What's up Nina? Thoughts from a Cystic Fibrosis Survivor & Lung Transplant Recipient

Doctors & Dogs

I like talking to smart people. I like asking the right questions. I like having a doctor I can trust to tell the small issues and not want to shove medicine down my throat.

I like pharmacists. I like talking to them. I like knowing which medications I don't have to take if it's only an issue small enough that I can't overcome on my own.

I'm against taking useless medications that pharmacutical companies make to ease peoples minds. When people bought them they made more. They became more useless. They became more about profit than helping people. People are too greedy. People want a silver bullet. People want more medicine and less problems. Only some realize this is not the case....

This is why I like animals. They are too tough. They are always happy and they always try to make you happy if you only love them. They ONLY need love to make it to tomorrow. They are not greedy, only sometimes maybe a little too spoiled . But Coco is SPOILED!! Coco loves all the little things. I love Coco. I think about Nellie, one if my favorite dogs, she understands, she is too awesome! I would flick a toothpick for her for years, she knows what it takes to ease the pain, she knows what it takes to chill. KEEPIN BUSY! Wondering which one of her people is going to throw a frisby for her all day TOMORROW! That's it! I LOVE DOGS!

I miss Max. I wish I could have taken better care of him while he was suffering. He got too sad, he wanted me to do something. He wanted to go camping, like I wanted to do, that was our favorite! I love the Whatcom Humane Society. I want to volunteer there everyday. Ever since I had to take Max there I have wanted to go back and tell the people how much it meant that they made Max so comfortable on that last day. I felt like they understood. I wanted to be able to help animals like that!

I want to go get them all and take care of them everyday. In my house if they would fit, in my yard if I ran out of room in the field I would buy if I ran out of room again. I always run out of money. LOL. Ohhh the little things. I feel like I don't have enough money to take care of a dog if it got sick, the Humane Society made me realize I could help more dogs even though I couldn't take them all home.

I wish everyone gave all their money to the humane societies. Animals need help, we need to help them, we make them faster than we can fix them, they need more help, they need more money. People can take care of themselves. Animals can't get jobs and work for money to ease the pain. They need us to love them enough to see it in their eyes. They will tell us when it's hurting too bad.

When they can't go on anymore without help. Love you Max.

Nina