Too much to take

The last week or so has been just that... too much to take. I am so tired emotionally, I can hardly think straight enough to function at work. In fact, I'm not... I'm typing this blog post.

So, on top of the emotionally taxing events of last week (which I will post more on some other time), we think our dog Daisy may have cancer. She quit eating about two weeks ago and we were watching her to see if she would start eating again. Finally I made an appointment and Mike took her in to our vet last Wednesday morning. We initially thought it might be something with her teeth and started her on an antibiotic but understood that she may need some x-rays to see anything above the gum-line. She did eat a little soft food that day, so we were hopeful. But then, she quit again. So, next we called my brother-in-law who is a vet to see if he could do some x-rays for us and give us another opinion. The films yesterday morning showed a large mass in her lungs. He took her to a specialist for us yesterday evening and they are doing further diagnostics on her today to see if there is anything else going on. Right now we're in the wait an see mode until they get back to us with any results from today.

Mike and I are just sick about it. I ate an entire sleeve of Thin Mints yesterday and he had to make a trip to Auntie Anne's just to get some comfort food and cope. We had to have a talk last night about what to "do." It's heartbreaking for us as we've had her since right after we moved into our first house nearly 12 years ago.

On top of that, I just got an email from my dear friend Carrie that her son, Frank (just over 1 yr old), has been in this hospital with pneumonia since Friday. Please pray for him.

It all just feels like too much to take all at once.