The Move & Chicken Bones

We're officially moved!! We have been at the new house for almost a week now!

Our move went pretty smoothly, with help from Karen (Kyle's mom) and Katy (Kyle's sister)! It was definitely a long day though, and we were pretty exhausted by the end of the day.

The good ole Uhaul

Katy helping us move the couch in

Sooo tired!

The girls and Connor didn't like being locked outside

We have been getting settled in nicely, and slowly getting unpacked. It's so nice to have lots of room for activities!! ;) It's strange to have a house with so much space that we wonder what we will put in some of the cupboards and closets. We are loving this house so far. The only downside we've discovered (which is actually a really inconvenient one we've found) is that we have ZERO phone service! It's very frustrating. We have to drive several miles down the road to make calls and listen to voicemails. Perhaps this wouldn't be a big deal, except i'm on call with a temp agency and it was extremely frustrating while waiting for phone calls from the emergency vet. We should be getting some kind of signal booster for the house from AT&T soon, thankfully.

Speaking of the emergency vet....

On our second night in the new house our oldest dog Tila tried to commit suicide. We went grocery shopping, and while we were gone she got into the garbage and ate our leftover chicken from KFC. We forgot our garbage bin at the apartment, so we've been keeping the garbage bag on the ground for now. She's never gotten into the garbage before (obviously the bin was a good barrier) so we didn't think about it. At first we thought she was okay, it was only two small pieces of chicken.

Then during the night she woke us up vomiting, twice. In the morning she refused to eat (which those of you that know her, that is EXTREMELY odd). So we were in full panic mode (I was so sure she was going to die at that point, immediately overreacting), we took her to the vet in town. They took some x-rays, and you could see a pretty nice sized bone in her stomach. The vet was worried it was too big for her little intestines and that we needed to get it removed right away. They sent us to an emergency vet in Eugene, where they thought we should keep her overnight for observation and to be hooked up to an IV, but to prepare ourselves for her needing emergency surgery.

Well, after a LOT of tears and stress, we were able to pick her up the next morning with no surgery needed. Her body was digesting the bone safely on it's own. So about $900 later, she's safe and sound.

Tila's 1st X-ray, the bone is shown in the circle fragmented.

So it has been an exciting first week here at the new house, that's for sure! But we are very excited to be here, despite all the stress to getting here. It will be nice to have a few weeks settling in together before Kyle leaves for the academy in Salem.

Relaxing in the living room

Thanks for reading everyone! I'll keep you updated as we continue to get settled and Kyle starts his new job.

Love,

Deidre & Kyle