Updates Galore

It's been a crazy few weeks and I apologize for allowing communication with many of you to lapse.

Benny had it pretty rough for about 5 weeks. He had corrective surgery on every toe on his 2 front toes to fix a botched declaw procedure he had 8 years ago. Just as he was recovering from that, I noticed a tiny little bump on his neck, which soon grew and became purple. After the vet removed it (requiring him to undergo anesthesia 2 times in 2 weeks), she sent it for a biopsy. It was malignant, but we caught it early enough such that it probably didn't metastasize. The prognosis is good. We spent about $850 on that kitty in just a few weeks. Oh well.

Tuesday, May 20
Just as things were beginning to calm down, Brian's grandma ended up in the hospital this past Tuesday with a bedsore, blood clot, and infection, which will likely spread to the rest of her body, causing her to become septic. She's too old and frail for surgery and other treatments. The doctors have given her 1 week. Yes, to live....
Update: We saw Grandma on Tuesay, at which time the doctor told our family that she had 1 day to 1 week to live. She was still holding on strong when we saw her this past Saturday. Today (Monday) we got a call from my sister-in-law, saying the doctor told the family she would pass today. We rushed over to the hospital and stayed for about 3 hours. She was still holding on when we left at 6PM. She will likely pass tomorrow. The infection has become worse, spreading to her kidneys. She isn't on life support or anything...she had a steady morphine drip for the pain. Please keep us all in your thoughts and prayers....

Wednesday & Thursday, May 21 &22
Long story short, I ended up buying a 2008 VW Rabbit on Wednesday. Little bro works for a VW dealership and got me all the hook-ups. My trusty, rusty (literally) ol' 2001 Corolla was at that point--run it into the ground or trade it in while it's still worth something decent. It all happened so fast...not my usual M.O. of reasearching, analyzing, thinking it over, etc. But, I think we made the right decision and I haven't had "Buyer's Remorse" yet.

Friday, May 23
Friay, all was going well until about 2PM. My mom called me from work and asked me to pick her up. She was suddenly hit with severe dizziness and nausea. She has high blood pressure so I was thinking heart attack or stroke. Steven and I got her to the ER. Turns out it's vertigo and they're not sure what the onset was. She just needs to rest and has some anti-nausea and vertigo meds.

Saturday, May 24
We had to go back to the VW dealership for a couple more signatures and for them to do a little reprogramming for my VW. The DRL (daytime running lights) weren't working. After we were done a VW, we had to go to Waialua High & Intermideiate School to help my father-in-law out with some computer stuff for this classroom. As Brian helped out Dad, I shot some photos around the campus. I'll post a few later on. We took the Rabbit out there and I must say that it handled the drive quite nicely. I'm also pleased to report that I did all the driving on Saturday. I can't believe I made it to and from Waialua in one piece. :P Of course, Brian was with me to make sure I was safe. :)

Sunday, May 25
We bummed around on Sunday. We were super tired, probably from all the excitement from the week. We caught up on all of our DVR'd Conan O'Brien shows.