Thread:OriginalAmber/@comment-26443914-20151104145421

We were at a show this past weekend, a very long show. It was a 3 day show which is unusual enough, but the hours were killer: 9-6 Fri and Sat, 9-4 Sunday. Plus it was a 9 hour drive from home! We did okay, especially being a first time vendor. I forgot my eyedrops so my brand new lens was very red, leaky and painful. I just hope I didn't mess it up too much.

Before we left our kitty Connor wasn't feeling well so I asked the sitter to stop by on Thursday to check on him. She was only going to come in one day. Thursday she said he was lethargic but ate some. Our phone rings at 8:15 am on Friday. Never, ever a good thing. Apparantely he had a huge abcess that burst Thursday night. She said don't worry about the living room looking like a crime scene. While hubby took care of the booth setup, I was calling the vet, arranging for her to drop him off, making sure she could come twice a day over the weekend..... He got through surgery okay but it was a huge abcess. I can't understand how we missed it. The sitter was even sweet enough to clean up the mess, give him a new blanket to sleep on.... I'm going to send her a handknit scarf as a thank you.

We got home late in the afternoon on Monday. We didn't have time to unpack or catch our breath. I had a cerebral angiogram scheduled for yesterday. We were up at 4:30am to head to Johns Hopkins. Crap, that was painful!! The brain doesn't feel anything but the groin is so bruised and swollen and painful. They make a little hole in the femoral artery to insert the camera/dye squirter thingy. I can't remember if I mentioned that they found a little aneurysm on the MRI they did for my headaches? My neurosurgeon at Hopkins didn't think it was the cause of the headaches but ordered an angiogram to get a better picture. I'm already a teaching case study at Hopkins because the first aneurysm was a rare one. It seems the universed decided I should have another rare aneurysm. The first one was hard enough to treat, this one doesn't look any easier. It's called a Fusiform aneurysm. It's bigger than what they thought looking at the MRI. I think it's location is worrisome too. Hubby got to see the pictures and talk to the surgeon. I was on pain meds so I don't remember what was said. The doc that did the angiogram and my neurosurgeon are meeting to decide the best course of action. I go my regular neurologist tomorrow; she should have the angiogram results. She'll refill my meds to keep the headache at bay while we wait for Hopkins to decide what to do. On top of all this, hubby is supposed to have a total knee replacement in 2 weeks!! Sadly, that might have to be postponed depending on the neurosurgeons. I'm going to spend the day with my leg propped up so the artery doesn't bleed and play SS. After all this mess I should, at the very least, get an Orb! Dagnabit...... Keep the thoughts and prayers coming ~ I'm going to need them! I'm glad 2015 is almost over ~ it hasn't been the best year for us.  