Ginger is Out of Surgery

Ginger had her ASD closure surgery today and, aside from the surgery starting three hours late, everything went fantastically. Ginger went into surgery at 4:30 and was out at around 5:30. Now she has a device about 25 millimeter tall blocking what was formerly a hole in her heart's atria. It's pretty amazing what they can do in just an hour! There is still quite a bit of follow up to do with the doctor to make sure everything is healing correctly and the blood is all staying where it's supposed to be, but the hard part is over. Ginger is looking forward to spending some quality relaxation time with her puppy over the next couple days as she rests and heals.

I'm so glad Ginger is OK and so amazed and grateful for what the people at that hospital were able to do for her! We're so blessed that we caught this before something terrible happened to her because of it and that the technology exists that makes fixing it such a relatively little thing.

Freddie's Adventures with Rat Poisen

Oh Goodness. Kent and I went to Cedar City this weekend to see what the Shakespearean Festival was all about. While away, oh how our bad puppy played.

We dropped him off to my family's business on Friday morning, where he disappeared and sent the family on a dog hunt through the warehouse and down the street. He turned up just hanging out in the warehouse, not caring that people were calling him.

That afternoon, my sister took him to my mom's house, where he happened on some rat poisen hidden under a vent. And since our little Freddie has to mouth EVERYTHING, this rat poisen was no exception.  Luckily, my watchful sister caught him, and called the vet who told her to induce vomiting by giving him 1 tbs of hydrogen peroxide. She did this, and after throwing up about 4 times, he was okay.

Saturday comes, and he finds a different packet of rat poisen hidden in a different area of the house, and the games began again. My little sister, Sherry, again came to the rescue and saved our puppy from imminent death (or at least a really expensive trip to the vet).

And this from Kent and I leaving for only one night ...

Oh, but he is darling!