Bassetluv
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Yofi and Anna say 'hi' back! :biggrin:
All critters are fine and thriving here; it was just me that went awol - I think stress finally overwhelmed me, and my body decided to say 'whoa, enough already'. Wound up sick for the past 3 weeks or so; two days ago I finally started feeling better, though I do still have to watch things. However, my son is the one who had an even bigger health scare. Four days ago I got a phone call from him while I was at work; he told me that he'd spent most of the previous night in the hospital. Apparently he had picked up some food earlier that evening for dinner, and about an hour later began not feeling well. (Thankfully!!) he was with friends, who at first suggested he go to the clinic down the street, and when he kept resisting, they finally forced him to go. When he arrived the doctor took one look at him and called an ambulance, where he was rushed to the hospital. He was going into anaphylactic shock, brought on by food allergies. His head swelled, he was nauseous and breathing funny, had a bad rash on his skin, and at the hospital he passed out. Thankfully they managed to treat him successfully, and he emerged several hours later...toting with him a bad headache and exhaustion, but a much smaller head.
Now he has to go and see a specialist, and he has to carry an epi-pen with him everywhere. Frustrating thing is, I've known he's had allergies to dairy ever since he was little, but doctors kept insisting he didn't...one even told me that food allergies don't cause giant hives, which is one of the symptoms he used to have. I even had him tested for allergies, and they did several skin tests and determined he had none...though I didn't realize until much later that food allergies often don't show up on skin tests. At any rate, I think they'll believe him now. :expressionless I just thank heavens that his friends were with him, because had he passed out while alone, he could have stopped breathing and...well, I won't even go further.
As for bunnies, Yofi is pretty laid-back these days, as is Anna. The dog days of summer have them both transformed into semi-permanent muffinbunnies on the floor of their room. Yofi still comes out and follows me around in the morning, but I think he's also sulking a bit because I purchased a new refridgerator a little while ago, and it has a bottom-mount freezer...which means the Yofster can no longer rummage through the green goodies whenever I open the door. He can't reach. Though somehow, it wouldn't surprise me to some day go into the kitchen and find the door wide open and goodies snagged, stepstool propped up in front of it as the only bit of evidence.
I'll try and catch up with some pics a bit later...
All critters are fine and thriving here; it was just me that went awol - I think stress finally overwhelmed me, and my body decided to say 'whoa, enough already'. Wound up sick for the past 3 weeks or so; two days ago I finally started feeling better, though I do still have to watch things. However, my son is the one who had an even bigger health scare. Four days ago I got a phone call from him while I was at work; he told me that he'd spent most of the previous night in the hospital. Apparently he had picked up some food earlier that evening for dinner, and about an hour later began not feeling well. (Thankfully!!) he was with friends, who at first suggested he go to the clinic down the street, and when he kept resisting, they finally forced him to go. When he arrived the doctor took one look at him and called an ambulance, where he was rushed to the hospital. He was going into anaphylactic shock, brought on by food allergies. His head swelled, he was nauseous and breathing funny, had a bad rash on his skin, and at the hospital he passed out. Thankfully they managed to treat him successfully, and he emerged several hours later...toting with him a bad headache and exhaustion, but a much smaller head.
Now he has to go and see a specialist, and he has to carry an epi-pen with him everywhere. Frustrating thing is, I've known he's had allergies to dairy ever since he was little, but doctors kept insisting he didn't...one even told me that food allergies don't cause giant hives, which is one of the symptoms he used to have. I even had him tested for allergies, and they did several skin tests and determined he had none...though I didn't realize until much later that food allergies often don't show up on skin tests. At any rate, I think they'll believe him now. :expressionless I just thank heavens that his friends were with him, because had he passed out while alone, he could have stopped breathing and...well, I won't even go further.
As for bunnies, Yofi is pretty laid-back these days, as is Anna. The dog days of summer have them both transformed into semi-permanent muffinbunnies on the floor of their room. Yofi still comes out and follows me around in the morning, but I think he's also sulking a bit because I purchased a new refridgerator a little while ago, and it has a bottom-mount freezer...which means the Yofster can no longer rummage through the green goodies whenever I open the door. He can't reach. Though somehow, it wouldn't surprise me to some day go into the kitchen and find the door wide open and goodies snagged, stepstool propped up in front of it as the only bit of evidence.
I'll try and catch up with some pics a bit later...
