Merry Christmas!!

Hey Everyone,
I am now home for Christmas!! YAY! I was super busy these last two weeks taking all my final exams in Vet School.....no time to even breath! Now I am back home and Mom has me doing things for the wedding. Still no time to breath but I LOVE planning for the BIG DAY!! Tyler and I started our first registry at Wal-Mart so that was exciting and I got the shoes I am going to wear in the wedding.....let me just say they are FABULOUS!!! This month is busy busy for my family and I so I won't be back here probably till Jan. In the mean time I love all of you and probably will see all of you while I am in town! :) Have a MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a Happy New Year!! :)

Saying "Thank You" to our Troops

http://www.letssaythanks.com/Home1280.html

Please take the time to drop a note to the Soldiers overseas giving their lives for us so we can celebrate the Christmas Holiday with our families. It is completely free and only takes a few minutes. Thanks

Mowgli and Miss. Kitty

This is just a snippet of what Mowgli and Miss. Kitty do while I am studying. They are so funny and this mess will go on for hours! As a side note....yes I do feel stupid for talking on the videos. Haha. They are my babies and there is NEVER a dull moment. There are two more videos on Youtube you just type in "Mowgli, dog, cat and dog, or all three" :)

Merry Christmas...From my PERFECT Home

It's early I know, however I will only be here in Mississippi until Dec. 10th. This is not all my decor by ANY means but I still just LOVE this place and thought you all should enjoy it as well. :)

Run for Rabies

Hi! This is a short lil post but I walked three miles this morning. Our CVM was hosting the "Run for Rabies" event this year. There were many people who attended and you could choose to run or walk. A couple of my girlfriends from school went with me so we all walked. My dog Xena went and she was wild!! She wanted to run the whole time and beat all the dogs. This morning the race started at 8:00, registration was 7ish and it was 49 DEGREES!!!!! We froze our fanny's off but it was so much fun. The school raised over $1800 for the cause. All the participants got a super cool t-shirt, a MSU-CVM gym bag, a Purina Nalgene bottle, a leash, and a nice dog bowl. Melissa, Juliana, and I rode together with Xena (my dog), Sweety (Juliana's dog), and Sampson (Melissa's dog), afterwards we went for some hot coffee and a biscuit from good ol' McDonald's!

6th Folder, 6th Picture

Lindsey tagged me for this so here it is. I am afraid it's not very entertaining. This is my Flat Coat Retriever Chance! He looks weird in this picture. :) Mine was a bit confusing because the 6th folder landed on my "Animals" folder and within that folder I have a "Gracie, Mowgli, Miss Kitty, Birds, Horses, Chance, Petey, Flash, Xena, Xander, etc." folder. So, I just went to the 6th folder again and picked the 6th picture.

Ateriovenous Malformation, Embolization, and only THREE years old.

This is a blog post to ask everyone to please pray for a little boy from my hometown church in South Carolina. Hill be going through an EXTENSIVE brain surgery on Halloween day (tomorrow). He is the sweetest little boy and a CLEMSON fan so that makes him all the more adorable. PLEASE please keep him in your prayers.

The morning of the surgery Jonathan will have an embolization performed which is a procedure to stop the blood flow to his brain. This is done to keep him from having too much blood loss during surgery. A few hours after that procedure, they will begin the brain surgery. Dr.s will remove a large portion of his right frontal brain lobe which is where the arteriovenous malformation is located. (AMV and I hope I spelled that correctly.) the AMV is a cluster of blood vessels that have tangled up inside his little head if they are not removed they could bust, (similar to an aneurism) the only way to remove the malformation is to remove the part of the brain lobe where it is located. After the surgery Jonathan will have to go through rehab/therapy and the Bryants may be in Boston for about one month total. Of course, there is a risk of complications which include emotional, physical, and developmental problems after the surgery, and one of the greatest complications is the potential for too much blood loss during the surgery. There is a possibility of left side-weakness after the surgery and we pray that will only be temporary. This is a very delicate surgery, as it is brain surgery on a 3 year old baby. Please, keep this family in your prayer time this week and next week, especially. John, Lisa, and Jonathan left Sunday for their trip to Boston- Madison then flew to Boston with her aunt. Pray that God will give them comfort and peace in knowing that everything will be fine. The surgery will actually take place on October 31st, Halloween Day, which makes it even sadder thinking that day is a day children should be out getting candy and having fun in their costumes and little Jonathan will not be able to do that. But, this surgery will just help to ensure that he will get to be a child for many years to come, and will have a long, healthy life ahead of him. Please pray of Jonathan and his family as they go through this time on Oct. 31st!!