Broken dog, Broken kid

Today was filled with books, happiness, irritation, fun, doctors, vets, and lots of money leaving my checking account!

Today was Monday.
The one and only day of the week that I don't have to get up early in the morning and go ANYWHERE. XH has the girls and he takes them to school, and I don't have to be at my Glamorous Waitressing Job until 11:15. It's lovely.

But last night I received a phone call reminding me that I signed up to volunteer at the school's book fair. . . at 7:30 in the morning.
What the fuck was I thinking??? My ONLY day to be lazy and sleep in.
Can you say "stupid bitch?"
So, I was up and off to school early in the morning selling books to small children.

Immediately after my retail sales fun; I was at the bank signing my second mortgage refinance. I was able to refinance my second and pay off all of my debt for 1.5% lower and for five years less. I was so excited. I am hoping that after it funds, I may have enough to buy a little something for the family. Maybe one of those recordable DVD TiVo's? The one I covet.

I spoke to XH. He told me he was concerned about DD#1's knee. She seemed to have injured it last week at PE class and was complaining about it all weekend. I told him I would take her to the doctor to get it checked out.
I also needed to have Macy looked at.
I noticed on Sunday that she seems to have lost a lot of weight lately. All of a sudden. And she is more stumbly than usual.

So in between borrowing 30 thousand dollars and waiting on irritating people; I made doctor appointments, for this afternoon, for the two of them. And after seeing both the pediatrician and the veternarian it was determined that both the dog and the kid . . . are broken.

DD#1 has a condition called Osgood-Schlatter Disease. It's a condition that affects young athletes typically when they are having a growth spurt causing pain and inflammation to the area below the kneecap. I guess if anyone is really interested, they can click on that link and read all about it. She'll be fine. A little ice, ibuprofen, rest, elevation. It could take 6 to 24 months to get better completely and may reappear throughout puberty, but it shouldn't affect her future athletic career. So with my lame daughter in tow; I was off to the vet.

Macy's problem is a little more serious.
She has Cardiac Cachexia with valve failure. Basically she is in Congestive Heart Failure and her tissue is wasting away from lack of oxygen caused by hypertension. The lack of oxygen to the muscles and tissue is what is causing the sudden weight loss. Her heart is quite enlarged and she has very high blood pressure.
Dr. Cute Lesbian Vet took some blood which will come back tomorrow and will determine the course of treatment for little Macy. If it's just her heart then she will take blood pressure medicine which should help; if her kidney and liver are also a problem, then she'll have to be on several medicines and a special diet.
So exam, blood tests, stool samples, urine samples, and x-ray equals $227.00 out of my DVD/TiVo fund.
Oh well, it's only money and I want Macy to have a good quality of life for however long she lives. Poor Macy.

I finished the day dosing myself on several TiVo'd television shows, a kahlua parfait and nachos while snuggling on the couch with my heart-broken doggie dreaming of that fancy TiVo, simpler days, and healthy family members; both the furry and the non-furry ones.