Update on life

So... it's been a little rough lately.

I'm almost done with my first round of midterms and I cannot wait until Thursday is over!  Midterms haven't been difficult, but the studying has been.  My cohort and I are notorious for studying too hard; I guess we believe you can never be too prepared?

On the bright side I'm enjoying the NFL and Fantasy Football.  Who else watched the Vikings/Packers game Sunday? AMAZING!  Brett Favre was like public enemy No. 1 to me at the beginning of the game (dirty married man..), but I have to admit he is a bad ass.  Playing through a messed up ankle and almost pulling out a win!  Ridiculous.  If that was his last game ever, I think he can still be proud that he gave his all.

While I've been studying nonstop for midterm after midterm, I have also been taking care of two sick dogs.  Even though I have had the help of my mom and dad (my brother's been in Japan for the past 2 weeks--the worst part of the sickness) it has been very difficult. 

Someone thinks she is a model!

The dogs before it got BAD.  You can see the pain in Junior's eyes...

Although the little one (Rosie - Little Miss Cow) is back to 100%, my oldest dog Junior (12 years old) has been fighting for his life!  After a very long at-home attempt to get him well (and a veterinarian change), he had a 5-night stay at a new veterinarian's hospital because NOTHING was working.  We finally have him home and he is improving every day, little by little, but he is still fighting a life-threatening infection.  Our first doctor was completely inept, but our second doctor has been a godsend!  He was aggressive with treatment, and it's been working.  We'd practically given up hope before the new doc came into the picture!

I do support adopting from animal shelters, but be aware of kennel cough (an upper respiratory infection that is VERY common in shelter dogs).  It is a BITCH to get rid of in older dogs, so keep your new dog away from your old dog until you KNOW kennel cough will not be an issue (10-day incubation period before it reveals itself).  

Rosie is young and strong so she fought it in a week or two, but Junior has been fighting it for at least a month, and he isn't completely out of the water.

Let's hope the little guy gets better!