their leg, the risk of arterial damage from shards of bone that could break off while cutting the pelvis, that most patients require at least 3 pints of blood during the surgery, and the list went on. I left wondering why anyone would possibly go this route?
My surgeon said the same thing. In addition to numbness, loss of use of my foot, loss of leg, etc etc. I know this is all pretty rare, and for every horror story there are more success stories... but I can't help but feel stressed. I'm worried.
I have three orthopedic surgeons for my hip (that's not including the one I see for my shoulders), and only one of them is 85% sure that this procedure will help. Still, I think the surgery is worth the risk, especially considering that I could be in a wheelchair permanently if I went for the total hip replacement over the osteotomy.
Man... why do I do this to myself?
It is also the anniversary of the car accident that took my brother's life six days later. It has been 8 years now... it's hard to believe. This is never an easy week for me.
I'm pretty stoked that it'll be this year (there was a chance I would have to wait until Spring), but I'm absolutely terrified. They start by breaking my pelvis, then they cut the bones, then they put everything back together with screws and assorted metal bits... and some glue, I imagine.
I don't really have words for how I'm feeling, but....
if I were a pug, I would look like this:
if I were a kitteh, I would look like this:
if I were a panda, I would look like this:
if I were a bulldog underwater, I would look like this:
and if I were wood, I'd look like this:
Good news! Our office opened back up and I have steady work til Christmas - wooooooooooooo! I'm supa stoked.
Please tell me an awesome thing that happened to you recently!
I love Autumn because I can wear big ass boots again!
