I got myself a cute little man at the pet store!  He is a mixed blue point siamese named "Puca".  Reminded me of  a "puca shell" necklace for those of you old enough to remember those.  Quite a little character.  It had been more than a year since I lost my last cat to sickness.  So it was time to move on again.  He has such a loud purring motor.  Love him!

I have moved back to working in the office again.  I was getting too lonely working from home.  Time to give someone else the opportunity on my team.  I love being back around people.  Luckily, I only live 5 miles from work with these terrible gas prices.

Life is good with Heavenly Father in my life.

It is hard to believe that I have lost this much weight.  Of course the gentle reminder is all my sagging skin!  But I feel so much more energetic and healthy.  My family is so proud of me!

I was having major hair loss, but it seems to have slowed down a little.  That is good, since it was already thin on top to start with.

I think I will treat myself to a new outfit today.  Clothes that fit are very scarce right now.  My shoes are also feeling loose, may have to get some new ones for summer.

Woke up in terrible pain about 2 am and when it did not subside by 730 am I headed off to the ER.  (Now, don't ask me why I waited so long, cause I don't know)  Turns out my appendix was the culprit!  Here I am, 3 mos out from my RNY and now another surgery.  But no one could have known it was going to go bad when it did.

So about 730 pm I was in the OR having it removed.  Got back up to my room by around 10 pm.  Surgeon told me it was a little difficult removing so it took little longer than usual, but thank goodness it was still done lap and not open.  I was also dehydrated and potassium was low, so they had to get me stabilized after surgery before going back to room.  I was really out of it for the rest of the night.

By 5 am I was more awake and feeling so much better since the bad pain was gone.  I even felt like drinking water to ease my sore throat.  Took couple more hours before nurse would remove the foley, and once it was gone I really started to feel normal.  I hate those things.  Got to go home later that day around 1130.  Slept much better at home in my own bed!  Looks like I will be off work for about 2 weeks before Dr will release me back to work.

But I am alive, and doing so much better now.