Thanks Mark
 

I just wanted to thank our hosts over the weekend, Mark and Lori. They had a house FULL of people not to mention the ones in the dented up FEMA trailer and even more tied at the dock. Again a big thank you and tell Chester that if his parents will have us back next year we will come back and throw his water bottles around.:ernaehrung004:

What he said.

Thanks again M&L!

What they said.....and a whole lot more.:ernaehrung004::cool:

The host and hostess with the mostess!!
What a GREAT TIME!!!!
can't wait to do it again
I always enjoy their neighbors as much as the boaters.
Thank you thank you thank you:evilb:

Thanks alot Mark! What a great time!

Yes thanks again, you and lori made a great weekend even better.

The neighbors are awesome as well, the harness worked great. heck they even told us that we were invited back to thier house anytime if mark and lori didnt want us. :)

melinda and i have a great weekend of memories.

Were very glad that everyone had a good time :drink: I hope everybody comes back next year.
Somebody left a pair of Oakley sunglasses here so whoever they belong too let me know and I can mail them too you.

that would be me, didnt need them when i left. asked melinda in the morning have you seen my glasses?

by the way it was 67 when we picked up the kids, and i was told that was the warmest that it got all day.

Mary Sue and myself would like to extend our very gracious thanks to Mark and Lori for hosting us at the Rivah Compound this weekend. We truly had a blast, and it would not have been so sans such logistics. Tom and Christine extend their thanks as well.

Getting home was uneventful for us as we are about an hour from Shack's, but that's when things hit the fan. One of our Schnauzers was starting to come down with something over the weekend, and now she's in the hospital with acute pancreatitus, and what appears to be a foreign body lodged in her GI. MS and I have been a hectic wreck all week trying to work and manage the hospital, the other Schnauzer, and everything else. I've put on over 600 miles this week back and forth to Northern VA for work (I was in a class) and to the hospital each night.

She's not out of the woods. She's probably going to have surgery in the next 24 hours or so, and we'll know more then.

I don't mean to bring the thread down, but I've been rather quiet (and tired) this week, and the stress/worry is a bit overwhelming.

We hope all goes well at the Vet. If it was Chester we would be in tears also.

Thanks everyone. "Bella" just had an ultrasound, and they are 90% sure she has something in her small intestine. She's going into surgery this afternoon. MS just went and saw her. They walked outside, and she was quite active compared to our visit yesterday. We'll know more in a few hours after surgery.

good luck with everything, our first bulldog fred got the entire end of a nylabone stuck in his intestines. doc said he had never seen a nylabone do that and he sent it back to the company. dog recovered very fast and was fine. bella will be in our thoughts.

scott and melinda

Brian- hope everything goes well with Bella and if I can help in any way, let me know. Thanks again for Jammin. I had a great time and enjoyed meeting all the AT crew.

Thanks again everyone. She is out of surgery now. They removed two "foreign objects" from her small intestine. They are not sure what they were, but we will try and figure that out when we go to see her tomorrow. There is no significant damage to her stomach or intestines. They do not want us to come see her tonight. She is in recovery now, and we can't wait to see her tomorrow afternoon. Providing all of the healing goes well, we could potentially bring her home Saturday.

Great news Brian & Mary Sue. Keep us posted and give her a chin scratch from us.:p

Bella came home yesterday. The foreign object appears to be an upholstery button, but we have no idea where it would have come from. She has a 4-6 week recovery, but she is resting well, and is slowly showing signs of her normal instigating self. Thank you everyone.


And Thank You again to Mark and Lori for a great JOTJ weekend.

Glad she's ok guys.

mark i got my glasses and the mock-up the other day thanks!