Lily, My One and Only

So I'm just hanging out with my lil degu Lily. In a lot of ways, I'm glad I didn't find a new home for her, she's so cute to watch! This morning she crawled right into my hands so I brought her up to my bed and she's just crawling around in my blankets snuggling up. I love my little rodent :-)

I really do worry about her, a lot. A couple days ago I saw that she had an incredibly serious seizure and I thought she was going to die. She's okay now, just have to keep an eye on her. She is expensive to take care of, because she's an exotic pet, but I really think I should try and focus on giving her the best life she can get, for as long as she can get. She's worth it and I feel awful for thinking otherwise.

Her sister, Daisy, died two years ago because of diabetes complications. So far, I don't see any diabetes problems in Lily, but the seizure (I wasn't around much so this may have not been her first one) worries me.

My poor dad has his back out, right now I'm waiting around to pick up his meds for him, he needs muscle relaxants. I'm really fortunate I didn't inherit the Robbin backproblem....