2 Kids a FAT Taco and screw Cancer

So what do you think?? Like the new name? Ha! Just kidding, I would NEVER change my name. Obviously this post is in regards to Taco and his cancer or NOT cancer.  Took him to the doctor for a CBC today.  Expecting low numbers and having to make a decision on the bone marrow aspiration, and that is NOT what happened.  He had totally normal numbers and is not dehydrated. I was like "Wha..What.."  The doctors are baffled like we are.  They were for sure it was a bone marrow disease,  and now they aren't sure.  They say it still CAN be cancer, or it could be a platelet disorder or an immune system disorder OR they said he could have had a terrible reaction to the bee sting and it threw his immune system out of whack.  They aren't sure, but we are rolling with it.  He still has to take his steroid for a month, and we go back in a month to check counts.  So let me tell you a few things about our "new" situation with the whole "Taco incident" as it will be referred to in future events.  

1.  Steroids. They cause the dog to eat so much that he gained 2 lbs in a week.  AND he has turned into a mini-cujo when we don't feed him fast enough or all the time.  LOL  He actually will scratch at us, bark, cry, push his bowl across the floor.  And he will go outside to go "potty"  and then come in for a treat, only he doesn't go potty.  Smart little shit.  Ok, and I have to admit, I thought the dog was dying!! I bought him baby food and was spoiling with food.  Now he has to go on a diet and limit the treats or give him carrot sticks.  BWAHAHAHAHA  Fatty is NOT going to eat carrot sticks.  

2.  We told the kids their dog was going to die.  Ok so in order to address this properly, I need to give you an analogy.  Before Lucy got sick, we took the kids to six flags one Sunday on a whim.  We were being spontaneous.  We bought our tickets online and set on the road early to Chicago (2.5 hrs away).  Well we get about a few miles from Six Flags, and the kids are SO excited, and we encounter an accident on the highway. So, we are stuck in traffic now.  Mind you, the kids can see Six Flags and the rides.  We sit there for an HOUR! no kidding.  So then we FINALLY get into the park, and go up to get in line to get in, and we tried to find the fast pass because we already bought tickets online.  We even bought "special" tickets that came with a hotdog lunch.  So we get up to the fast pass line, and its a LONG line.  And mind you the kids are now waiting in a line where you can HEAR the people in the park.  It was a nightmare.  Apparently, they didn't monitor their online sales and there were a ton of people who bought ahead, but they let people in who just showed up too, so they were overcapacity. So we would have to wait for people to leave before we could enter.  We waited in that line for 45 minutes before giving up.  In that 45 minutes, Lucy covered herself in sunscreen from head to toe and Jack threw many fits about wanting to get in.  So we had to turn around and tell the kids (after we hyped it up and stared at the place for hours) that we could not go in the Park.  They bawled all the way to the van.  We felt horrible.  So instead we took them to the Rainforest Cafe at the mall and dropped at least $100.  They were content, and Lucy even drank her slushy so fast, she puked.  So why do I tell you this story?  Because we are in the same boat.  We had to tell them "no" on the Six Flags deal after them seeing it and tasting it for hours.  So now we get to tell them their dog may not die after all, after them waking up each day asking if Taco was still alive.  We aren't going to go there yet until the month is over and Taco is off steroids, but you see our dilemma right?  Those kids are never going to trust us.  We will definitely owe them some therapy as adults. 

So today was a good day.  Lucy had clinic and numbers were good, Taco's numbers were good, Zach didn't get a cluster headache or have a seizure from taking my medicine.  I would say today was a success as I finish it off with a Gluten Free Beer.  Maybe every day can't be like today, but I'm happy for the Today's that are just like this one.