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Friday, January 24, 2020

Friday Favorites

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Some of the below items are not necessarily favorites, but happenings in our life right now. Let's just say that 2020 has really been a crazy start to the year and decade.

ONE. What a week it has been. Do you ever feel like you are just being swallowed up by life. Yep, that is me right now. I am stressed, tired, worried and just want things to normalize a bit in my life. Dramatic a bit? Probably, but life has just been kicking me. I know some of it is my doing, but wow, it just came on all at once. I can't wait for these renovations to be over with. They are kicking my butt. We spent last weekend moving everything out of our house into the kitchen (which was remodeled three years ago) and the garage. We also had to put plastic up over all of our belongings. 


Then we have moved into my in-laws house which has been amazing. We get home cooked meals every day, we get the support and help of my in-laws and get to be with our dog. But being with our dog has maybe caused him some unnecessary stress.


Tuesday when we got home from work, Walter was acting weird. He kept wanting to be let outside to go to the bathroom, he wouldn't sit still, he was pacing and just not himself. He did cuddle Sutton for awhile and we thought he was fine. Until he wasn't.


We were eating dinner and towards the end, I called Walter over to me and he got up from sitting on a door mat and there was a lot of blood and mucus. We quickly scooped him up and checked where the bleeding was. It was coming from his booty.


We cleaned him up, and I called my friend who is a vet surgeon. She didn't answer, so I turned to google. It was bright red blood, so that meant it was new and probably from his anus or rectum. We took him to the emergency vet to be seen. They examined him and said that he had a lot of blood in his rectum upon using the thermometer and doing a rectal exam. They recommended blood work, x-rays, an overnight IV and to go from there. We said let's start with the blood work and go from there. 


Walter's blood work came back normal except that he was dehydrated and his blood cell count was high, but the percentage of blood was normal for his size which means he had thicker blood since he was dehydrated. We went ahead with a 90 minute outpatient IV next.


He responded well to his IV, so we were able to take him home that evening. We were given antibiotics and probiotics, some bland wet food and care instructions. He was doing better that evening and was a bit restless between 2 am and 4 am, but he was very active and happy.

 From my story on IG.

Walter the next morning.

Walter is still on his bland diet, taking his meds and doing better. Thank goodness. I can't imagine anything happening to my little dude. 

TWO. We are currently shopping for dressers. Well, we have been shopping for them for about two months now, but I can't seem to get these babies on sale. During Black Friday and Cyber Monday, they had a sale on these dressers, but since then it has only been about $80 off each item and that is just a special. Does anyone know when Pottery Barn will be having a furniture sale?


These are the two dressers we are looking to buy.
Brookdale Tall Dresser

Brookdale Extra Wide Dresser

THREE. I love a good pair of leggings and I usually wear leggings from VS Pink, Prana or Lululemon, but after so many people raved about these Reflex leggings, I decided to give them a try. The reviews said that you can't see through them, they are high waisted and suck everything in, the don't dig in, cause chaffing and are comfy. I thought since they were $27.99 per pair, I would try them out. Verdict: they are pretty amazing. I have worn them a few times and washed them and they are still pretty amazing. They will definitely be worn when I travel and on the weekends. Do yourself a favor and try these out. For reference, I bought these in a size small. 

Reflex 90 Degree Leggings

FOUR. 
Weekly Funnies.


I am linking up with AprilA Little Bit of EverythingMeet @ the Barre and Becky.

Have a great weekend!

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    1. He is doing better now. Thankfully. It was truly so scary.

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  2. Hope your weekend is restful and your pup continues to improve.
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  3. Oh my gosh - I would have been a nervous wreck with Walter :( Glad he's doing alright.

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    1. Thank you. I was so scared and have been on edge ever since. He has turned around quite a bit and is pretty much back to his old self.

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  4. I'm so sorry that life has been overwhelming lately. I hope things turn around for you soon. I'll keep sweet little Walter in my prayers. I can't imagine how scary that must have been.

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    1. Thank you so much. He is starting to feel better now, thankfully. But it was so scary at the time.

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  5. I'm so sorry Walter's been unwell and that life has been so stressful lately. Those days and weeks are just the worst. Those leggings though? Legit. I just bought them, thanks to your rec!

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    1. I am sooo glad that you bought them. I love them and they fit me sooo well. Walter is starting to do better and finally getting back to his old self. It was just so scary though.

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  6. Oh I am so sorry to hear that life is so stressful right now. I hate when that happens and always am afraid to think it can't get much worse... in case it actually does! Hopefully things will start turning around and Walter will continue to keep getting better and better.

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    1. I completely agree. I keep telling myself it can't get worse, but I am afraid it will and we just have way too much going on right now. I hope things turn around too. Walter is starting to feel better thankfully.

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  7. Praying for you. Those leggings look good.

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  8. Girl, I am right there with you with the start to this year/decade. Today (1/25) is the Lunar New Year and I've decided I'm going with TODAY as the official start to the year because the other start was just... terrible, haha. So, if you want to kick off 2020 with me today, let's do it! I'm so glad Walter is doing better now. <3

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    1. I am sooo about that. I feel like 2020 has already been crazy. Cheers to 1/25 being the start of our new year!

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  9. I hope Walter is okay!! I'm so sorry that he's not well. Fur babies are part of the family and cause us so much stress sometimes! I have tried those leggings and didn't love them, but I hear some people rave! Maybe I got the wrong size. 2020 has started out pretty rough for me as well, I'm ready for a breakthrough! Have a good weekend.

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    1. He is doing better now and officially off his meds. Thank goodness. I am sorry that you didn't like them. I really did, but each person has different preferences on leggings. I am hope you have a better year as well. It has just been awful. Here is to hoping for a breakthrough for the both of us!

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  10. She's not the boss of you LOLOLOL Kids manipulation at it's finest. I am definitely going to have to try those leggings out! I am so sorry to hear about Walter, I hope he is doing better.

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    1. Oh yes. They are very manipulative at this age. Ha. He is feeling better now. Thank you for checking in on him!

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