Apparently, my poor pup had a close encounter with a car and the car won. I noticed him limping a little bit last night, and since it was Sunday evening, all we could do was wait until this morning to see if it was any better. It wasn't. So, while I was at the OBGYN taking the ever-popular glucose tolerance test; Dave was dropping Pablo off at the vet. The limp didn't seem that bad, and he still managed to beat us to the mailbox to tear up this morning's paper; so we were both stunned when the vet called to tell us that his lower back leg is broken in two places and that we had three options:
- Steel-plating in the leg to the tune of $6000
- Pinning the leg for about 10% of that cost
- Amputation
As much as we love Pablo, we don't have $6000-but we do love him too much to amputate unless that was our only option. So...bye bye birthday check from Mom, hello pins in the leg for Pablo. I hope this will somewhat restore his Tramp-esque 'footloose and fancy-free' lifestyle, because the thought of his mobility being super-limited for the rest of his life makes me sad. They can't operate on him until tomorrow, but are keeping him for today and overnight because they feel that they will have better luck keeping him immobile than we will. Sadly, they are right. I'm a little irritated because the house up the street from ours boasts two dogs who like to charge passing cars. I can't count the number of times that I've swerved not to hit them. So, of course, it has to be mine that gets hit. (He kind of looks like the dog up the street, so I wonder if some other neighbor wasn't seeking retribution-you got the wrong dog, Idiot!) But, he is still alive and happy enough to tear up newspapers so this could have been much worse. We are readying our backyard with a nice cozy spot for him to recuperate. And I hope he likes it so much that he decides to spend his time there from now on and NOT in the street. Until then, while it may seem silly for a mom of almost 5 to be so upset over a dog, I'm still going to ask for prayers and good thoughts for our sweet puppy. Thanks!
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Melessa, you're not being silly at all, ihop.
we DO get attached to our animals, they ARE family, after all. :-0
we had a cat, Princess, who against tremendous odds lived to be 26!
o'course at the end she was diabetic, blind, deaf and had fallen hips! yet she still exhibited too much zest for us to put her down.
well, the end DID eventually come, believe it or not, it was NOT a natural death, but to make a long story short, we'll leave THAT story for another day.
the point is, we had her cremated, andthe ashes are in the little wooden box with her picture on the side. the box is on our dresser.
every day we caress the box and talk to her. after seven years we still miss and it'll be a long, long time before we'll accept another pet into our home.
so, WE don't think its silly to pray for your Pablo, we think its necessary.
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I'd be doing it too. My pets are my kids. At least you're not having to fit him with a doggie wheelchair and yes, they have those.
Not the $6000 one though. I love my pets but I'm not crazy. I love our friend Jean-Bean but I thought she was crazy for driving her dog to Dallas every couple of weeks for a chemo treatment.
You are not crazy for caring about your dog. But I also understand not wanting to pay $6000. That's kinda how I feel about Elizabeth. I didn't want to spend $6000 dollars to have Elizabeth's jaw removed. Pablo is in my thoughts. Poor puppy. I wish I knew who did it. Grrr.....
OH melessa, so sorry you even have to make such a decision. $6,00?!!!! craziness!
Thanks everyone for not thinking that I'm crazy for being as upset about my dog as I would about any of my kids. Poor Buddy came through surgery OK today, but they are keeping him again through tonight in the interest of keeping him still and calm. We may be able to pick him up tomorrow, it will depend on what the vet thinks. Our vet is pretty much amazing in my book and I trust his judgement. But I miss my puppy.
I'm glad he's on the mend! I would have been worried sick, so there's definitely nothing silly about how you felt. He's family! Pet owners don't cross the line until they start dressing their dogs in clothing purely for aesthetic reasons, and you're FAR from that point.
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