



Stella Rose and her ball
She was posing too cute for my husband yesterday I just had to share! She will be 7 months 10/20.




She was posing too cute for my husband yesterday I just had to share! She will be 7 months 10/20.
Miss Stella Rose.
I did not just get caught with a branch of “tree kibble” in the house! I found it there! Poof! Magic! (Tree kibble is what we call the nuts from the tree in our yard… thankfully nontoxic since my dogs have developed a deal with the local squirrels who throw some down for them in return for safe passage through the yard).
They are mostly inseparable now. Stella will be 6 months old 9/20. At first she was a lot for her big bro to handle but by 3 weeks in they had shared a pet bed and were playing like old bffs. Sometimes he still needs a break and we have ample space and opportunity to give it to him, but she has calmed down so much already it is amazing so those instances getting rarer by the day.
I have been on a roller coaster for half a decade. My papillary thyroid cancer was discovered by my gynecologist during a routine checkup in 2021 during the peak of COVID. I sometimes felt pain in my jaw and neck but also have had TMJ since my teens so never thought anything of it. The nodule was tiny, just over a centimeter diameter. She miraculously felt it.
My diagnosis was after a biopsy I had to wait over July 4th long weekend to get results. When they came I was devastated. We had just saved enough to put 20% down on a house in a high COLA.
They took $11k before they would do the surgery. That was in addition to $3k in biopsy, blood, and surgeon appointment costs with insurance. I eventually got a hefty check back. My parents thankfully stepped up so we could continue the house purchasing process in the interim. (I knew my OOP of $7,500 met and was outraged but when you have cancer you pay. I did get reimbursed but wtf).
It has been 5 years. Today I had my 5 year ultrasound (bloodwork ongoing due to bile absorption issues post gall bladder removal in 2024 all good). We own our dream house and just got a second dog. And 20 minutes ago I got the results of my ultrasound on MyChart. All clear!
For anyone on this journey they didn’t pick, you got this. And you can be stronger from it. I have had to have 2 more major surgeries since and learning how to deal with thyroid cancer made them so much more bearable.
I would make him stop but she keeps going back for more. He is half herding dog (Aussie) & half lab, and she is pure lab. The vocals and trying to keep her contained on his part, and her submissive nature to go back for more cuz she already knows at 5.5 months he loves her and would never intentionally hurt her is so special to me. She has taught her 7 year old brother how to “play”!
He barks in his puppy voice and she tries to lick his teeth.
Today is super stressful for me. Cancer scan day. Stella slept in my arms and hasn’t left my side all morning. Mamas little angel.
She is all tuckered out from playing outside all morning. She will be 6 months old 9/20.
She is 5.5 months old now. Just the sweetest puppy ever.
…I was just conducting a scientific experiment to see how long it could survive legless before I ate it! Miss Stella Rose.
No clue how she wiggled under there! What a silly puppy!
The nice folks from Pueblo we got our baby from sent us this video a couple days before we could pick her up. I was looking through all the old pics I took since we got her this morning and found it. Thought you all might appreciate it.
She was the last of her litter BUT we didn’t know that when we picked the girl with the pink bandana. When we learned she was the only one left we knew it was meant to be.
I was home sick yesterday and my girl didn’t leave my side. This is how she napped next to me. I kept kissing and massaging her paws. I feel so lucky to have found her.
How in the world this could be comfortable I don’t know but she stayed like that quite a while.
One eye opened one closed. Hubby took this one as she woke up mid nap then went right back to sleep on my bed. My lil bean.
5 months and 1 week old. Aka cutest puppy ever!
I am simply making sure they aren’t tangled. Miss Stella Rose. 5 months and 1 week old.