Think about it....

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.”
- Charles R. Swindoll

Quick Boston update

He does not have Addison's - so we are going to continue on treating him for Epilepsy. He has been having seizures, even being on Phenobarbital, so if that continues, we have to bring him to a neurologist. That decision we will not know for a while...want to try to stabilize him on his meds and see how his body adjusts.

Time to Catch Up

I will do my best to cover a lot with not too many words! I enjoy pictures more, so I am sure you do too!

First, July 16, 2011 - my cousin Sean marries Liz in New York. It was such a wonderful wedding for such a wonderful couple!







Next up, my cousin Meaghan comes to Cali to visit. Talk about an action packed trip. We took her into LA - did the Rodeo Drive, Hollywood mini tour....


San Diego Beaches (of course dog beach too!) and met up with some of our great friends Tim & Lara...






A little Long Beach....




Had such a good time! Wish they all lived closer so we could have more days like that!!

I just flew back from Salt Lake City, UT. I was out there for work. Was a great educational trip - love being surrounded by experience and really get out there to tell the world what our company is all about.

New with Boston -
I went to the vet today and we are starting to explore something other than seizures. Somethings was a bit off on his blood panel - no the basic, but the more detailed white counts. Not going to lie, I heard white blood cells and my heart stopped, not sure if the vet was wondering why I was smiling. All I could think of was don't say the "C" word and when I didn't, I just kept smiling. He is going in for a ACTH test on Friday to test his cortisol levels. We are testing for atypical Addison's disease which occurs when the adrenal glands fail to produce enough hormones to keep the body functioning normally. If the test is positive, we will be taking him off Pheno and moving him to low doses of Prednisone. The test should help point us in the right direction. Bottom line, I want to treat the right disease and help get Boston to a happy & normal life.

I did find this website, so if you are interested in learning more: http://www.addisonsindogs.com/

This is an adorable picture Brent sent to me, post a bike ride with Boston, while I was out in Utah. Happy Monday!