Tear of the Meniscal Cartilage

Rhapsody is out of surgery. They said the surgery went well; however, they also discovered that Rhapsody had a tear of the meniscal cartilage in addition to the cranial cruciate ligament tear. This was not the case with the last injury. Both tears have been surgically fixed and now she is in recovery. They will keep her at least overnight and re-evaluate tomorrow. Hopefully, she will be doing well enough to come home tomorrow. If you're like me, you want to know what the injuries entail so here's another website that talks about Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO) for cruciate tears. Just be glad I didn't include the link to the site that actually shows pictures from the surgery (during surgery). I was looking at it while eating lunch. I find it intriguing but you may not...

-T

Cranial Cruciate Ligament

Today was a day of doctors. I went to have some routine lab work done and Rhapsody went to the surgeon for an exam. As feared, she needs to have surgery to repair her cranial cruciate ligament (like our ACL). This time it's the left hind leg. She had surgery on the right hind leg about two years ago. Apparently, this is a common injury for dogs of her age, breed, and weight. It is also more common in female dogs especially if they have been spayed. Smaller breed dogs (score one for Sophie) are less likely to tear their cranial cruciate ligament. Rhapsody is having the Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO), just like before. Here's some more information - Cranial Cruciate Ligament Injury/Repair for your reading pleasure. Looks like we will be eating Ramen noodles for a while....just like the good old days in college.

-T

Pictures

Check out Onetreefam Photos - I uploaded photos from my trip to Kansas to surprise Ashtynne for her 16th birthday and also photos from our trip to Las Vegas celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary. The link is also over there on the right. It's the one labeled "Onetreefam Photos". Or you can click on the title above "Pictures". All three links will take you to the same page. Go ahead, check it out. I'll wait.

Okay, back to me.

See how easy that was.... I'll keep uploading photos so be sure to check out that link, over there on the right, often. I have a ton of New York photos to share but I'm limited as to how many photos I can upload a month so bear with me.

Be sure to smile. You never know when I'll snap a photo. Always better to be the photographer than to be photographed, I say.

-T

Vegas, Baby!

The boys - Paul, Jeremy, and Matt

The girls - Caryn, Jennifer, and Tracy

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THE COUPLES

Paul & Caryn

Jennifer & Matt

Tracy & Jeremy

First Entry

I decided to give blogspot a try. Let me know what you think. We haven't posted in a long time due to an uncooperative computer at home. It finally crashed and I don't have the time or patience to mess with it right now. So, since I can access blogspot from "a place other than home" I thought I would give it a try. Some day we will either fix our computer or give in and buy a new one. Some day.

To bring you up to speed, we recently celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. I know, hard to believe we got married at such a young age! I can't believe it's been 10 years. Time flies. We celebrated by spending a long weekend in Vegas, which is only appropriate since we spent our honeymoon in Vegas. Jeremy surprised me a trip. I knew we were going somewhere for the weekend but I didn't know where until we were on our way to the airport. After many delays, we finally left the Houston airport and eventually arrived in Las Vegas with just enough time to check into our hotel and head to dinner. We were 15 minutes late for our dinner reservation thanks to flight delays. We walked into the restaurant and to my surprise, four of our closest friends were at the table! I had no idea. Paul & Caryn and Matt & Jennifer had flown in the day before to surprise me. We had dinner and hung out for the rest of the night. Paul & Caryn left the next day and Matt & Jennifer stayed until Monday. We had a great time seeing the sites, including Hoover Dam and downtown Las Vegas. It just so happened that my second cousin was getting married that very weekend in Vegas. No, it wasn't a spur of the moment, 3 a.m., Elvis as the minister, Vegas Wedding....she actually lives in Vegas. Anyway, on Sunday, Jeremy & I met up with my family members that were in town for the wedding. What a coincidence that we were all in Vegas at the same time. As soon as I get our Vegas pictures on my computer, I'll post some of them here....

Til then, enjoy.

-T