This Christmas

Hi Furry & Non-furry Friends,

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas with family & friends.

Our Christmas was wet & quiet, but a hectic one because Greg had to spend his Christmas in hospital... Banzai went to Grandma Sue's so Nikki & I could go visit Greg. I was going to ask Santa for a long list of presents for such a good, hard-working girl! However, I decided to scratch all and asked for good health for Greg so he wouldn't have to stay in hospital so much next year!

Greg was taken to the hospital by an anburance on Monday night, or I should say very early Tuesday morning. Although he was admitted right away, he ended up staying in the ER almost all day! They finally transferred him to the room Tuesday evening. At first doctors were considering a surgery on his leg again, they decided on treating with antibiotics... Thank God!!!

On Christmas Eve, we were supposed to go to Greg's family after work. But we headed to Kaiser to keep Greg company. He had a few IV tubes on him, most of which were antibiotics and pain meds. We would have stayed overnight if he had a private room like before. But the room was pretty crowded with a roommate and medical equipment. Whenever nurses came to do something, Nikki & I had to step out of the room! So we left the hospital when the visiting hours were over at 8:00pm. When we got home, I found my new Christmas toy! Santa must have dropped it off while we were gone! On my bed was a soft fuzzy bone-shaped squeaky toy! Nikki & I played with it for a while before we went to bed. I made sure that I don't rip my new toy so Nikki wouldn't take it away.

Christmas morning came quietly; no excitement of opening gifts with family... Just Nikki & me at home... not even Banzai... And she decided to wait to open her presents till Greg comes home. After playing with me, Nikki did some human stuff, and we were off to see Greg.
Since I was sitting by the door, I took responsibility of a receptionest/greeter of the room and loved the job! People came to say hi and I got lots & lots of petting and belly rub! I gave them nice licks and boddy wiggles in return! No worries; I was off harness. After a while, my job slowed down, and I was taking a little nap. Then, surprise surprise... Greg's mom, Selena, Jeremy, Sophia & Joseph came with presents!!! How nice of them! That brightened up the day! Greg & Nikki could open their gifts on Christmas day! Nikki got a cozy bath robe and blankey, and a perfume! Any doggie cookies for me???
Nikki & I went back to our house with Greg's family so we could give them the gifts. Well, Santa wasn't ready for this. So Nikki had to scramble and wrap up all the gifts! Good thing that they had done all the shopping! They dropped us off at the hospital on the way back to Fontana for their Christmas dinner, which Dad has been preparing! Yummm, can I go with you guys??? Nikki knows how to use a cane!

After they left, Nikki gave me a surprise! A cookie for me! Nikki said that it was from my Prince Zane!!! Wow! Thank You my Prince!

Greg is doing much better, according to doctors. Hopefully he will be able to come home by Saturday.