heart

my mom had to have open heart surgery to replace her aorta on thursday. it went well and she was moved out of icu today. it was pretty scary for our family to watch her go through that again. she had to have bypasses ten years ago and ended up bleeding internally so they had to go back in to fix it. it took her a long time to recover. so we're all hoping for the best this time around. it's been a pretty rough week for everyone. i was lucky enough to get some time off from work. first bbuster had put me on the schedule when i wasn't available. then to punish me they took me off the schedule entirely. so that worked out well. hhs said i could have the rest of the week off after i found out she needed surgery. i'm glad i work at a humane society. i went to their howl-o-ween event today. but i couldn't bring colby. i'd bathed and groomed him at work on monday and after that he was coughing all week. so i brought him to the vets friday and he may have a minor case of kennel cough. but i was told to keep him away from other dogs for two weeks. i'd already bought him a costume though so i came home and took some pics of him in it. i heart him.