Roll Call March 8, 2009

[Ryan.Stoeppel]

Morning all, I hope you all are having a better weekend than I am. Thanks for all the encouraging words yesterday, and after measuring myself I did notice that I have lost about an inch just around my waist. This morning when I stepped on the scale the numbers finally went down (for a couple days they were going UP ever so slightly. Still trying to work out my issues with weighing myself on a daily basis...damn you scale!)

I wish I could say things here are happy, but they are not. Yesterday was a really bad day at my house. We had a 4 year old German Shepherd named Sadie. She was a total sweetheart, a little high strung, but a danger to nobody. Anyways, she got out of the backyard yesterday afternoon and saw a little girl at the end of the block playing in the street, so she went running with a ball in her mouth towards the little girl. This little girl has to be between the ages of 6 and 8, so she isn't all that big, and Sadie was a massive, muscular 85 lbs dog. Anyways, Sadie runs down the street to go play with the girl and knocked her over. The little girls ended up with a few scratches on her back. Her father went inside, got a gun, and shot my dog three times. Two bullets severed her spinal cord between the neck and shoulder blades, and the third bullet punctured and collapsed her left lung, leaving her to bleed internally. We rushed her to the 24 hour animal hospital where they stabilized her around 6:30pm. The vet was cautious about her condition but said her chances of surviving was at about 50/50. Around midnight we got a call from the vet saying that the swelling in her spinal cord wasn't going down and she had no feeling in any of her four legs. Chances of being paralyzed for the rest of her life were about 95%. Knowing that, we really had no choice but to have her euthanized.

So, as you can see this weekend hasn't exactly been the happy weekend we all hope for. In advance I thank you all for any well wishes and the continued support, whether with weight loss or just the day to day that you give. This might seem to be just a support group for people on Atkins, but I have already seen that this is so much more and I thank you all for that.

Hope you are feeling better Clogger!

[clogger]

Ryan, I'm very sad for you and your family . I always had a dog growing up and they are like members of the family. I'm so sorry .

Congrats on the scale going down. It can be an emotional roller coaster if you weigh yourself every day (I do that).

Thanks for your well wishes for me. Today is better than yesterday. I feel best when I'm sitting and not moving. When I get up and move around I have quite a bit of pain, but I need to get up every few hours and move around to speed the healing. Last night I was able to sleep slightly reclined in a recliner. The previous two nights I alternated between sleeping upright in a glider/rocker and in bed. I will be very excited when I can sleep flat in my own comfy bed. I only have about one day's worth of pain med yet. Hopefully, that will be enough (I could get a refill if necessary though).

Have a good day, everyone!

[reneel]

I'm here, barely hanging on to my diet this weekend. Yuck.

Ryan, I'm sooo sorry! I can't believe how crazy some people around here can be. Shoot first, ask questions later. I know you must be devastated. I would be. Try not to let it derail you. You're doing so well! Keep it up....

[Sherri]

Awww Ryan, reading your words made me cry. My heart goes out to you and your family. I know exactly how you feel losing your family member (dog) in that manner. Truly heart breaking. When we bought our house ten years ago someone in our new neighborhood poisoned our Rotweiler (Hank). It hurt us so bad that we never got another dog.
Hang in there sweetie. Time will cushion the pain.
Kristine, boy once you do get to lay down and sleep you'll be sawing logs, ha. How are you handling the soft food? wishing you a speedy recovery and much needed rest.

It's snowing here this morning. Stick a fork in me, i'm done with snow.
Laundry day, come on over Chick.
Hang in there Renee! All your hard work WILL pay off.
Wishing everyone a peaceful, healing, low carb day.
I love my Atkins family!

[tuttifrutti]

Good morning everyone

Ryan*~ I am so sorry to hear about Saddie. I have never had a dog but I had my kitty Keisha for 17 years and when I lost her I was devastated. Hang in there. I agree with you about this board being much more for us then just Atkins support.

Sherri*~Snow? I don't know what part of Oregon you are in...I am in Eugene/Springfield and they kept talking about snow coming but I haven't seen any yet, yay. I am just not in the mood for anymore of it, lol.

Renee*~Hang in there sweetie! You can do it

Kristine*~Glad today is a bit better for you. Sending you speedy recovery vibes

[Sherri]

Originally Posted by tuttifrutti

Good morning everyone

Sherri*~Snow? I don't know what part of Oregon you are in...I am in Eugene/Springfield and they kept talking about snow coming but I haven't seen any yet, yay. I am just not in the mood for anymore of it, lol.

I live near Crater Lake. My elevation is around 3000 ft. Hopefully this is one of the last winter tada's

[Chicklady]

(((Ryan)))) I'm so sorry for your loss. I know how our critters become family members.

[Chicklady]

Good morning all. It was the last really nice day before winter comes back, so I spent the last 4 hours outside soaking up the rays and fresh air ieth husband, kitties and chickens!!

[rajenki]

Ryan, I can't believe that! What a horrible thing for you to go through...I'm so very sorry. I love my dogs as though they are my children and wanted to die when I lost one last year. I can't imagine what you are going through right now. I'm so sorry.

[Bluebelt2007]

Checking in late....hope you are all well.