Choco cont'd

On Friday Choco started throwing up one of oral medications that was supposed to coat his stomach/throat. We called the vet and they told us to go ahead and bring him in for observation until the office closed. They ended up putting him on different IV fluids and a stronger anti nausea med, but wanted to keep him for the weekend since he had not eaten. We went and visited him yesterday and he was alert and cuddled us but still wouldnt eat. As of last night he finally ate and Dr. Sherry John called us herself at 7:30pm (the office closes at noon on Sat) to give us an update that he had finally ate some food! We are just overly impressed and satisfied with Arizona Animal Wellness Center. What a wonderful group of people to have take care of your furry family members.

Last night we had the grand opening of Ragin Diesel (Shawn's diesel shop) at its new East Valley location. We had an awesome turn out and a great time. We appreciate all the support that has been received. We are in the works for planning some great upcoming events and I am sure that we will have a couple more bbq's before the end of summer!

Choco

The last two days have been complete chaos. We were able to bring Rolo home on Tuesday and all was well in the world, or so we thought. Tuesday night as we were going to bed we noticed that Choco is not acting like his snuggly self. Shawn and I both looked at each other and feared the worst...Parvo. Choco ended up vomiting a couple of times during the night so Shawn called Arizona Animal Wellness Center 1st thing in the morning and they got him in and confirmed that Choco was indeed sick with parvo :( Now do not get me wrong, our vet is THE BEST!!! But since we had not even had Rolo home for 24 hrs the vet bill was about to double and the initial $1500 bill was already hard enough to absorb so they kindly asked if we would like to try and treat him at home for a quarter of the cost. They taught us how to administer his IV fluids and antibiotic injections and the couple of oral medications that he would need. It is kind of funny but its not considering that both Shawn and I do not deal with with needles. I do better than Shawn (or so I thought) from having to give myself daily injections- but the needle I use is extremely fine and ridiculously easy to handle. While the vet tech was showing us how to inject the IV I decided that I needed to let Shawn hold my poor Choco so I wouldnt pass out and embarass him :) Thankfully Shawn did a great job and didnt bust a (cold) sweat or freak out. We managed quite well and successfully with his IV and injections last night and tonight. Hopefully Choco will be feeling better tomorrow, otherwise we may have to admit him if he is not showing signs of improvement.
Our good friend Jody underwent an emergency appendectomy today- thank heavens he is now resting and feeling well enough to send out a text stating- DONE! Like he just won a tire changing contest or something :)
I am so grateful tomorrow is Friday!!

Update

My sweet puppy is home!!! He is well on his way to recovery from Parvo. It was a long (and expensive) 4 days without having him close to snuggle. I know it must seem silly to people who do not have pets, but I can only compare it to having children.
A huge thank you to Dr Heetland at Arizona Animal Wellness and his wonderful staff for taking care of my lil guy.

Bosie

I just got back from taking Bosie to the vet and it is not good...he has parvo. They admitted him to start his treatment which is basically IV fluids and anti-nausea meds. Thankfully the other dogs here in the household are vaccinated. Please keep him in your prayers that he will get well soon!! The vet and assistant gave a pretty good diagnosis for him to recover, but the next few days will tell.

May

The last few weeks have flown by for us, I cannot believe that we have been home for almost a month!!! Things have been going well for both of us work wise so hopefully we will be able to find a house to rent soon. We certainly appreciate being able to stay at my parents until we get back up and running, but between 4 adults, 7 dogs and a cat- its a bit more cozy then I am comfortable with. The story of my life always looking for a place to live...

Bosie (Rolo) has been sick the last few days, poor thing has lost at least a pound or two which is not something that chihuahuas can afford to do, so I am taking him to the vet today to see whats up.

Shawn is having a grand opening bbq for Ragin Diesel on May 30th, we are very excited as he been busy and consistent the last couple weeks with trucks being referred. The only downside that I have complained about from day one is that people do not respect business hours what so ever and call/text at all hours, 7 days a week. He now has TWO cell phones that he carries with him at all times- I cannot even recall the last time we had dinner without someone calling him. The real test will be in August when we go to Vegas with some friends to see if he will leave the work phone at the shop. The website (http://www.ragindiesel.com/) for Ragin Diesel is up and running but still under construction, so tell all your friends!!!

I just about have Newman's blanket finished (Newman is pictured above with Bosie from our journey from OK to AZ) I just have one last edge to pin and close and TA DA....two blankets will be completed in the span of one month with my handy dandy sewing machine that I got for Valentines Day!!! There are sooooo many people having babies (it seems to be a year for boys, out of 5 people that I know that are pregnant nobody is having a girl?!!??) so I will be crankin out some more blankets in the next couple of months. I am also wanting to start a line of dog clothes/accessories!!!

The summer heat is looming, the neighbors kids are outside playing in the pools screaming at the top of their lungs...yet I am so happy to be back in Arizona but we miss our dearest friends back in Oklahoma. I keep them in our prayers that they will move to Texas soon!!! Sarah I want you to have a Target and PeiWei too!!!

Yikes

I have been awful about getting our blog updated since we got back to AZ. We have been going nonstop since being back. The round about of everything that has been going on in no particular order...
I started work last Thursday at Smiles at San Tan Ranch...LOVE IT!
Shawn has been busy with getting a small diesel shop up and running out here in the East Valley. It is very exciting because we have so many great friends here that have bent over backwards to make moving back a possibility not to mention are bringing in customers for the new shop!!!
The animals are doing great, I think they even missed the wonderful Arizona sunshine because the dogs are itchin to go out in the backyard and would stay out there for hours on end if we would let them.
Mother's Day was nice, it is always a double whammy for my family since my moms birthday is Cinco de Mayo and MD always falls on the following Sunday so we usually combine the two and celebrate on MD. This year my brother and his wife came over and Shawn grill steaks, potatos and asparagus (sp??) and threw together a salad. We completed the night with a healthy competition of Wii Sports :)
So we are still looking for a house to rent (preferrably in Gilbert!!!) for under a grand...yeah I know good luck on that huh...private party lease as we do not want to deal with a property mgmt.

I promise to get some pictures up on here soon!!!

XOXO
Miss & <3 ya Smith Family!!!