Snowing Again; Bits & Pieces

Sunday morning, seven degrees outside, and snow is lightly falling...  I've walked to the bakery, fed my kits, cleaned their litter boxes, taken out trash, read the newspaper and put out food for the outdoors critters - wasteless bird seed for the juncos, sparrows, and finches; baguette rounds for the crows, ravens, and cowbirds; and a combination of peanuts, pecans, and walnuts for the squirrels.  I've had my breakfast, listened to the local news and taken care of my e-mails and facebook page; now it's time for the blog....
   As the family understood it, the surgeon was to drill a small hole in Kent's skull Friday to perform the biopsy on his brain tumor.  Instead, he removed a piece of skull the size of a person's hand; then he shaved bone from the interior of the skull before replacing it...  Why?  We found out that Kent cannot undergo either chemo- or radiation therapy until his skull seals, or re-knits/heals.  As the amount of time that will take is unknown, and due to the fact that Kent's tumor is growing rapidly, the surgeon wanted to be sure that Kent's brain would not be cramped, or under more pressure, as the tumor grows, or in case his brain begins to swell.  The surgeon said Kent had a wonderfully thick skull, and he was certain that he was able to make enough space, if it's needed.  Now we have to wait for a full-body CAT scan today, and the results of the biopsy, which will, hopefully, be available on Wednesday.
  I wrote about a month ago regarding a case of animal cruelty - Caitin Lesko had taken her young French bulldog to the vet for treatment, but when she was told the cost of setting Bamboo's two broken legs, as well as the cost of treatment for the burns covering half of his tummy, the woman left.  The veterinarian's office called the police to report a possible case of animal cruelty.  The lady was arrested, and the dog taken to the Humane Society of Boulder Valley.  The pup has since been adopted out to a new family.  Ms Lesko was originally charged with a misdemeanor pet cruelty charge; it has now been raised to a felony count.  And, during the investigation of the case, the police found that Bamboo was one of a pair of puppies that Ms Lesko and her boyfriend had purchased.  The other puppy, unfortunately, is dead.  It was strangled to death by Ms Lesko's boyfriend.  The couple had the puppies in bed with them - a king sized bed, raised quite high from the floor.  French bulldogs have short little legs.  The now dead puppy had to use the bathroom, but was afraid to jump down from the bed - at 8 weeks, he used the bathroom on the bed.  The boyfriend woke up and strangled the puppy to death because it had used the bed as the ground.  The boyfriend did take the puppy to a vet, appearing very agitated when he was told the puppy was dead.  The man had given a fake name and address to the vet's office, so even though it was reported as a suspected animal cruelty case, it could not be followed up by investigators.  Now the boyfriend is facing felony animal cruelty charges, as well.  I say: Hooray for our investigators!  This type of nonsense must cease!
  Back in June, Boulder was shocked by the stabbing and death of a 17-year-old high school student who was camping out with friends near Nederland.  The man (20 years old) charged with the murder was a previous classmate of the deceased.  On Friday he pleaded guilty to manslaughter and stated he was under the influence of LSD, psychotropic mushrooms, and "moonshine" at the time.
   Also, the young lady that lives next to me, and who screams in anger and frustration, has allowed her abusive boyfriend back into her life.  I have seen him multiple times during the past week.  I called the police once, to see if he was still "banned from the building" but received no answer - even though they came to Britta's apartment to be certain she was safe.  So I guess he's allowed back on the premises - and, unless I hear something truly horrendous from next door, I'll be ignoring their shouting and screaming and the sound of thuds of body blows and furniture being thrown around.  Poor little girl... he's got her convinced that he is the only person who will ever love her.  It's the same old abuse story all over again...
   And, finally, I rooted for three college teams yesterday during the "College Football Championship" day.  Each one of those teams lost.  I feel like my support is the kiss of death at the moment.  Hopefully, the Broncos will the Tennessee Titans in today's game - if not, then I'll know I need to stop watching  for the rest of the season....