Melton Memories

OK so miracle dog, as I like to now refer to him, seems to have made a full recovery which kinda makes me think... Was he just doing this so we would spend a lot of money on him? See our response to whether we would put him down? For attention and wanting to go to work with mom? As of today you would never know that a week ago Neon could not stand, walk or go to the bathroom without assistance! I just hope that I do not have to go through this again anytime soon, although when you have a 12 year old dog you know it will come sooner or later, I just hope later. Although it does make me sit and reflect all things that we have been through together! As you said Ron, I remember him as a little puppy in his green guide dog jacket going to work with me, classes in college, movies, dinner, even a horrible blind date! LOL He is the best dog ever and it will be a miracle to find another to ever take his place!! Thank you guys for your kind words and prayers for my "baby"!

Thought I would update on Neon for those of you that have asked about him.... We received his Valley Fever tests back and they were negative so that was a good thing! I was doing some research on the internet after talking to someone about his symptoms and found something called IVD that comes on suddenly and affects the inner ear and balance, so I am kind of leaning that way because although he does not have all the symptoms he does have enough to make me believe that he has IVD. Basically there is no cure as it usually just goes away on its own within about 3-4 weeks, so I guess time will tell! I have been bringing Neon to work with me so that I can monitor him and he seems to be doing very well and enjoys hanging out with mom and I. There are times when he stumbles and falls a lot then other times when you would never know something was wrong (usually when there is food involved, LOL) So I guess that is all that I have as far as an update right now, I will keep you posted in the...

You know as I sit here looking at my "baby" Neon I have decided that getting old for a dog really sucks! I knew that at some point in my life it would come to this day when he would start having a hard time getting around but I always thought naa that will not happen to my dog at least not for a long, long, long time! Well we are here... Wayne and I came home Saturday night to find Neon laying on the floor unable to get up. He gave it his all but his legs just didn't seem to want to do what his brain was telling them to do. After a short time we felt we needed to take him into the emergency vet because he was struggling so bad. Of course with it not even being 2 months since Kota passed away I was very upset and crying thinking this is it we are going to have to put him down... Long story short the vet ran a ton of tests and she could not figure out what was going on. She came back in to see us about a hour or so later and told us that we own a "miracle" d...

This is a little tribute to my wonderful husband Wayne (he will probably kill me for posting this photo but I love it!) He is such a good guy and I don't always give him the credit he deserves... Thank you babe for all the things you do and the great guy that you are!!! I love you!

Ok, so after several people have asked I am posting a few videos on me wake surfing. This first one is how you would prefer NOT to fall! The second video is of a much better landing. LOL I will have to look through the rest of the videos to see if I have one of me wake boarding. Keep in mind that I am a Professional and you should not attempt these stunts on your own! NOT!!!

We're back! What a difference in temp. when you step off the plane into 110 degree weather, ugh! We had a wonderful time with the family!!! Basically our vacation followed this routine everyday. Wake up 8:00, have coffee, eat breakfast, go out on the boat about noon and have lunch then surf or wake board all day,come back home about 5:00 have dinner then go back out for a late night run (since it stays light out until about 10:00). We went to dinner one night for Betty (John's mom) 81st Birthday and with friends to a restaurant on the water another night, but otherwise we never left the house! It is probably one of the best times we have had all together in a long time!! If you can't tell I loved it all!!! I have been trying to add a link to the photos but for some reason it is not showing up, so I will keep trying. You can go to: http://picasaweb.google.com/srmelton/Montana2009# to see photos.

So we are still up in Montana and having a great time! I have learned to wakeboard and surf!! Wayne is already great at it and has been giving the rest of us pointers. I tried to upload a photo but my photo didn't seem to understand the bloggging world,so I will post photos when we get home, however the picture of us above is where we are. It is gorgeous up here and it really makes me want to move here, I mean who wouldn't want lakes, trees and great weather!! Well I have to run, be home next week!