Sunday, March 25, 2007

Sucks For You, Dial-up Users

Turns out this post is going to be pretty picture intensive. So sorry about that to anyone who's still on dial-up. You should get DSL at the very least just so my blog updates load quickly.

So let's get started (you can read while you wait for the pictures to load).

The Cocoa News


Toothless Cocoa

Cocoa is doing really great. The swelling in her mouth has gone down even more so now she is starting to look a little like an old lady with no dentures. It isn't horribly obvious, but if you had known her well before, it is pretty easy to see, especially from the side. She no longer has a square little mouth. It is more 3-shaped.

She hasn't seemed to have any problem eating, though we haven't seen her eating much dry food recently. But then, the kitties constantly get food when we aren't around to notice, so we aren't worried. We are feeding her some canned cat food everyday, too, so she won't go hungry.

As soon as I am finished with this blog, Cocoa's primary source of pain killer will be removed. She kept her little morphine patch on for 72 hours. Now, we are switching to pain pills twice a day as needed.


The feel good patch

Cocoa goes back to the vet later this week for a check up to see how things are going along. I'm sure I'll post more after that!

Gesundheit!
Allergy season is upon us, which means things are in bloom - including our yard! The first iris has come out and the Lady Bank's is just going crazy! It's been 4 years, but I think our back yard is really starting to look nice. I'll have to post some pictures from past years later, but for now, here's what's currently going on outside.


The rosemary and Lady Banks have really taken over the corner bed


The first iris of 2007 (for my yard, at least)


The Lady Bank's rose started blooming Thursday


Lady Bank's bloom


Our Gala apple tree has started to bloom

Very pretty, yes? Our grass is another story, but at least we have the flowers to move your eye away from the weed-filled grass.

Well, now that you've seen those lovely pictures, next we have...

Icky Foot Stuff
And this one is a little late, but I just realized I hadn't posted this picture. This is Dan's foot about 1 week after his surgery.

Eew, huh? It looks much better now, but then, that's not too hard.

And those are the updates for today. Do you have DSL yet?

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3 Comments:

Anonymous Claudia said...

Beautiful Cocoa-girl!! You are so special and are only just finding out. You will learn more things different ways than your sisters and be ever so smart. Not even counting having your own Manatee.
grandma would love to help you on your studies of fauna if not flora this easter, I hope a lowly guinea pig will do. He yelled at me as I walked by. I love you and nibs and the girls so much, I sure hope Dad's toe looks better because it was real gross there. Tell him he needs to trim his toenails! Hugs and kisses to Mom. Love, Grandma

March 28, 2007 12:26 AM  
Blogger Amanda said...

Yes! She's a lovely little girl. She's curled up in my lap right now, purring away.

And guinea pig??? If it's breathing, Dan just might kill you! :)

And Cocoa said that her Daddy's toes are much better now. Mommy makes sure he can't carve into the sheets at night.

March 28, 2007 6:06 PM  
Blogger Amanda said...

Oh, and did you notice the "Yes" on Dan's foot? His other one had "No" written on it. Hehe!

March 30, 2007 10:10 AM  

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