Present from Casper D Dog

I got me a present from Casper D Dog. These are pictures of the present opening!

I sniff something yummy inside this red gift bag

Mmmmmm.... roll ups with something yummy in the center! They sure smell good! And a Christmas Garfield stuffie! I know Casper D Dog LOVES Garfield!!! I will LOVE Garfield, too. Just look at Garfield's cute holiday booties!

:-)

Ok, Mom. I'll pose for you, but let's make it quick!

This stuffed roll up is DOG-licious! Thank you, Casper!

A Blue Christmas... Goodbye Grandma

My Grandma (Dad's Mom) passed away on Saturday. She had been having a persistent cough and her doc gave her some meds to take home. She did not get better and ended up being hospitalized for pneumonia. The hospital released her after 4 days, with oxygen to help her breathing. A week and a half went by and still no sign of getting better. One night she could not breathe and was rushed to the hospital. She had a collapsed lung. 2 liters of fluid pressed down on her right lung and made it collapse. (1 liter = 1 pound) Because she was so unstable, the docs could not do all the tests properly and timely. Finally after she was stable, tests were done but we had to wait days and days to get the results. She was finally diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Previously, she had shown no signs of this so we were all shocked at the diagnosis. Per her wishes, she was taken off the machines. All this happened within 3 weeks time.

Good-bye Grammy. I will always remember how you would always give me a can of tuna fish. It made you happy that I was so happy. You also let me ruffle up your bedding and push the pillows off the bed. You always indulged me :-)

Everyone, please tell your humans that smoking is bad. My Grammy hadn't touched a cigarette in over 30 years. When my parents searched the web for info on lung cancer, they learned that even smoking that long ago can come back to haunt you, but it is definitely better to quit and give yourself better odds. Even better is if you haven't started smoking, don't ever start.

Update on My Chewie and New Present

Here is an update on the chewie JB's Mom gave me as a present when she visited California. See how long the chewie was back in October?


Today it is about half its size! My Mom only lets me chew it under her supervision. I like it when my Mom holds the chewie while I chew. It's special Mother-Daughter time when we do that :-)
And here is a gift of Zuke's chicken treats that my neighbor gave me. My neighbor adopted a yellow lab named Zoey who is just 4 months old now. Sometimes my Mom goes over to her house to take Zoey out to potty when my neighbor isn't home. Baby dogs need to potty often, ya know?! I'm a big dog now, so I potty only a few times a day, but not Zoey. So, for my Mom's efforts, *I* got some smelly chicken treats! Yum!

Coffee Date

Last weekend I met up with Casper D Dog for coffee, ah-hem, I mean, for water, at Starbucks. We were working on our holiday cards. It was nice Casper was able to come out for our date. He is doing well right now, thanks to everydog and everycat and everyhamsterrier's good wishes and prayers. It has been well over a year since he had his last major collapse. It was good seeing Casper, though we were bored out of our wits helping to stuff the holiday card envelopes!