Casey and Punkin!

Good Morning Everyone!
Just thought I would pop in and keep you all up to date. I am on my laptop as my desktop needs a bit of tender loving care. My apologies that these are pictures you have seen.  (Hey, they recycle)...

First of all, in Casey's own words, (from my last blog as she replied in my comments section)
How she is doing.
How she is maintaining her sense of humor...
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3. My Partial Colectomy...

"More appropriately entitled my "mostly" colectomy...
Or a mostlectomy...
Or a coleostly,
No, that just doesn't have the same ring to it as "mostlectomy"...

I had my pre-surgical physical today... Everything but my colon checked out good. My blood work came back normal and the pulse-checks; light check of my eyes, nose, ears, and throat; reflexes; chest sounds; heart sounds; etc. were all good. My bowel sounds were really good, he had to be deafened a bit by those loud rumbles through a stethoscope!!

Weird, though, that after I went to the bathroom my stomach puffed out... Some days it does that and others it doesn't... Oh well, all will be worked out once the doctors get me fixed up!

I feel SO bad about your dentist appointment. I know you've been waiting for a long time to get in and it seems like every time you finally get a date set, I end up needing tests or surgeries... I'm SO SORRY!! If I had the money I would get you the gas money to make it back for the appointment so you wouldn't miss it... I just feel awful about that...

"Not much to take out of her anymore either".... Good! That means they're done whether they like it or not! No more organs to take out!!! I really should make a note of that on the back of my license where it asks you to specify what organs you'd like to give up: IF you can FIND them, you can have them.... :D

Man, I feel bad for every person who has to read a CT scan from me! Or when I leave this earth years and years and years from now, can you imagine what an autopsy person would say?!?!?! He'd probably tell everyone that I couldn't have even been human and have me sent to Area 51.
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place a phone call into the government telling them, "Well, the good news is that your Artificial Intelligence plot passed for a living human until it got to me. Nice try guys but NO ONE can live without that many organs!!!"

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Casey gets my total respect for "maintaining" ! For hanging in there when many twice, three times, her age would have simply given up.
Casey I am SO very proud!

...And then there is the star of today!

My Little Miss Punk is THREE YEARS OLD already...

She is currently dreaming of trying to catch a squirrel in the rafters of the attached garage. (This is what happened when I tried to keep the door open for those darn birds).
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Somehow the little varmint goes across the beams, and then gets in the soffiting. Too funny! As I watch The Punk run around the garage following the noise...

Sure has been a busy three years for herself...

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As she ponders the world...
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Or maybe tries to remember her younger days...
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Mama Milly and her litter of 10!
Yes, they all lived.

They grew too fast for Mama Milly to keep up.
She was greatly relieved when they began to eat
Out of the pan.
Soaked Puppy Chow!
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But even with the Purina,
They still wanted to nurse after breakfast...
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Where did Miss Milly go?
(She really IS under there)!
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Casey, with some of the "kids"
(That is Punk on her lap, asleep)
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Meeting Mr. Miller!
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Run Punkie, RUN!!!
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The last three,
Waiting to get out of jail!
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After her siblings went "home", she was pretty bored. Mama Milly didn't always want to play, so the little dog had to find her own fun...

I think this might have been fun. (For her).
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I call it Trouble
(With a capital "P").
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At least she always cleaned up nice...


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It didn't take long and she was big as Mama!





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Tug of War!
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Mama is gone now...
So all the outside stuff is also up to Punk.
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She watches out for everything!
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And yet, so very gentle...
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Visiting Casey at the hospital...
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And Casey, returning the favor at Punks house!
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I am so thankful that Punk was hurt so badly as a pup. (CLICK HERE).
Now I KNOW that sounds an awful thing to say... But had she not been hurt, I would never have kept her for myself...
And I am ever so happy to have her here with me!
(I am also very thankful that she grew out of barfing in the car)!

The following is how she came into my world...

Have a "wunnaful" weekend!

XOXO
Me

The following is how Punkin came into my world...
Written the day after she was born.

Not all my blogs transferred from 360...  ?

Good Morning!

... and CONGRATULATIONS to Miss Milly (and her "Prince") too!

This photo was taken when Miss Milly was about 2/3rds through delivery! (The first 6 little dogs)!

Such an exciting day for us all!

No pun intended, but it sure was a "bitch" of a day! Tee-Hee!

Miss Milly began delivering her pups at 1:48 yesterday afternoon- after a terribly uncomfortable morning for us both. I have never seen a dogs teeth chatter in my entire life. Milly's teeth were doing just that- all morning-

Waking up at about 1:30- Woken by Miss Milly being anxious and pacing... I had emailed my friend, Kelli, that either Milly was in labor, or completely epileptic! She was shaking so badly.
And so, we went for about a dozen walks- (Hey, it works for humans, and I didn't see any reason it wouldn't help the dog along too)!

Nancy had to work yesterday morning- (Her and Jeff own Prince, the sire). Nancy and I go way back- (probably through many lifetimes)! And we share so many common things that it is almost spooky.

Suffice it to say that if Prince was an untested entity; as far as being able to father pups, he no longer is an unknown.

And a very fine job those two dogs did too!

Like I said, Miss Milly gave birth to her 1st pup just before 2 in the afternoon. Nancy and her family came- (Hubby Jeff, and their 15 yr old son Ryan)- Jenne and Isaiah stopped by for a little while too. Casey was done at school around 3, and home shortly thereafter... We had all the "related" parties present!

And now my entrance doubles as a maternity ward!

Milly's 3rd pup- probably the runt, was born non-responsive and really purple. (That is why I keep the rag and warm water present)- After a vigorous rubbing, and being held upside down for quite some time, and with gentle squeezing; the pup finally began to make little squeaks- About 10 minutes after that all, it was much pinker- and even trying to nurse. (Thank God for little miracles).

And that is why I do not like unattended births. There were actually three puppies that would not have lived if I hadn't been on top of it all. One was like the first slower one, not as bad, but not really breathing and so scary unresponsive- And the 3rd was a little girl, born out of her sac, breech, and with only a hind leg and a bit of her tail presenting. (I delivered that one in a big hurry).

She was the last puppy to be born too.

After all the excitement was done, Nancy left for home, and Casey and I moved "Mom" and babies to the back entrance then. (I think it is still too chilly to be leaving them out in the garage at night). They can stay in the back entrance until it warms up sufficiently for all to 'weather' the garage, or even go out to the kennel.

With Milly all tucked in with her pups, we relaxed a bit before going to sleep. Checking on the new family one more time, and moving them around the box, I thought I had counted 9... - Not trusting my own abilities at that point in time, I recounted-

There were 9... And by the time we did finally go to bed, there was even one more little dog! How very cool is this all?

There are 10 still, this morning... And yesterdays whale of a dog suddenly looks more than a bit malnourished and anorexic!

All is well with everyone!

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Miss Milly and her Brand New Babies!!!

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10 Little Pups!!!

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And I am still so bloody tired that I wish I could go back to sleep. But that doesn't happen for me--- Besides, I've got a front entrance to scrub!

Hope you all are having a great day!

XOXO

Anna-Anna

PS---

Milly is a purebred Yellow Lab; and Prince is a purebred Golden Retriever! These "kids" will be just wonderful!!!!

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Originally posted to my Y! 360, Tuesday March 28, 2006 - 06:14am (CST)