WLCOME MAY

 Hello, and welcome to May!  We are in the middle of the year already.  I hope you all have a wonderful month.  Mine is not going to be so good.

Yesterday morning I received a phone call from Jack's vet.  We had taken him there on Monday because he has been doing poorly.  Not eating, losing weight quickly, lethargic, refuses to take his medicine even when mixed with his favorite treat.  Dr. Kelly called to tell me some bad news.  Jack is in severe renal failure.  There is no treatment for it and no chance of recovery.  She suggested that the kindest thing to do for him was to put him down.  After crying A LOT, I was able to call the office near us (she was calling from their office in Bucks County) and arrange to go next Monday for the euthenization.  (Not sure if that is spelled right.)  My poor little Jack.  I so don't want to lose him, but I can't see him suffer like he is either.  George must know what is going on because he no longer jumps on top of him, wrestles with him or tries to play with him.  He just goes over and looks at Jack laying listlessly on the floor.  Last night we had some chicken for dinner and Jack ate a tiny bit of it and seemed to like it.  Then he drank a lot of water.  It was the first he had drank all day.  My heart is broken.

My heart is also broken from the news that my best friend Debbie, who you have seen comment on here a lot over the years, has days to live.  She has a cancerous brain tumor which cannot be treated.  We were motoring around, laughing, having fun just a few weeks ago.  This came on very suddenly.  Well, the information came suddenly.  By the size of the tumor I'm sure it has been growing for years.  It is about the size of 1/4 of her brain.  Again, I don't want to see her suffer the way she is and I'm praying that God will show His daughter mercy and take her home.

I had a problem too, but little in light of what I just said.  I hit my foot on a table leg and broke a toe.  It hurts a lot and I am having trouble walking.  *sigh*

What a sad post this is.  But this is what is on my heart.  It is so hard and I don't think the month of May will ever be the same for me.  There are other things going on that I can't talk about right now, but they are hard also.

On top of everything else, Joe's birthday is in May.  I don't want him to have a bad birthday.  I want to make it nice for him.  I just don't know what to do.  We are broke so it can't be anything expensive.  I'll let you know what I come up with.  I have a few ideas.

Well, I have to run.  Medicine and then breakfast awaits.  Then a shower and cutting the grass.  It's so high that I have to do it today and stop putting it off.  Even if my toe hurts and I have to limp a bit.

See you all soon.  I hope with better news.

Kathy