Traumatic

Here's to better days!!





The last 24 hrs have been very traumatic for our little DQ. First of all last night she lost her 2nd tooth the hard way. This tooth has been loose then tight, then loose then tight for about a year now. The last couple of months this tooth has been literally sticking straight out. Last night she bit into an apple and tore it loose. Then she was climbing into her bed and knocked it pretty hard with her knee. Blood was gushing everywhere! After many tears and screaming (from both hubby and I and her), I managed to calm her down and gently wiggle the tooth out painlessly.

Now this evening I was lulled into a false sense of security. Everyone was content, quite, and entertained. WRONG!! Shrill screaming started up out of nowhere. Mommy! Mommy! It's on my head! It's sucking out all my blood! I'm gonna die!! Of course there was a huge tick on her head. Oh geez! I hate bugs of any sort, I hate nursing my own children, and I have never honestly removed a tick. Add all this to a screaming little girl who is very emotional all on her own without the added trauma and you have a big ole mess!!! I was rapidly googling the best way to remove a tick while she's screaming for me to call 911. BB decides to just leave all together! OK, so I need a pair of tweezers. Yea, good luck with that! I can never find those stupid things when I actually need them! OK, no tweezers and she' still screaming. Toilet paper and my fingernails are the only tools I can muster. After prying her hands away from the site of infestation I managed to grab ahold of the little (sorry HUGE) bugger. He's barely got his little fangs, teeth, whatever, dug in, but definitely reached blood. GREAT!!!! Just what I need, more blood loss! Call 911?? Naw, just kidding. Got him, flushed him, and DQ is in the shower consoling herself. Poor baby!

So, Spike the dog is doing pretty well. She looks so much better than the night we went to the hospital to visit her. She's on strict cage rest; well when she's not in my lap! She's walking better, still a little lame in back, but supposedly that will go away in the next few weeks. She's hardly hurting at all, and talking all the time.

Finally, I got my approval to test and I have a test date scheduled. It's about stinking time!!!! I'm opting not to share the date, sometime in August. You'll know when I pass!!!

Goodnight for now, time to nurse DQ and Spike the dog!!
Amy