Bailey will be 13 years old on March 11. Some of you may remember that after her cancer surgery back in December of 2005, I was told she probably wouldn’t live for more than a few months. Hah! THREE YEARS LATER, she’s still going strong. I think that’s worth a celebration, don’t you?
So here’s what we’re gonna do: We’re gonna have an online birthday celebration on March 11, and EVERYBODY is invited.
I’ve already started planning–Bailey had her first photo shoot so that we can make a badge for our friends to use on their blogs. As you can see by this photo, she was not exactly thrilled to be wearing a happy birthday hat!
In celebration of the extra three years I’ve had with Bailey, I want to ask everybody out there to make some kind of donation to their local shelter or rescue group. This can be a donation of money or food or time. On March 11, I would like to invite everybody to come to my blog and let us know how you celebrated Bailey’s birthday or what you pledge to do for your local shelter to celebrate Bailey’s birthday.
More to come…
I’ve met a very nice cat named Romeo on Twitter. He’s of the Persian persuasion and he’s campaigning to raise money for Persian Rescue. He was on TV a couple of days ago.
Romeo has really inspired me! I am DEFINITELY going to do a birthday celebration for Bailey, and the biggest part of the celebration will involve contributions to local shelters and rescues.
GO GO ROMEO!!
More to come!
Shelter donations are down.
I’ve been thinking about how I want to celebrate Bailey’s birthday this year.
I’ve been blessed with having her in my life for three extra years—remember, in December 0f 2005 after the cancer was discovered, they told me she would only live for six months.
I’ve been thinking of having an online celebration of Bailey’s birthday. And for birthday presents, I’d like everyone who reads my blog to give something to their local shelter or rescue group–money, food, or simply some time as a volunteer.
What do you think? How can I make this happen? Would you “attend” Bailey’s Virtual Birthday Party?
One last thought: HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY EVERYBODY!!
Today is Bailey’s birthday, and we just got home from the vet. Incredible news! What Dr. B. thought was the tumor returning (see “Poop” we now think was merely scare tissue! Dr. B. said that the alleged-tumor was much smaller and felt different! And she found no tumor-like tissue in the pooch’s rectum (part of the exam I am happy to have missed.)
We have a big trip to Canada coming up in August–I’ve been half afraid to make any kind of hotel reservations because I don’t want to jinx Bailey’s progress (OK, I guess that is kinda silly). I really want to be able to live in the moment, but it’s hard because I’ve got to make SOME plans for the future and some of the biggest plans I need to make for this year happen around Bailey’s 8-month mark. Am I getting to be a self-pity whiny ass?
Bailey is stretched out on the bedroom floor snoozing–she just gave a decidedly lazy stretch, not a care in the world. Happy birthday little pooch! Life is good.
So here we are 3 months, 1 week, and 4 days from the surgery to remove the cancer, and we’re not finding any cancer tissue! THIS IS GREAT NEWS!!!
OK, so now I’ve got to dial it down and step back and remember that there were dirty margins left and the cancer (though not apparent now) is still there just waiting to rear it’s ugly head. Every time I buy her a case of food, every time I make a grooming appointment for 5 weeks from now is a statement of faith that Bailey will be around and healthy enough to eat or get groomed.
