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The Joy of the Harvest

{ 08:36, Monday, June 2, 2008 } { 1 comments } { Link }

We had such fun today. Well, the day didn't begin with something fun, but it did end fun. I was watering my garden and noticed my potato plants were covered with ants. I decided to dig some of them up, so I called the kids over. We have never dug potatoes before, it is like a treasure hunt. I am sure our neighbors could here us all squealing with delight was we found potatoes. We are from the city and this is our first garden, I can't believe how wonderful it feels to dig up potatoes. We can't wait to eat them. As we were digging my son said that now he knows what the Bible means by the joy of the harvest. WOW!

Now to get to the sad news, Robbie was put to sleep today. I took him to the vet this morning, he was doing a bit better so I was a little optimistic. I was no longer thinking I would wake up and he would be dead, he was determined to live. He was still unable to move anything except his head. The vet was not sure what it was, but thought there was a possibility it was rabies and so thought it best to put him down and have him tested since he has been around all the kids. I agreed. I almost died when he said it could be rabies, I had just joked about it. He looked at me really seriously and said it could be rabies. I lost my breath for a minute and almost started to cry. I will know tomorrow afternoon what the results are, she told me to call after lunch. He said that if it is not rabies it could be a head injury. I am not sure what could have happened to give him a head injury but that also made sense with his symptoms. He also said that with rabies the animals do not show improvement and Robbie had improved since yesterday. His eyes were really wierd at first, you couldn't see anything but green and he acted like he was blind and then last night his eyes looked normal and he was acting more normal.

I left the vet in mid hysteria and then realized that our days are really numbered and I believe this to be true. After remembering that I am not in control of my life, God is in control, I felt better. I am now thinking a head injury sounds right, even though I have no idea how he could have gotten it. One of the kittens did fall out of a tree the other night while I was on the phone and I thought it looked bad but when I got up to look I didn't see the kitten. I don't even remember which kitten fell. I would ask for you to pray for my peace of mind but God has already given me a rare calmness about this. If I got a call tomorrow and the rabies test is positive the calmness may be forgotten but for now I feel okay.

Well, goodbye for now.