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Originally Posted by Mom to Hot Rod  You'd better watch out Robin, before you know it, she'll be a big girl!  That is so great Ginger is growing and eating and acting like a puppy. I know you must be so relieved. Hugs. |
I AM SOOOO relieved. I am so thankful that we made the choice to give her a chance and give her those few extra hours to pull through while in the hospital that first night. Shew, if we hadn't, I would always wonder "what if?" and that thought would haunt me. So at the least, we decided to give her a chance and wait it through the night to see any improvement... and she gave us hope and look at where we are now.
I am just so blessed to have a community of others who love their babies as much as I do mine. I have gotten a few comments from others (family, church members, or just random people) who think we are not making good choices and are wasting our money when we could easy go and buy several puppies for the price of her vet bills, but they are just missing the WHOLE picture.
Sometimes I try to explain, other times I just say "we ALL spend $ on what we value... I value my babies" I don't criticize what they spend on their junk!
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Originally Posted by AbbysMom08 This entire story has run the spectrum of emotions with me.
Your first post had me in tears. Not only for your little furbaby but because of you and your hubby. The two of you are truly angels on earth. She is such a very lucky little girl to have such a loving family. You are truly amazing.
I know if I were in that situation, I would also do everything possible for my baby.
I am so very glad to hear that she is doing so well.
I will keep her, you and your family in my prayers.
God bless you. |
Thank you. After we decided to give her a fighting chance, we knew that we would do what it took. It has not been easy (emotionally, physically, financially) but these are just temporary sacrifices for a long term gain. I am an unemployed teacher and I was just devastated when I did not get a teaching job in the small community that I live in. I laugh now b/c God definitely has other plans for me (for NOW at least) and its a blessing in disguise that I did not get a teaching job b/c there would've be NO way for me to take a week off here and there to take her to TN and just to feed her around the clock while at work and with my DH's job, it would be almost impossible for him to do it all the time while I was teaching.
God is great, isn't He?
I have never had intentions or seen myself as a SAHW or SAHM but honestly, I have REALLY enjoyed my time at home with my babies. I try not to take it for granted. God has blessed us with a few different totally unexpected opportunities like foster parenting (skin kids). We are currently in week 7 or 8 (I forget!) of 10 in training and it has just been a wonderful experience so far. We are going through a therapeutic agency and so we will be fostering children who have high needs/issues and who require therapy a few times a month. The agency is wonderful and we take Ginger to all of the meetings and everyone adores her. Seeing them support us in this whole ordeal has solidified things even more with fostering with this particular agency. They understand how we feel about our pets and I really appreciate that.
So that is one of the reasons I have not updated as much as I'd like. We have just a few more weeks to get our house "kid ready". DH and I are both 25 and we have no kids.... so we have a lot of work to do. I am trying to take 2 of our spare bedrooms (one was my office...and now I am consolidating and sharing an office with DH) and turning them into a girl room and a boy room. So I have been scavenging craigslist, cheapcycle, etc to find some good deals on bunk beds, etc. So yeah, I have been busy and not ignoring you all lol I haven't even signed Ginger up for the GE yet and I need to get on that! I need to get her measurements soon.
Sorry about rambling ... what can I say.... I'm a woman
