Gabbi's Hospital Stay

So it all started in November when we noticed Gabbi acting a little off. She would get to where she could not hold her head up very well and it seemed like she got tired from walking after a very short time. We took her to Banfield and the did a bunch of tests and found nothing wrong. They gave her an antibiotic thinking it might be an inner ear infection. The medicine seemed to work and she got better. Early January it happened again and I took her back to Banfield. They gave her more antibiotics and sent us on our way. Couple of weeks later she was not quite right again. Our neighbor Ruth recommended her vet so we took her there. Both Banfield and the new vet refered me to Dr Podell an animal neurologist. I finally made an appointment last Wednesday. He did a couple tests and noticed that something was a little off so they wanted to run more tests and an MRI so I had to leave her behind. They called me later telling me that her potassium was low which was making her muscle enzymes deteriorate which was causing her to be so week and she could not hold her body or even her head up. They were going to admit her and do an ultra sound and look into a way to get her back on track. With the ultrasound they found a tumor on her adrenal gland. Shaun and I had to make the choice to have the surgery or not. She is like a kid to us so we of course chose to do the surgery despite the VERY high price. You can't put a price on love. She had the surgery on Friday and it went perfect. They had to keep her for 72 hours after to make sure that all her vital stay steady enough to bring her home. We were so excited to go visit her on Saturday night. She was just as excited to see us and was a complete ham. She purred the whole time we were there and was very cuddly. It was hard to leave her again but knowing that we will be bringing her home soon made it easier. Tomorrow is the day we bring her home. I am not looking forward to the bill and I am curious to what her aftercare is but I just want her home!!!

Skyy's week long visit

We had so much fun with Skyy for the week. She kept us super busy and it was go go go! She did great on the drive down and never stopped talking... at all!! LOL Quite amusing :) She spent a couple days at work with me, she had a couple of evenings with Uncle Shaun when I was working, we went the the Chucky Cheese, the children's museum at Navy pier, Rainforest Cafe, American Girl Place, The Hershey store and MORE. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the week.

She played with my old Barbies quite a bit. She could not believe how much stuff I have.

Counting our tickets at Chucky Cheese. That was a fun place!!!Photos from the Children's MuseumPlaying with her Barrel of Monkeys. She really liked putting them all together. 14 in all.On the train headed downtown Saturday morning.

Rainforest Cafe The Hershey StoreHer new American Girl Twin babyThe extra outfit I let her pick out. A ballerina.

We had so much fun while she was here and we were sad to take her back and we look forward to having her again!