So Long, Bomber
Today was a bit of a sad day at the Falconers. We finally made the decision to put our cat Bomber down. He'd been acting strange for a couple of weeks, bleeding from his nose, and we discovered he had very high blood pressure. We tried treating that with medication, but the bleeding continued. Today we noticed his nose and face actually looked different, and the vet confirmed that there seemed to be a bump and puffiness around the bridge of his nose "that could be any number of things." Given our rather awful and drawn-out medical experience with our other cat Anthony, we decided Bomber had a pretty good run of 14 years. I'll miss his lap time. I won't miss the hairballs. From nearly-feral shelter cat to affectionate nuzzler, he was a pretty good pick.
Halloween Marathon Weekend
Halloween started at Ben's day care, with a party, a parade around the neighborhood, and then trick-or-treating at the retirement home next door. As you can see, Operation Elmo went down in flames. We gave it a shot, but probably would've gotten a visit from DCFS had we kept the costume on him.
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Busy Week!
This week we had visits from Dr. Seth from California, and our cousin David from Florida. They were in Chicago for an ER doctor conference. Ben helped clean.
Ben's Two Year Photos
We really need to sit down and decide what to have printed, but here's a sampling of the absolutely fantastic photos our friend Ben Sawyer took of Ben a couple weeks back.
He is a great photographer, and awesome with kids. We highly recommend him.
Operation Elmo Update
Operation Elmo appears doomed to failure. Despite a love/hate relationship with the costume, Ben seems to have drawn the line at actually putting it on. A trial fitting a couple days ago ended in tears. Frantic, panicked tears.
A typical conversation goes like this:
"Ben, do you want to be Elmo for Halloween?"
"No! Go away!"
If you give him the costume and say, "Hey! Look, it's Elmo!" he'll take it and say, "No! No!" and then give him a hug and start kissing his nose.
