*Drum Roll* Introducing Pheonix

I am pleased to finally say that we got our new kitten! It is amazing how much energy he has; I would love to have about half of it. :)

We picked him up the day before yesterday at about 3 pm, and I have since then spent all my time running behind him trying to make sure he isn't chewing wires, dumping the trash can, playing in the litter box, or making comet really mad! She isn't thrilled with him, but I have no doubt Comet will come around. :)

I took a couple pictures to share; He actually holds still, and allows me to take a million pictures so I had plenty to choose from.

Philosophers are adults who insist on asking childish questions- Unknown

This week things have gone quite a bit better for me, something I'm very happy about! :)

I had a great birthday on Wed; I was happy to see my family as we all hung out. Surprisingly, we were all sober for the entire thing! Ha-ha
( I think that might have been mainly because I had to be up early, and it was in the middle of the week. :) )

I also went to the doctor on Thursday, and I did receive more good news then bad, which is always nice.
I guess my loss of vision has been caused by a scar I have inside of my eye from a very old injury.
I was unlucky enough to get hit in the eye with a flying M&M.
If you think that sounds odd, you should hear about my manager who got cut in the finger with a piece of cheese! lol Working at McDonald's did give me quite a few unbelievable stories, and they are all absolutely mind boggling and true. ^_^

Anyways, the doctor told me that it should clear up on its own. It will take a while, but I should be able to regain most of my vision. I won't be able to see as clear with this eye, but I'm just happy it will heal without surgery or medication.

Now for the bad news. His only worry is that because I had pain with my sudden eye change, it could also be something else. He wants me to have an MRI done in late September. The reason for this is because eye pain and blurred vision are also symptoms of a disease called Multiple Sclerosis or MS.
MS is a chronic disease of the central nervous system, and it is an autoimmune disease, which basically means that your own immune system attacks itself. It usually attacks cells from your brain and spinal cord.
There is no cure for MS, but there are treatments that can help you keep it under control and help slow down the damage caused by it.
The good thing about this is that even if I'm showing signs for MS, it could be up 10 years or more before I get it, If I do, or the disease could be very mild.

However, I refuse to get too worked up about this since nothing is definite yet, but I will be sure and keep a close eye on it and do what needs to be done. :)