Oliver is better!!!!

Thanks to Dr. Cannon at Lauderdale Veterinary Specialists and divine intervention, the big guy has made it 2 weeks without the pericardial effusion returning. Dr. Cannon gave us the OKAY to travel, but she is paving the way for us as we head south with veterinarians who will be "on-call" for us that can treat heart problems. She has us covered to Key West. We are sticking around here for this week to organize and watch the weather. We have to travel on the ocean, so if the waves are large and the winds too high or from the wrong direction we will stay put until favorable conditions are present.

Totally worn out after the second drainage of the heart sac, poor guy.

Feeling more chipper looking for the cats- his favorite hobby

Colee Park as he regains his strength.

Still needs his naps though.

While here we did see the moon seem to grow in size. Scientifically this is not so, but the full moon has been gorgeous. It also is creating greater tides. We are at a fixed dock, so if the tides are too high when Oliver has to "do his thing", we cannot get Ollie off to a skinny dock. He would slide down his ramp and keep going. Splash! We put him in the dinghy and go to the docks at the edge of the property that are the right height. After we take a morning walk, he gets a dinghy ride around the neighborhood. For a while the tides cooperated in terms of the times for low and high and we could use the dock, but now we are back to the dinghy.

all we see here are million dollar boats and homes, but the free Moon is the best

I also found a great church, First Presbyterian that I have been going to on Sundays. It is a wonderful church and the choir sings many of the songs we sing at Mayflower ( Hayes, Rutter, Beck). They are doing a capital campaign right now and the minister had a great joke I thought I would share: the minister gets up in church and says, "the good news is we have the money for the new ministry center. the bad news is it is all in your pockets". I loved that one.

First Presbyterian Church

Our family went to Ft. Lauderdale for many Christmas breaks growing up. We attended a church Christmas Eve and I wonder if it is the same one. This church has been around since 1950's and since I was there in the 60's and 70's it could be the same church. Maybe my sister Mary remembers?

Love to all. I will let you know when we leave here.