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I called my mom and dad last Thursday to see how they were. Dad told me that Mom was having to stop every couple of steps to take a breath. I told him that he needed to take her to the hospital. He said it was up to her. I told him it was not because she wouldn't go. So finally she put a call into her doctor. He called her back she was telling him how she was feeling, that maybe it was just fluid that was backed up. ( he is suppose to be the doctor) Well he called her in a prescription for some water pills. So Dad went and picked them up. I called her on Friday to see how she was feeling. Mom told me that she didn't get much sleep because she was up and down all night going to the bathroom. She did say that she was feeling better. Well I called on Saturday and she said that she was okay. About 2 ish my little brother called me and said that they were on the way to the ER to see what was going on. Alan told me that the doctor she was seeing would get to the bottom of it. They ran blood work, did some x-rays but they didn't find anything. So they sent her home. (The ER doctor did tell her that she needed some extensive pulminary testing done and to keep her appt with her dr on Monday). She went to the doctor on Monday and he told her (the quack) that she didn't need pulminary testing done. (I was pissed when Dad told me that on Monday night). He did tell her to keep her appt at the sleep diagnostic clinic on Tuesday. Well on Tuesday Alan called and said that Mom went to the dentist to check on the mouth surgery she had last week. Well she went to get up out of the chair and she started having chest pains. I had told her last week to call her heart doctor to see if she could get an appt with him. (She told me that she had called before and they had jumped her case and not to call unless it was an emergency)(Hello...I think this constituates an emergency). Well they did run more Xrays and put a heart monitor on her and did a lung scan. The lung scan didn't show anything. Her regular doctor told her that he wanted to see her on Wed and that Dad should call on Wed to make an appt. Well he did. The nurse told him that they would call him back once the doctor looked at the results. I still had not heard from them at 5 on Wed so I called. The doctor still had not called. ( I was really pissed off) (He is off on Thursday). Finally the nurse did call. Mom has an appt on Tuesday for a heart monitor. She will wear it for 24 hours and then on Wed she will go to the diagnostic clinic to get her oxygen/water mask for her to wear at night. She has an appt on March 27 for pulminary testing. Will keep you up to date.

Turbo was an owner surrender. His previous owner had named him Jimmy. Well since I already have 1 Jimmy in the house we had to change his name. (Jim wouldn't have known if I was hollering at him or the dog)

We named him Turbo because from the time we got home until he crashed on Saturday, he was turbo-charged. That pup didn't slow down at all on Saturday. He was having too much fun with Fritz. They played all day long. The only time we could get him to stand still for a picture was when I was holding him.

We have a potenial adopter for him. He is head North to the state of Michigan. Wendy is so excited. She has been waiting patiently since the end of October for a puppy. Well Wendy meet your new baby.

Turbo maybe turbo charged when awake but when he crashes he becomes snuggle puppy.
Looks like this weekend he will meet his new mom.

You haven't been with us for very long Turbo, but you are going to take a piece of my heart with you when you go.

He won't have any problems adjusting. You should see him give Daisy a run for her money. It is so funny. It is like seeing a grandmother and a pesky grandchild butting heads.

So cute! Reminds me of Bumper as a pup. Very smart pup but also laid back. If Bumper and Tipsy had ever gotten together and had a litter Turbo would be one of their puppies. (For those of you who don't know Bumper and Tipsy, they are our babies.) Turbo is a smart puppy like Bumper but laid back like Tipsy. Except when he is terriorizing the others.

Roxanne was an owner surrender that just passed through on her way up north to Rockford. She was only with us for one night but left a lasting impression on me.

She was very lovable and sweet. Roxanne has been adopted by a lady who lost her BT after 13 years.

I know Roxanne will not make up for the one she lost but she has so much love to give.

Good Luck Foxy Roxy!

I was at work today and the girls in the office were talking. They said that on the Nip and Tuck that there have been cases of diet pop being linked to stomach cancer. Well I did some research.

Here is what I read:

Susan Mayne, a cancer epidemiologist at the Yale University School of medicine, and colleagues studied 1,095 cancer patients and compared them to 687 healthy control subjects. They conducted full dietary interviews and compiled data on how much regular and diet soda each subject drank.

The researchers found that soda drinkers were actually less likely to develop esophageal carcinoma. Furthermore, when the researchers separated subjects who drank mostly regular soda versus diet soda, they found that the latter group had a 53 percent lower risk of developing the cancer.

The researchers warned against chugging diet soda as a ward against cancer, however, since it carries its own health risks, such as damaging tooth enamel.

Two articles on the net: Both were the same thing. It was also written up in the journal for the National Cancer Institue.

People really should do their research before passing things on.