WHY IS THE WORLD SO SCREWED UP!?

496 words posted on February 21, 2008 | Daily

It’s another one of those days where everything that could possibly go wrong…can.

I woke up this morning with the intent of just going to Wal-mart and picking up everything I need for Bella and myself and then just coming home and relaxing for a while until Lost comes on tonight.

About two hours ago Karen called with the test results for Princess, they believe she has Cushings disease but will need to admit her on Monday to run some more tests and figure things out. If she does have it then there’s a 50/50 chance that she’ll live or need to be put down, it depends on how far along she is with the disease. So that was upsetting blow number two today. The first one was the call from the vet stating that Candy’s ashes were ready and we can pick them up when we’re ready to.

A few moments ago while I was contemplating life and hoping to hear something from any job that doesn’t require being a cashier part-time, the phone rang out of no where and it was Karen’s sister who needed Sean to head down to the store and give her a jump because her car died a few moments after she got a phone call from her boyfriend stating that his mother had passed away this morning.

There are only two months out of the year that effect me the most in life. February has always been a bad one for me but the final “bad moment” up until putting Candy down was having my last moments with Joe alive without any outside influence. We’re coming up to the two-year mark of his death and I’m already in a daze about that, so now adding to the fact that there’s a 50/50 chance that Princess will be put down around the same time…my nerves are shot….beyond shot.

I fully understand that the world has it’s way of balancing itself out but why does everything need to happen at once? While Bella is my baby I’ve grown very close to Princess. She’s the ultimate lap dog and I love her as much as anyone could. Candy I adored but since she was so much older than Princess and Bella she really just didn’t want to be bothered so I never had any “bonding” moments with her that were memorable, the only time I’ve ever held her was when we were going to the vet for one of her random bad days that would come out of no where. Princess and I have fallen asleep together lord knows how many times on the couch and I’ve given her more personal-time than I have Candy, and her death upset me but Princess would be like losing my own pet, even though she’s more “everyone’s” dog than Candy was.

Why does everything happen at once? I just don’t get it.

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That’s tough news - but there is some hope. My dog has cushings disease too - she’s a 14 year old american irish red setter (apparently american irish setters have a 2/3 change of getting Cushing’s in old age!). She’s actually had it now for a good year or two. My sister (our vet) gave us the bad news that she could have as little as 6 months to live. But she’s been going strong now for a year and a half or so, and doesn’t look like she’s going to give in soon!

Living with a dog with cushings can be tough: their paranoia about water and food can get a bit frustrating (since what goes in comes out - we have an ‘accident’ about once a day in our house, but she’s also got a leaky urinary sphincter which doesn’t help it much).

If Princess’s cushings is caused by a tumour on her pituitary (as Mieke’s was), then it is possible to stall the effects by getting your vet to give her set and regular doses for a week or two of a drug called “Lysodren”. This drug has the ability to shrink her adrenal gland, and will greatly reduce the effects of Cushing’s (this is because a tumour on the pituitary will cause an over-release of hormones from the pituitary gland, and these hormones all act on the adrenal gland - by shrinking the adrenal gland then there is less adrenal gland for the pituitary hormones to act on. It is actually your adrenal gland that causes the excess thirst, hunger etc that are characteristic of Cushings).

Hope that helps, it sounds like you are going through a tough patch - but hopefully she will still live for many years to come, too!



I know what you mean about the world being screwed up. Sometimes it feels that nothing is ever going to go right.

My brother died in 2006 and my dad in 2007. Just when I thought life was forever going to be a disaster, my daughter told me she was pregnant. Came at the perfect time, the day before my dad’s funeral. Looking forward to this little baby is what keeps me sane.

It seems like you have had a rough time as well. Sometimes it’s hard for us to remember the good, little things, but they add up.

Stay strong and positive, something great is bound to happen soon!




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