Pain In The Neck

I went to work the other night after being off for 6 nights. I barely made it. My neck hurt so bad I couldn't move my head and left work the next morning in tears. I went to dr. at 11:00 yesterday morning and got a diagnosis of "Neck Pain". DUH!!! I could have told them that and I don't make the big bucks. They sent me to be admitted to the hospital but guess what? No beds available. So I spent the day in the ER with sticks, pokes, prods, CT scan, etc. The worst part was the spinal tap. I jumped 3 times and I know the dr was getting very upset with me because I kept messing her up. Well...it wasn't exactly a picnic for me either. They put in an IV and gave me Phenergan for nuasea and Dilaudid for pain. I told them I didn't want anything strong for pain cause I didn't want to be knocked out. HELLO!!!! I KNOW WHAT IS STRONG AND WHAT ISN'T!! Needless to say, I was out like a light! They told me after the spinal that I had to lie flat without bending my knees up. NOT!! So now I'm the proud owner of a spinal headache that won't go away. Even with sunglasses, the light from the computer hurts my eyes. With time that will get better, until then, they gave me muscle relaxers that make me sleep. So I check my email between naps. Good news is I don't have anything serious or contagious. That's what I was worried about. I don't want to make anybody else sick. But I'm fine and I'll feel better soon. Meanwhile, I'll just be a "Pain In The Neck". (Better than a pain elsewhere?)

Death of a Miracle

Some of you may remember a post I did about the newborn kitten I found last summer and I named her Miracle because I put her with another litter of kittens and the mother cat raised her. She was a beautiful kitten, mostly gray with orange highlights on her sides. She had a white streak going down between her eyes. Yesterday some #@%*** drove his car into my neighbor's front yard and deliberately ran over her. When I found out I was devastated. I was at work and I cried like a baby. I love animals, but she was special to me because I felt like I had saved her life. Now her precious life has been taken, and there's nothing I can do. She didn't even get to enjoy a full year on this earth. Although she didn't live with me, she knew I loved her very much because I always would pet her and love on her. Sometimes I would bring her over for a visit. Sometimes, she would come over on her own. She wasn't afraid of my dog, who loves to bite. She would just walk up to him and sniff of him and he would just look at her. She was fearless. She used her first life when she was born and abandoned. She must have used the other 8 coming to visit and braving the dog. I sure will miss her. She is buried in the same place I put her when she was born. If her real mom died in childbirth, she finally gets to meet her. Some people think differently, but I feel that God has a special place for animals when they die. I just can't see them being a living being with the same organs we have and not having a spirit. Miracle, I love you and I'm gonna miss you terribly. Wait on me at the Rainbow Bridge with the rest of my pets who have gone on before.