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Brie is home, acting quite normally. I want to thank you all for being here for us.

She has an appointment with a vet cardiologist and will be seen by the specialists at the emergency hospital regularly. Of course, we won't talk about how much her hospitalization cost. Can one put a price tag on love?

Brie perked up. The blood transfusion worked. We were informed by the staff that she ate on her own, got mad at the staff when they removed her EKG pads from her paws, and tried to escape her cage. Abbie confirmed the report when she and Jack visited Brie early this afternoon. We witnessed it ourselves when we came to visit her in the evening. There was an emergency case in the ICU, and, since Brie was well enough, they brought her to one of the examination rooms and let us bond with her. Brie's eyes were full of life, even though, by the time we got there, she was a bit tired. Yes, there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and we are hoping that it continues to shine for us.

Current Mood: happy

When Abbie and Jack visited Brie this afternoon, she was very droopy. She hardly had any energy. A few hours later, the hospital called to get permission to give her a full transfusion. Apparently, she is anemic, as well.

I went to see her tonight. She seemed tired. She is a sick baby. I touched her, caressed her, and gave her neck tickies. In return, she purred back.

I told her that I loved her and wanted to see her back, and I promised her that I wouldn't call her an annoying cat if she meowed to get me to see her eat. It hurts so much seeing your loved one so sick. Abbie, who saw her earlier this afternoon, assured me that Brie was a lot better tonight than she was in the afternoon. We must get over this hurdle. And I have faith that we will.

Brian and I are planning to visit her tomorrow night. We will take off from work one hour earlier.

Current Mood: anxious

She had a rough night. They increased her potassium, which decreased her elevated creatine considerably. Unfortunately, balancing a living being's chemistry is not easy. The increased potassium created a cardiac arrhythmia. She is now a bit droopy and not feeling well. She didn't eat for the staff members, but ate for Abbie. As anyone knows who has been or has had someone who has been under hospitalization for chronic illness, for every two step forward, there is a step backwards. We are still hopeful, as she is off the acute renal failure list. We heard that the kitty who is in there with her underwent the same troubles, and he is going home tomorrow. The dog who was run over by a car went home today.

Current Mood: worried

I want to send good wishes to all the members of my f-list.

Happy Thanksgiving.

( The history behind the surgery. )

Current Mood: grateful

I went to the surgeon today. He was not very pleased. My mouth on the right side is not healing properly. He said that due to the number of scar tissues in there, the blood supply is not able to go through and that part of the graft may not heal. He is not very hopeful, but he said that we can only wait. Sometimes, healing does occur. The worst case scenario will be that the grafted bone may detach and fall out.

He told me that he would not do another graft, as it would be a waste of money and could do me more harm. I had four teeth with bone deterioration. And just one is not doing well. So, all in all, it is not that drastic.

One good thing happened on the way from the surgeon, however. I was driving home and saw a gaggle of geese hunting for food in the grass. Once again, I braved my fear of birds. I parked the car and went close to them to take their pictures. For those of you who don't know, geese are nasty buggers, and I was facing a gaggle of them. Nonetheless, I was fairly close to them, and they left me alone. Of course, it helped that I was using my 300mm zoom lens.

I took a lot of pictures, but this specimen was just so cooperative:

More pictures can be seen here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/esbaker/sets/72157610154816271/

I did use my Nikon this time.

( Read the updates. )

Current Mood: energetic

I am proudly announcing that I will be one of the contributors about Lost (and any other TV shows I'd care to write about) for 2guystalking.com. If you want to see my entries, just use this link:

http://www.2guystalking.com/2gttrb/

By the way, I'll be using my real initials and last name. So look for articles written by ESBaker. Moreover, feel free to comment on that site.

Also, I made 40 icons (not all are about LOST), which anyone can use, please credit and don't uplink. Here's a sample: