How exciting, this will be more fun than you can imagine. But.........don't buy too much, yet, it's still a bit early to commit. When my daughter was pregnant with my first grandchild (very thoughtful, I think), after her first ultrasound she told us the baby was a girl. (I just had a very strong feeling it was a boy and didn't get anything) She had another ultrasound a couple of months later, and they told her the baby was a boy. The ultrasound tech said that he was probably turned a little for the first ultrasound, hence no boy parts. His name is Christoper and he's three now. During her second pregnancy, she waited a couple of months longer for the ultrasound, and even when they told her the baby was a girl, she was cautious. Her name is Mary and she's 9 months old now. Have fun.

Hi Everyone, I'm here. :) Sorry I missed your bumps! Nothing has changed since my last post, still waiting a couple more weeks for my next ultrasound and doctor appointments. Still no symptoms, just feel like I'm living large and gained 7 more pounds stress eating. We haven't told anyone else yet as I want to wait for the NT scan and the Panorama test we are doing (it's the one for Down and other chromosome screening). It was suggested I do it at my "advanced maternal age" and I couldn't not know if something is wrong. It takes 2 weeks for the bloodwork to come back and you all know how I love to wait. It's all I seem to do! I still have no symptoms while all my online pregnant mommy friends are still nauseous or suffering from morning sickness, all sore and tired, crazy cravings, etc. I kinda feel left out with none of it! Whatever I pictured pregnancy to feel like, this isn't it. I tried on some maternity clothes and I just look ridiculous. I ended up just going up a size in regular clothes as nothing looked right yet. I wish it was still winter and I could hide in my sweaters and leggings. Hopefully I'll relax once we get all the test results back and I know everything is ok. We find out the gender from the test too so that part will be exciting. Thank you for thinking of me. I'm trying to stay off my computer as I tend to google like crazy and get myself all worked up. :)

Glucosamine/chondroitin is an OTC joint supplement. You can get it at a human drug store. I personally go to Costco for their Kirklands brand, which is the most economical choice since my husband, myself, and all 4 dogs take it daily. $21/200 tablets. Hmm, I wouldn't think of hepatitic lipidosis OR hepatitis without any kind of clinical signs. I don't think I've ever seen a hepatitic lipidosis animal that was eating (anorexia is usually the cause of their problem, and it's not common in dogs anyway) or that wasn't jaundiced. And usually dogs with hepatitis have decreased appetite (not all though; my B'Elanna ate well throughout her hepatitis too), increased drinking/urination, sometimes other more serious problems such as hepatitic encephalopathy, hypoproteinemia, and others. My B'Elanna was a little lethargic, but she was also VERY yellow, which is why we knew to look for liver disease. Personally I would have an ultrasound and liver biopsy done. Between those tests, you'd get a ton of information, such as are there liver masses or nodules, is there steroid hepatopathy (like with Cushing's disease which is common in poodles), you can do special stains for copper accumulation, etc. The ALT is a little more concerning because that is more liver specific and indicates liver cell damage. But that could be secondary to other things such as Cushings, nodular regeneration, etc. OTOH, my Aleksander lived the last several years of his life with an ALKP in the 1200s and he did not have any disease that would cause that elevation. He eventually died of stomach cancer, but that wouldn't cause elevated ALKP and in fact his ALKP was lower when he got sick. Again I know many dogs who just have a higher ALKP. If we can't find a cause for it after a good workup and the dog seems fine, we just kinda say OK, it's normal for that dog and continue to monitor it once every 6-12 months as long as dog stays healthy. I'd do bloodwork every 6 months on any dog over 8 years old anyway; now your guy has an even better reason than just routine senior care. Anyway, since he's feeling fine, I wouldn't rush into anything, but I would get the ultrasound and biopsy done. You may do a bunch of other tests and find nothing. If you have results of other bloodwork, I'd love to see them. In the meantime, keep up what you're doing because your dog seems to be doing well with it.

I haven't actually seen a scrap page done this way but it does sound like a shaker card. I'll try to adapt it for you. 2 pieces of card stock (however big you want), one piece from a page protector (the same size as the card stock), double stick foam tape (like the pop dots or you can put double sided tape on fun foam). Cut the shape of your window on one piece of card stock and the fun foam if using that and attach the page protector on the back side using double sided tape. Tape the foam tape strips (you want to make a frame) or fun foam on the back side of the page protector. Place your confetti on the page protector and tape your other piece of card stock on that (using the double sided tape). You now have a sandwich 1st layer is the card stock that is cut out in the middle, 2nd the page protector, 3rd the foam strips (this gives the piece some lift so that the confetti can move freely inside)4th the second piece of card stock to seal up the unit. I hope this makes sense!