Video

Got some little videos of the 3 year old that we are taking to Maine (shes only 2 points away from qualifying for worlds in Halter, not that she would go, but its all about being 'qualified')  This was her first under saddle class with that many horses in it.



Second is a quick video of Lucas and his new owner (doing so well!) showing in there first under saddle class western.

Really boring update post.

Well I survived my IV, C and D are off on there week long 'vacation' (aka as two horse show back to back), and I'm on the countdown to my vacation!

With Oscar's owners help, I'm looking after the barn and hope to have some pictures over the weekend.  Were getting the two appaloosas (3yo and a weanling) ready for an ApHC show at the end of the month in Maine.  So I'm back to fitting a weanling over the next week.  She's so cute but so bad!!

2nd Infusion

Took place yesterday.  I hadn't been feeling too bad (other than the lack of sleep) and was hoping that this IV would only make me feel better.  Well one of the reasons that we didn't go with oral steroids this time is the difficulty the nurses were having with taking my blood for blood tests back when I first got diagnosed.

Well the nurse had a heck of a time trying to get a vein and an IV needle that would work together.  After 6 tries and 1/2 hour, we finally figured that the steroids were more than likely effecting my veins.  So we did the one trick that works on me, the nurse had to go in 'blind' to find a very deep vein.  And finally that worked!

I wasn't feeling too bad this AM and went and did a couple of errands in town (I got the day off from work just in case) however by the time I got home my head was pounding and I had a temp of 100.  So Im now snuggled into the couch and watching Olympic showjumping on my computer.  Right now Ian Miller is the only Canadian left with a chance at a showjumping medal.  Hes worked hard his entire life at showjumping, and even though I might not agree with all of his methods, he is one of the best in Canada so my fingers are crossed for him.

Mr and Mrs.

Well one of my younger cousins on my Dads side of the family got married yesterday.  Its just my Dad and his two sisters on his side (compared to my Mom's side where she has 3 sisters and 3 brothers) and we spend all of our holidays together along with spending a lot of time together at the cottages in the summer.  My cousin and her husband have been together for several years and hes a really nice guy, and has fit in so well with our family.

It was a wonderful day, beautiful weather (but a high of 31 Celsius in a non air conditioned church!).  We all got though the ceremony and most of the reception without tears but all of us cousins broke down when K ended her speech.  Our grandmother died in 2001 from Kidney Disease related issues, and left a huge hole in our family, she was a stay at home mother, then grandmother, at at one point or another all of us spent a year or two in part time care with her while our parents were working.   K mentioned that she wished that our grandmother could have been there, and hoped that she was watching from heaven.

I know we were very lucky to have her as long as we did, but its days like this that you miss her the most.

12 am

Haven't seen this time for a long time. I'm on some weird wake/sleep mix up. I got to go ride and thought that would tire out my body but although it did I'm still wide awake! Now I know why I napped so often when on the steroids before, I can't seem to get several hours of uninterrupted sleep.

Oscar!

Lack of sleep

So I literley slept 3 hours last night.  Oh the wonderful things that steroids can do for you.  I just couldn't face work with that little sleep so I went back to bed.  I do plan on doing some work from home this afternoon but I needed the morning to sleep in.

I do think that the drugs might have been working as I can tell that somthing is starting to wear off... Oh well I get it again on Tuesday.

Wow this is a boring post!

Being thankfull.... or not

Well we had a good steady rain all day which is exactly what we needed.  Fingers crossed that this continues for the rest of the night.

I've been having a couple of bad days.  Not so much the pain from the RA, but being grumpy and having the munches from the steroids.  It could just be emotional eating (not like I haven't done that before!) but it drives me crazy at work when I cant grab a healthy snack.  My ankle bothers me at work but wearing my brace seems to be helping it when I cant put it up.  Right now its the only joint that is hurting so hopefully the next round of drugs on Aug 7th will help.

I am thankful that I wasn't in too much pain after my ride on Saturday.  I've gotten clearance from Oscars owner to go ride again on Friday night which will be a big test.  My cousin is getting married on Saturday (the first of the cousins on my Dad's side to get married) and I'm going visiting in the city in the morning before I have to get ready.  I'll have plenty of time Friday night to get a good sleep so lets hope that I'm not too bad on Saturday.

And then me and my best friend are off to the AQHA show on Sunday to watch.  It should be interesting... there were only 60 horses at the last show which was LESS than the open show that I went to watch 2 weeks ago.  Unfortuity the clubs board of directors is running the club into the ground, and the direction that AQHA itself is taking on the western pleasure industry is making us all take a step back and re evaluate.