Forever Missed..

I called Lauren's mom yesterday and told her that I had created a new myspace page for Lauren - called Friends of Lauren - because her page had become filled with spam after she passed. It made me really sad to not be able to go onto her page and look at her pictures and leave her a comment when I'm thinking about her. She was so grateful - this is where Lauren got so many of her qualities - from her mom. Her mom is possibly the nicest woman you would ever meet - and so genuine - which is hard to find these days. She wrote me the sweet e-mail below and it really got to me. It's still really hard to believe she is gone. I will forever miss her.

Dearest Brittany,
There are not words enough to thank you for this gift. I am crying, of course, as I write this, but this means the world to Jim and I. If you could go online and thank everyone who responded, on our behalf, that would be great.
Lauren was so lovable and so selfless. I know how much she loved you, and I can still picture in my mind her voice telling me stories about the two of you, and sometimes just stories about you. She would laugh and laugh. I find it so hard to accept her loss, I so profoundly miss her. She was in some ways the best part of Jim and I, certainly our strength and compassion.
The site you created is really beautiful, we love the pictures and poems and music.
I will check it to see how it changes, but thank you so much.

NEVER buy SentryPro XFC flea medication for your pet!!!!

Do not EVER EVER EVER buy SentryPro XFC for your pet. (The vet told us this applies to ANY generic flea meds including Hartz and Bio Spot).

I had always given my 3 year old dog Dakota Frontline and never had any issues…
Well, I ran out and was not able to make it to the vet during the week, so I went to Pets Mart and noticed SentryPro XFC on the shelf and thought I would give it a try because it was much cheaper and I figured it would have the same ingredients as Frontline.

I put it on Dakota at 5 am before I left to go out of town for business..Came home that night at around 7 pm..My poor dog was having MAJOR muscle spasms, drooling uncontrollably, could barely walk, totally disoriented, could not sit still.

I called the emergency vet and they said to wash it all off immediately with Dawn dish soap and bring her in. The vet said to NEVER buy the generic flea and tick meds because they are highly toxic and can have serious side effects for your animal (They said if given to a cat it would die). The vet said it’s so horrible and they don’t understand why these pet stores keep it on the shelves. Luckily they gave her some muscle relaxers and gave us some to take home so we could give them to her every 8 hours until the muscle spams went away. Thankfully, she is back to normal and feeling much better!

I hope this serves as a warning for anyone who would think of purchasing this product. I researched online and found over 100 people on one message board whose pets had the exact same symptoms as Dakota so I really don't understand how this product is still on the shelf. Anyway, I wanted to get this out there because I would hate for anyone to have to go through the same thing she did.