and there were bubbles

Updates from a week.

Since we got Shelli she has increasingly gotten less active, less interested in us and stopped eating (or rather never started). After she started blowing bubbles out of her nose and two weeks went by without eating, we decided enough was enough.. the adventures with the exotic vet began. John took Shelli to the vet about a week and a half ago to discover that the reason why she has bubbles is because she has a upper respiratory infection. The hope was that once she got feeling better, than she would eat. John came home with a sick tortoise and a bag full of needles and antibiotics. John and I are now officially tortoise vet's giving our little reptile antibiotic shots every other day. Unfortunately, the shots made her even less active (to the point where she looked dead and we had to keep touching her to make sure she responded) and still no interest in food. On Monday, we took her back to the vet and discovered that she had lost a good deal of weight in a week, now we have to force feed her with a syringe and this awful looking greenish brown liquid (YUCK!) everyday. Thank god it is vegetarian or I think I would barf! The first day we had no problem feeding her, but now the little bit of food that she has had has made her strong and we can't pry open her little mouth.. who would of thought it would be so difficult to be parents to a tortoise. I definitely don't want kids for many many years.

Ebi also went to the vet this past week for her annual checkup and shots. Things went much smoother for her.

As for John and I, we have spent the last week in bed with bad colds and flu symptoms. I am so DAMN TIRED of being sick!! I have never been so sick so many times in one winter season my whole life!! We have had 103 temps, coughs, aches and pains, and been just plain miserable!! From now on, I am getting a flu shot.

and for the big finale TADA moment... are you sitting down?

After months and months of fighting, John and I found out on Monday that we are getting our house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my GOD!! I am so excited I can't even begin to find words to explain! We don't get to go into the house until mid March and plan on moving in sometime this summer, but we got our house!! We have such a great life!