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RIP our sweet Magic (09/27/10)
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- Jan 13, 2008
Well, it's been an eventful day. I had mentioned earlier that Magic has been refusing food. Well, yesterday the vet said her little contractions at her throat may be mini-seizures but are probably acid reflux. So last night, we started treating her for acid reflux with Pepcid and yogurt.
Well, at 3am, she woke me up gagging, and I hopped up to catch her in the middle of a grand mal seizure. She ended up having another at about 4pm today. These were her first two seizures ever, but we now think the neck thing when eating was a series of "focal" seizures.
Long story, short, tonight Magic is in the hospital getting started on phenobarb to slow the seizures. We will have to see how that goes, but we will probably leave her either hospitalized or in a boarding kennel under extra supervision while we are gone (rather than at home with the house sitter).
So, we're very tired and worn out. But we know we are doing what is best for Magic. Interestingly, Magic decided to get gastric torsion (a life-threatening condition where the stomach twists upon itself) and had to have emergency surgery the Friday night before our Disney trip in 2008. So I think this is her conspiracy against us going to Disney World!
At the same time, Katie has had a very busy day at college. Rush started last night and she has been visiting all of the houses today. She has texted me after every house telling me how cool it is and how exciting the process is. I am so happy she's excited.
So, on with One Week From Today - Saturday
Saturday, if we want to sleep in again, we can. Tonight will be Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. We have decided not to dress up. We're just gonna go and enjoy the whole thing.
We don't have any ADRs on Saturday, and it's a "red" day for MK (due to MNSSHP) and DHS (due to EMH morning), so we might hit Animal Kingdom or Epcot that day. Either way, it's rated a 1 out of 10 crowd level day, so I doubt we will have any problems.
It will be a late night for us, because we plan to stay the full time for MNSSHP.
In other news, we looked at all the Photopass special pics (like Tink, Stitch, etc.) and decided not to buy the prepaid Photopass at this time. I am thinking we may want 1 or two of the MNSSHP ghost photos and probably one of Chris and me in front of the castle, but at individual prices, that will be less than the $99 Photopass. Since we're taking it so casual, we don't want to feel like we have to seek out the photographers. The downside is that I don't think these individual photos come in digital format, and if we end up taking and liking TONS of pictures, we will have to shell out the full $149, so we will have missed out on saving $50. But we've decided to take a chance at saving $99 over spending another $50 (if that makes any sense).
Chris is reading the Kingdom Keepers first book and kinda likes it (though it's written at a pretty juvenile level. We are probably going to try to watch Jurassic Park tonight, in prep for the ride at IOA. Tomorrow, I've decided I am going to go ahead and read the spoiler threads for Harry Potter. I missed the last couple of books, so I don't think it will spoil anything for me, and this way if there are any things that we should notice but may otherwise miss, I can let Chris know about them.
Today, I started setting aside my clothes to pack. I got a few new bra tops a couple of weeks ago from Victoria's Secret (mail order), and bought 3 new pair of shorts at Old Navy last night. Some last minute toiletry shopping today at Target, and I think we're good to go.
I have my paper file all together for our trip. One more day of work before we're off!
Well, at 3am, she woke me up gagging, and I hopped up to catch her in the middle of a grand mal seizure. She ended up having another at about 4pm today. These were her first two seizures ever, but we now think the neck thing when eating was a series of "focal" seizures.
Long story, short, tonight Magic is in the hospital getting started on phenobarb to slow the seizures. We will have to see how that goes, but we will probably leave her either hospitalized or in a boarding kennel under extra supervision while we are gone (rather than at home with the house sitter).
So, we're very tired and worn out. But we know we are doing what is best for Magic. Interestingly, Magic decided to get gastric torsion (a life-threatening condition where the stomach twists upon itself) and had to have emergency surgery the Friday night before our Disney trip in 2008. So I think this is her conspiracy against us going to Disney World!
At the same time, Katie has had a very busy day at college. Rush started last night and she has been visiting all of the houses today. She has texted me after every house telling me how cool it is and how exciting the process is. I am so happy she's excited.
So, on with One Week From Today - Saturday
Saturday, if we want to sleep in again, we can. Tonight will be Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. We have decided not to dress up. We're just gonna go and enjoy the whole thing.
We don't have any ADRs on Saturday, and it's a "red" day for MK (due to MNSSHP) and DHS (due to EMH morning), so we might hit Animal Kingdom or Epcot that day. Either way, it's rated a 1 out of 10 crowd level day, so I doubt we will have any problems.
It will be a late night for us, because we plan to stay the full time for MNSSHP.
In other news, we looked at all the Photopass special pics (like Tink, Stitch, etc.) and decided not to buy the prepaid Photopass at this time. I am thinking we may want 1 or two of the MNSSHP ghost photos and probably one of Chris and me in front of the castle, but at individual prices, that will be less than the $99 Photopass. Since we're taking it so casual, we don't want to feel like we have to seek out the photographers. The downside is that I don't think these individual photos come in digital format, and if we end up taking and liking TONS of pictures, we will have to shell out the full $149, so we will have missed out on saving $50. But we've decided to take a chance at saving $99 over spending another $50 (if that makes any sense).
Chris is reading the Kingdom Keepers first book and kinda likes it (though it's written at a pretty juvenile level. We are probably going to try to watch Jurassic Park tonight, in prep for the ride at IOA. Tomorrow, I've decided I am going to go ahead and read the spoiler threads for Harry Potter. I missed the last couple of books, so I don't think it will spoil anything for me, and this way if there are any things that we should notice but may otherwise miss, I can let Chris know about them.
Today, I started setting aside my clothes to pack. I got a few new bra tops a couple of weeks ago from Victoria's Secret (mail order), and bought 3 new pair of shorts at Old Navy last night. Some last minute toiletry shopping today at Target, and I think we're good to go.
I have my paper file all together for our trip. One more day of work before we're off!
