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my dog Penny finally was able to come back home. You see last Monday, she was having a hard time getting around (she is only 5--we think, she was a rescue dog) my husband and I did rescue work for a few years and she was one of our fosters and my husband really liked her, so we decided to keep her. She is an American Staffordshire Terrier. Very sweet temperment. Anyways, she got sick last Monday and we took her to the vet and he ran some bloodwork and discovered she was in kidney failure, caused by some sort of nasty infedtion, the only thing I know she has gotten into recently was killing a raccoon. There is nothing else it could possibly be! Hubby and I went to visit her every sinlge day and would spend at least one hour with her so she knew we hadn't abandoned her. She was hospitalized on IV fluids with bloodwork and injections every day. We were really concerned of losing her! There were a few days the vet was giving us almost no hope. Well, at the end of the week we finally got the answered prayer and she was able to come home. She is doing okay, don't think we are completely out of the woods yet, but are definitely better off then we were. It is amazing how quickly the animals become part of your family. I always said I would never spend a ton of money on an animal and look at me now. Stuck with a big bill, and having to buy the expensive special kidney diet for the rest of her life. Moral of the story, never say "I would never do that" because chances are when the situation presents itself, you actually will. At least that is how it seems to work for me.

about me

Hello and thanks for visiting. I am going to just write a little bit about me. I grew up on a farm close to where I live now, lived in the same house all my life and went to the same school as always. We had beef cows, chickens, sheep, rabbits, cats and a dog. Spent a lot of time helping with morning and evening chores and all the other things farm kids do. I loved living in the country! Also, went to the same church all my life. was vey active in my youth group when I was old enough. I have 2 sisters and 1 brother. Graduated in 1998. Went to vocational school for business classes for 1 year and liked it, but always felt I wouldn't be happy for the rest of my life behind a desk in an office. My heart was in veterinary medicine (where I had started working as kennel help at the age of 15). So I decided to pursue that dream. Was considering moving to Wisconsin to work in a major lab where my Aunt worked and she had even offered to let me live with her and my uncle. The trouble was, I was dating a guy who did not want me to leave for college, let alone the state. He kept talking about marriage and how he didn't want to lose me. So, I stayed. Well, his dream in life was to travel with the professional circus. Trouble was, I only spent time with the circus crowd to please him, I had no interest. Well, to make a long story short, we finally realized that though we still loved each other a great deal, there was no way that with our dreams in different directions we could survive a future together and decided to part ways. By this time in my life I was out of school, established in a full time vet assistant job and loving it, but my heart was broken. I also felt was too late in going to school. So I stayed on working and living with my parents, but had no interest in dating anymore. I went out a few times, but none were right for me. Then my sister found a good guy who only wanted to talk about his best friend and how great he would be for me. Trouble was, he had a serious girlfriend. Told me she was "the one" but the more we were together, the more he was flirting with me and would show up at my sister and now brother-in-laws when I was there. Well this went on for a long time. Then we kind started spending a lot of alone time together and finally he broke up with "her" and we started dating. A year later we were engaged and 7 months later were married. He is a wonderful husband who takes really good care of me and I really do love him so much. Goes to show that Your first love isn't always your destiny. We certainly have had our ups and downs, but the good out-weighs the bad. We bought an old farm house(before we were married) that was horrible when we bought it. My husband didn't live in it for over a month because he had gutted several of the rooms. We have spent so much time and energy re-doing this house and make it a nice place to live. My husband has done most of the work himself. He is so talented. There is not 1 room in the house that is the same. We even completely tore off the roof and added a full upstairs. The house has doubled in size and we have added an attached garage. We even added a huge deck off the office with a swimming pool. We have a lot of pool parties and get togethers in the summertime. We enjoy it. We have been married for 4-1/2 years now and in November we found out we are expecting our first child. We are thrilled! I will be quitting my vet assistant job (yes I am still there) in June. And in August will be having the baby and being a stay at home mom. I am excited. My sister has a baby that turned 1 in November and I know the cousins will get to spend a lot of time together. This will be the first grandchild on my husbands side and the second on my side. WILL BE SPOILED!! We have 2 dogs and 2 cats that are like our kids now. We did rescue work for a while and ended up keeping some of our fosters. Oh well, at least they are in a good home now for sure. It doesn't take long for a pet to warm your heart and become part of the family. Especially when you know of a horrible background that they have come from. In general an animal only wants to give love and be loved in return. Don't know how people can be so cruel to them! Well I am gonna sign off for now. Will write more later.

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hi! I am new to this. Am doing it just for fun! Will write more later!