Monday, November 3, 2008
Furlough
Ivy had a 12 hour leave on Sunday. For the first time in three months she (officially) got out of the hospital! Her first stop was my place, a few miles from the hospital, where she was greeted by her dog Biscuit. Ivy couldn't stop the flood of tears when she first touched her. She's been telling us how much she's missed Biscuit every day for the last month! We then had a quick vegetarian tamale breakfast and she was off to get more blue and a trim. While we were waiting for the hair dye, we took a stroll around Burbank. After her hair was all prettied up, we stopped off for a quick rest at my place, then loaded up Biscuit and headed to Grandma's for a nice feast and some chill-out time with family. Melinda and Ivy returned to the hospital by about 8 and Ivy was asleep literally seconds after she got into bed. What a day! We had been waiting for it for a month, and Ivy was beaming the whole 12 hours. Hopefully we will be able to do this every Sunday! I didn't have access to my digital camera so I don't have any pics to post yet, but I did get some shots with Elle's 35mm camera, so I'll try to post those when I get them developed and scanned...
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Oh Ivy! I'm so happy to hear you finally got out of the hospital for a day to go to Casey's and your Grandma's and were finally able to see Biscuit. People can come see you at the hospital but our dogs can't:(
I'm sure Biscuit was so happy to see you too. I know it had to be an exausting day for you but a really happy one too.
I'm sure you know by now that Prop 2 passed and factory farm animals will finally get better treatment in the future. I'm hoping other states follow CA example and will do the same.
Sorry I hadn't sent "Happy Birthday" wishes earlier but I see you had a wonderful birthday and lots of presents and cake! I want to send you something special but haven't decided yet what you would concider special plus I don't know what the address is where you are. I'm sure it's somewhere on this blog but haven't found it yet.
Hope you soon get to see "Woman" and "Girl" also:) I know that being able to see and pet your animals as much as possible will be healing for you too.
I hope to see you soon and all of us here Love you so very much,
Karen
Casey, that is absolutely wonderful news. What an awesome day. Thanks for the updates. You are the best brother a sister could have.
Yay, Ivy!
That must have felt great to be away from the hospital for a while...and to finally see your Biscuit!
I'm looking forward to seeing the latest blue streak!
Keep up with all your hard work!
Casey, I agree with Kim...you're the best big brother ever!
I'm sure the look on Ivy's face and Biscuit's face must have been priceless when they saw each other! What a great reunion. Glad you had such a wonderful day, Ivy!!!
What a wonderful treat for everyone! I'll bet Biscuit was every bit as weepy as Ivy. I'll keep everything crossed and pulling that this can happen every week and your animals will be back in your life at last.
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