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Yesterday evening my best friend who is a groomer at a Vet's office called me and told me that someone brought in a chocolate colored male poodle today.  He is about 7 years old...he was matted and was infested with fleas. But, the lady who found him couldnt keep him and they wanted to know if I wanted him. 
I saw him...and fell in love IMMEDIATELY!  He's soooo adorable!  He does have a few bald spots on his hind legs...appearantly from sleeping on concrete!
I went through this same thing a little over a year ago....which is when I got my baby, Riley! He is also a male poodle (he's the white one)....and was also mistreated by his previous owner.
So, now...I have TWO boys and I already love them both to pieces!!


This is Charlie!


Charlie and Riley together on the couch!



Charlie again....doesnt he look sooo cuddly!!!  :)

I just had my first meal of REAL food!!!

I baked some fish with salt and a little pepper...I had about 1/2 oz of that and a couple of very small bites of potato!  So far so good!  I dont feel "full" but then I didnt actually feel hungry when I sat down to eat! 
I was soooo looking forward to eating but when it was actually time to sit down and eat I got scared!  I was sooo scared of getting sick. 


Silly me didnt weigh the night before surgery....so, I didnt know exactly how much I had lost.  Yesterday was exactly two weeks since surgery so I decided to go to my PCP and weigh.  I went there the Friday before surgery and I weighed 339....yesterday I weighed 311!!!  That's 28 lbs in 2 weeks!!!  WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!   
**dances**

Until next time....God bless you all!

I'm in NC visiting my family.  Last night (Friday Night) I went to my brother's football game.  WOW!  Hot dogs, pizza, nachos, and coke!  That's all I saw ALL night!  Talk about MIND HUNGER!  I felt as if I were going to cave!  hehe  But, I thought about the weight I want to lose...turned up my water bottle....and moved on!  ((not that I could have really eaten any of that anyway this early out))

Something rather exciting DID happen Thursday night!  My brother has huge feet (size 16) and he was pretending he was going to slip my mom's sandle on.  Then, I was like "Let me try!"....KNOWING that my feet are size 10 and my mom wears an 8-8.5!  OMG....the sandle FIT!!  I guess I've had to buy bigger sizes because of all the water retention in my feet!  THAT was a wonderful feeling!  I keep sliding them on and walking around in them...lol   I think my mom is getting sick of me screeching over how I can wear her sandles!

I'm heading home in a few hours  :(   I'm going to miss them terribly!

OK...it's Thursday night and I'm feeling pretty damn good!  If only this "stitch" pain would go away!  I finally got rid of most of the gas last night...and woke up this morning with the "stitch" in my side!  I've been doing extra walking and that seems to help more than anything else.

Janet (the nurse from Dr Williams office...I LOVE HER!) called me this morning to check on me.  I mentioned the "stitch" to her and she said it's "normal" but if it gets worse to give her a call.  I truly am thankful for Dr Williams and his WONDERFUL staff!

I'm also thankful to God that I have not been sick or even nauseous (sp)...not even ONE time since I woke up from surgery!  Dr Williams is the BEST!!!!  So far....regret has NOT crossed my mind!  I know I'm one of the lucky ones to be having such an easy time this soon after surgery.

Until next time...God bless you all!

*hugs*

OK...I went in for surgery at 7:30am on Monday (Sept 29)....everything went well and I was discharged around 2:30pm on Tuesday (Sept 30)!  The gas pain was pretty bad...but still really, it wasnt as bad as I thought it was going to be!

Feeling pretty good today...a little discomfort but nothing major!  I'm sipping on a protein shake as we speak!  Cant wait until I feel confident enough to step on a scale!  Maybe I'll do so when it's officially been one week!

God Bless you all and I'll be updating again soon!

PS...Thanks everyone for the kind words and prayers!  I really appreciate it!