Goings On in the Wenzel Household

It has been a long coupla weeks. My Chloe Bean has had a 102+ fever every day since Friday, December 11th. Do you know how long that is for a five year old? To be stuck at home with Mom & Dad while they work and not have any friends to play with? Eons. It is truly eons for the girl child.

Tonight we made our third trip to the doctor's office and found out whatever she had has now turned into walking pneumonia. We started five new meds to combat the pneumonia, infection, rash/hives and itchiness. Thankful we now have a name for this pain and a treatment to get her back in school by the start of next week (crossing fingers for this Friday, but we'll see). Even with this high fever, she has kept a great disposition and has felt pretty good. She has also become quite proficient using the ear thermometer.


The other main event (which is more draining) is that our 18 year old boy cat got extremely sick last night. He has had hyper-thyroidism for the past three years, which has slowly taken his 22 lb frame down to 6 lbs. Last night, he threw up blood all over our living room. It looked absolutely horrible and I could only imagine how awful he felt. We called a neighbor to come stay in the house while we drove Keeters to the emergency vet clinic. We knew before we left that we would likely be putting him down.

When we arrived, all of his vitals were much lower than normal. The veterinarian ran through at least a dozen tests they could run through, but ended with she didn't think any of the tests would help him. She agreed that euthanization was the best decision. The most humane. But oh, how hard that is. The weight of that decision, that responsibility, is just so staggering. It never ceases to churn my stomach with pets, but I know we made the right decision last night.


I am taking the rest of this week off from work to regroup. To spend time with my girl child as she recovers. To wrap Christmas presents. To bury my Keeters boy once this rain stops. To re-organize the house and clean in prep for the upcoming company we will have beginning next week. To make new jewelry. To spend time on the torch when the girl child is napping (if I don't nap with her!). To bake cookies. To ship presents. To write our yearly letter and get it sent out on time, rather than sending our Christmas cards in July (like I might have done this past year). And to clean out the 40+ beads I made this weekend and get them photographed so I can blog about them. :)