Wow what a time that I have had lately

My life has been so crazy lately that I don't know if I am coming or going.
First of all my Grandmother had been sick and in the hospital. First she was living with only 1 working kidney and the other one was blocked and the doctor's were trying to get it unblocked with medicine but her blood pressure was going up and they could not get it under control and they had talked about doing a orocedure that would unblock the blood vessels to her kidney but her age was a factor and they tried all they could without doing it and thy finally decided to try the procedure. So she goes in the hospital on Dec.5, 2006 for the procedure and it failed and she was probably going to go on Dialysis, with Grandma everything is a big deal and she was a worry wart about things, so she was in the hosiptal for about 3 weeks and they sent her to the Rehab Center to regain her strength so she could go home in the future, while in the Rehab center we think that she got pnemonia and that put her back in the hospital and for the last 17 years my Uncle has lived with Grandma and Grandpa to help them out, he was at the hospital each and every day that she was there, he was so dedicated to her during the whole time that he lived with them and I am so impressed by the way that he never complained about anything. So now that she is back in the hospital again and she is weak and not able to fight the infection off so again she is on antibotics and they had to put her on the breathing machine to help her breathe and then things got worse for her and we were called to Arkansas to see what could be done if anything. So we started making plans to drive and had to make arrangements for Boots (my dog) and Missy (the bird), the bird was not going to be a problem to board, we were going to take her the bird store that she has been boarded at before, that was not a problem. The problem was Boots, a friend was supposed to take care of her but in the meantime her dog had to be put to sleep for her health problems and Boots would be by herself all the time and she was not used to that and I didn't want to do that to her and stress her out even more, so I started calling Kennels to get a price and let them know that we didn't know what exact date that we would get back but we had to be home by Feb. 16, 2007 so finally decided on Country Kennels. That was on Tuesday and we were leaving on Wednesday morning so the animals were taken care of and now we were getting things ready to leave. We leave on Wednesday morning and we get to Arkansas on Thursday afternoon. That evening we go to see Grandma. She doesn't know that we are there and it is so hard for me to see her that way and I knew that she would not want to live that way so the decision was made between Mom and her brother that they would take her off lifr support the next day. The doctor's were very suypportive with the decision and they did what was asked of them and we didn't think that she would last the day but she was a fighter and she was moved to the Hospice floor and we thought that we would get a call that said that she was gone. On Saturday morning, my uncle called and said that Grandma was awake and talking to him and we ought to get there, so Mom and I get ready and go the hospital and see for ourselves. Grandma didn't really know who we were but when asked and told who we were she was so excited that we were there and she talked to all of us for a little while and that was a blessing to us. She was having trouble breathing and the doctor's were giving her Morphine to help with the pain and the breathing so she went to sleep and never woke up after that and she stayed with us until Monday afternoon around 4:30 my uncle called us at her home and told us that she was gone. The viewing was on Wednesday and the funeral was on Thursday morning. Grandma belonged to the Fist Baptist Church and we had so many well wishers and food.
On Friday after the funeral I got a call from the kennel saying that Boots was not her self and they had taken her to the vet and the vet they took her to said that she might have a hormonr problem or be diabetic and we told them to take her to the vet that we use so they could check her out and they did and come to find out that Boots had Cancer of the Spleen,Kidney,and the Liver and there was nothing that could be done for her and if I wanted to take her a specialist I could but she might suffer and I did not want that so she was kept comfortable until I could get back on Monday afternoon that was the 12 of Feb. So when we got home and got the car unpacked Mom and I went to talk to the vet and see if there was anything that could be done. I saw Boots and knew right away that there was something was not right and she was suffering and I was not going to let her suffer anymore and I made the hard decsion that she needed to put down. So they did that I was feeling so guilty that I was not here with her in her time of need and I was crying all the way home and I had told Mom while we were still in Arkansas that if I had to put her to sleeep that I wanted to go to the Humane Soceity and the pound to see if I could get another dog. We went to both places but all they had was big dogs and that is not what we wanted so we ended up at Petland and we came home with a 10 week old Maltese puppy that we have named Raz-Ma-Taz and we are calling him Taz. He has taken a hole in my heart and made it whole again, not saying that I don't miss Boots but Taz is helping with the grieve and I am so thankful that we got him and if we didn't get him then there were ones in the paper that I was calling about. Will post pics soon of him.
So that is what has been happening in my life and finally things are starting to get back to a normal pace and I am glad about that. Thanks for reading and Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!