On the last day of July, Jan Miller a friend who worked with us in Westport in 2013 came for a short visit. We had lunch and spent a couple hours catching up, she lives a couple of hours away.

It was finally August!! Donna and Brian left August 12, I will miss Donna, she was a Southern gal, we ate Boiled Peanuts together.
Maggie was drinking more and more water and  not eating that well, her stomach made noise, decided we should take her in and get some bloodwork done. The results were devastating.....she has age related kidney disease! The doctor wasn't positive, but thought she might have a UTI and put her on an antibiotic and told us to change her food to kidney disease food. We did and she wouldn't eat it.  I was texting Jacob everyday about Maggie, he told me to cook her some brown rice with chix breast, she ate it, but threw it up during the night.  We were worried!
Marlee turned 11 on August 18, Maggie was very sick. On the 21st we took her back to the veterinarian, she saw Dr. Bruce, he gave her fluids and a nausea shot. She still wouldn't eat....I cooked her everything I could think of....she would just turn her head away. It was a very difficult time, she wouldn't eat, I would cry. and pray. I could hardly eat myself, I knew she was suffering, but we weren't ready to let her go.