Amanda

Okay so a little morbid I know but here's the story....we had the most amazing cat named Bob, he was about 6 human years old the best cat I've ever had for sure well last Tuesday around 8pm he found a way back and un like the other 2 or 3 times he had gotten out he was no where to be found so for days we looked for him calling animal shelters and posting signs....well unfortunatly the following Sunday a neighbor told us that behind his house in the creek (which is mainly dry this time of year) was a cats body so we went down into the creek and sure enough that was our kitty, my question is, is there any way to know about how long he had been dead he honestly looked like he just laid down and died he had been acting kinda funny for a few weeks but I know we will never know how he died just kinda would like to know when.....trying to not get to grapih but the smell was just un bareable his fur was coming off fairly easily we picked him up with a shovel and put him in a box because we just couldn't leave him there but he was very wet and very soft mushy I guess anyway.........I just want to know how long he had been there and I guess I fee guilty for not looking down there in the first place it was right behind my house just two more houses down he was so close to home! I really miss my kitty and pray that he didn't suffer any help on the decomp process would be appreciated!

I have a question that I am praying someone can help with.....

So for several months now I have had severe back pain, It started to be just in the morning after sleeping, no matter where I slept.....however for about 2 months now it has been constant, all day no matter what time of day, also to add to the fun, I have had a swollen index and now middle finger that are so sore I can hardly use them, and about a day or two ago I noticed my knee swelling and now it is extremlly sore and very makes moving even harder, I have pain everywhere the bottom of my feet hurt too, and even though this sounds like a silly question I dont know if or when i should go to the doctor, thing is i have no insurance i applied for medicaid and was denied

also just to add aleve was helping but doesnt help much at all anymore, i dont seem to have a fever just dont know what should be done next

My soon to be Husband and I have decided to go to Oklahoma City for our honeymoon after the wedding due to the location and various things to do there, We however are now having a issue with finding a hotel in a safe and nice area to stay in.....can anyone help?

Okay, So my Fiance and I are getting married in just 20 days and we still haven't decided if we are going to have a dollar dance or not, he is from Missouri and it is extremely popular with his family and this area and I am from Louisiana originally and my family isn't very familiar with it, his family is all very much looking forward to it and I am fine with having it because he really wants this and he has let me have anything that ive wanted for this wedding but I don't want to offend my family however most of my family wont be there they have largely canceled or said no so do you think it would be really tacky to have the dollar dance at our wedding?

My grandmother had a Anoxic Brain Injury after being in the hospital with Pneumonia and she is also in the end stage of COPD, she has been taken off her ventilator, she is beginning to swell very badly and the nurse is saying that it seems like her kidneys are starting to fail....I am a CNA but only for a few months now and I know that the end is near I am just not sure what else I should be looking for what I can do to help I know that I honestly cant do much but I guess I am just mainly looking for some guidance on what else to expect in the coming hours or days should she have them.

Okay so I am not the "typical" step mom.....my stepdaughter is 10 years old and she lives with her dad and myself full time he has full custody of her and her mom has very little to do with her she lives in Florida with her new husband which is about 10 hours away from us. I have had her since she was just 6 and have honestly raised her as one of my own from that point, taken her to what seems like over 100 doctors appointment getting her glasses and after 2 years of ENT appointments getting her hearing aids, she wanted to be in girl scouts, softball student council all of which i supported and participate in, I attend all her school functions, plays everything and she is not the only child we have five all together 3 are mine from a previous relationship and 2 are my fiances, after a few very hard months where if i ask her anything at all from taking a shower to cleaning her room, brushing her hair anything or god forbid i discipline her she throws a fit and it ends up becoming a 30 minute long issue that her dad has to fix........at first i thought maybe it was just puberty and hormones starting then i thought well maybe its attention she is after, but tonight she walks up to me and hands me a magazine that she read in school about Evil Step moms!!! I have never felt like a evil step mom I treat her and her brother just like my own 3 like my own children...Ive asked their dad if i am doing something that maybe i don't realize and he says that he doesn't see it so i ask you what do i do.......i don't want to be the evil step mom......I cant be cause as i said earlier i live with these kids all year and i cant have this kind of turmoil in my home or my life what do i do?

So we have been together for almost 5 years, we both have children from previous relationships that we are raising full time together, He is divorced and I have never been married, I am 27 he is 32. Our relationship is really great we have our issues like everyone but we have worked them out and we are both happy, however since we got engaged it seems like maybe he wasnt serious about proposing, after our engagement whenever i mention wedding plans or ideas or dates he most of the time shruged it off then we came into some finacial issues and put the wedding off for a year untill next July 2011 but now he will barely even talk about a wedding with me.....he says that we need to resolve our problems before we even think about getting married, well in my opinion you dont propse unless your certain that you want to marry that person, I havent changed since he asked and he hasnt either, so i have completly stopped wearing my ring and havent spoken to him in quiet a while about the engagment or wedding or anything to that effect but I am becoming really upset and sad over the whole thing.....so do i give him some time and space or do i push the issue?