The Girl Who Cried Wolf…

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That’s me.  But let me explain and make feeble excuses…  The last two years have been an emotional roller coaster and they have left me a little bit raw. 

  • Got dumped twice … by the same boy.
  • Sad as my beloved Grandmother slips further into her own world where she doesn’t recognize me anymore.
  • Dealt with a stalker who broke in and vandalized my house.
  • Cheered on other people running marathons, but didn’t run one of my own.
  • Hiccups in a few friendships.
  • Evacuated because of wild fires.
  • Repaired a flooded Family Room during the torrential rains that wrecked ridiculous havoc in SoCal – twice.
  • Broken gas line and a water leak under my house slab.
  • Handled the ramifications of a few, stupid decisions I made.
  • Minor and resolved, but stressful, health issues of my own.
  • Terrified as two people in my family fought cancer, but won 🙂

….and that brings me to present day and Misty’s fight with cancer and the resulting Emotional. Train. Wreck.   

I was exhausted.  So I took a week  off – no computers, no emails, no phone, no texting, no Facebook… just me and Misty.  Sun.  Sleep. Quiet.  It helped me gain perspective, find my happy and CALM DOWN!

If you’ve listened to me at all over the last four months… she wasn’t going to make it this long.  On at least THREE different occasions I have told people we are at the end.  WOLF!

  1. In November, her stay in the ICU was scary and I thought I was going to lose her?
  2. First week of February, treatments stopped working.  The tumors in her lungs were unstoppable and aggressively multiplying so we were at the end?
  3. February 11 she was in a lot of pain – cancer was wrecking havoc on her rectum (TMI?) and she was struggling.  I took the next week off work expecting to say goodbye?

Not only is she still here, but she is running up and down the stairs in the house, eating very well, going on lots of walks, snoozing in the sun, pooping a bunch, wagging her tail a lot and giving tons of nose kisses. This miracle mutt is made of something special!  She just passed her TWO year anniversary since being diagnosed AND she turns 15 next week!!  The cancer is still going to win in the end and take her from me soon, but it isn’t going to be today!

Love, me

2 Comment on “The Girl Who Cried Wolf…”

  1. Bill Williams March 29, 2011 at 9:54 am

    My condolences on Misty. My own emotions are quite raw since I had to say goodbye to two canine friends at the same time just recently. Max was 11 and suffering from cancer and Lindy was 10 and suffering from severe hip displasia and a variety of other ailments. Jean swears she will never let another dog in the house because it is just too painful to say goodbye.

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  2. Cindy Barrington March 23, 2011 at 7:48 pm

    Kathleen: You can Parasail on Pensacola Beach – and you can mark off MARDI GRAS on your Bucket List by coming to New Orleans in February 2012. So glad Misty is doing well — with all she has endured – to include being almost 15 years old!

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