INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Ask questions about your dog's illness, prognosis, and treatment options available. Make sure to write everything down or bring along a friend or family member who will help you remember your options.  Your feelings of grief will make it difficult for you to remember everything. If your veterinarian indicates that there may be few or no options that can treat your dog's illness or condition, ask about other options to consider and the costs involved, including the following:  Continuing to provide treatment at home and the medications available.  Discuss about palliative care to help with pain management and the costs. Putting the dog down in a safe space under direction of a veterinarian.  Discuss when and how this is done and the costs involved. Treatment options to prolong life or surgeries needed.  Understand the limitations, such as only prolonging a dog's life for a few more months and the possibly of high vet bills. Use the HHHHMM Quality of Life Scale to assess your dog's health and condition, as indicated in the criteria below.   Talk with your vet about what score you believe your dog has in terms of quality of life, and compare this to the score your vet gives. You can also ask other members of your household or close friends and family to provide a score as well. Understand that you may have a biased score (with good reason), due to wishing to have more time with your pet.   Think about the following criteria for your pet's quality of life:  Hurt Hunger Hydration Hygiene Happiness Mobility More Good Days than Bad While putting your dog down via euthanasia may seem upsetting, think about the reasons why it may be a less painful way for your pet to end their life.  Talk with your veterinarian about the pros and cons, as well as your dog's current quality of life:  Pros:  providing a gentle way to go in a safe and controlled space, having the opportunity to be present when you say good-bye, ensuring that your pet feels no pain at the time of death Cons: feeling possible guilt that you cannot stop your pet from dying, taking on the stressful task of making life and death decisions for your pet Consider filling out this assessment tool created by the Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center, and discuss it with your veterinarian to understand your dog's current health and quality of life: http://vet.osu.edu/assets/pdf/hospital/companionAnimals/HonoringtheBond/HowDoIKnowWhen.pdf

SUMMARY: Discuss about the options available for your dog's treatment. Assess your dog's quality of life. Consider the pros and cons of euthanasia at end of life.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Think about how much money you're budgeting for the trip. Or, if you know how much money you'll need in the other country, work backwards and start with the foreign currency. You can find this information on a Google search, or on several banking or financial websites. Note that you want to set the currency you have to 1; the value listed next to the currency you're exchanging to is the exchange rate. Multiply the money you've budgeted by the exchange rate.  The answer is how much money you'll have after the exchange.  If "a" is the money you have in one currency and "b" is the exchange rate, then "c" is how much money you'll have after the exchange.  So a * b = c, and a = c/b.  For instance, say you want to convert Euros to US dollars.  At the time of this revision, 1 Euro is worth 1.09 US dollar.  Your exchange rate is 1.09.  If you're planning on taking $1500 Euros with you, you would multiply 1500 by 1.09.  The answer, 1632.61, is how much money you'll have in dollars after the exchange. Here's an example of the "work backwards" method.  Say that you know you'll need 20,000 Hungarian forints for your trip. You discover that 1 US dollar is equivalent to 226.43 forints. To figure out how many US dollars you would need to save at the current exchange rate, divide 20,000 by 226.43.  The answer, 88.33, is how many US dollars you need to exchange.

SUMMARY: Estimate the amount of money you wish to exchange. Look up the exchange rate of the currency to which you wish to convert. Calculate how much money you'll have after the exchange.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: You’ll need to pack a diaper bag. When you do so, bring more diapers than you think you’ll need – you never know when your baby will decide to make life inconvenient. Make sure you have wet wipes as well, and a towel or blanket to use for a changing surface. Towels and blankets can do double-duty as coverings if your baby decides to nap at the party. If you breastfeed exclusively, consider bringing a blanket to help you feed your baby discreetly. If your infant drinks formula, bring it – along with bottles and nipples. Slings can be fantastic because they let you keep your hands free even as you hold your baby close. If your infant is comfortable in a sling, take it along! If the party is outside (or someplace with plenty of room), bring your stroller. Your infant can sleep in it if he or she gets tired, and it works as a good, familiar place to set your baby in the unfamiliar environment of a birthday party. Be prepared for diaper-related accidents, spitting up, and other miscellaneous infant messiness. Bring a fresh set of clothes for yourself and your infant. If this will be the first time many people will see your baby, you may want to pick extra special clothes for the occasion, but don’t choose anything to fussy or difficult, as that will make changes unnecessarily complicated.

SUMMARY:
Bring plenty of diapers, wipes, blankets, and towels. Pack feeding supplies. Consider a sling. Take a stroller. Bring extra clothes for you and your baby.