The next week, Joe's mom had a fall, broke her hip and had a new one put in. Now she's in another hospital (for 3 more days) for rehab.
I spent Thursday afternoon hooked to monitors and getting every sort of test you can think of... (no baby yet, and both baby and I are fine, but we were told not to expect to make it to our due date - we'll find more out Monday when I go back and go through it all again).
But yesterday afternoon was the WORST.
Our precious baby took a swan dive off a retaining wall in the front yard. She landed about three feet below on the sidewalk and as I was telling her how silly she was to fall, she tried to stand and SCREAMED in pain, holding her right paw dangling in the air.
"SHE BROKE HER LEG!"
I scooped her up, we rushed inside, called the vet - he was out of the office getting continuing education credits. They referred us to another vet who supposedly has office hours until 7:00 PM. There was no answer there. By this time, we're a couple blocks from the house, cursing traffic, and called a third vet who was open until 6:00 (by now, it's 10 minutes 'til 6:00 and I was in tears begging them to not lock the doors before we got there).
The good news:
No broken leg. She was given a cortisone shot and told not to run or jump for a day or two (like that's going to happen).
And the vet said she's the most beautiful puppy in the world.
But we already knew that.
6 comments:
"Screaming in pain..." broke my heart! Poor baby! I'm glad she's okay. And yes she IS a very pretty puppy!
Oh I am so glad she is ok. She's very pretty. I dread the thought of something happening to my two dogs.
We were both absolute wrecks on the way to the vet - I was calling us unfit parents and Joe was blaming himself for the fall... You can't even tell she was hurt now, thank God.
....I was calling us unfit parents and Joe was blaming himself for the fall.... I can't wait to hear the story of the 1st time you have to take your toddler to the hospital...which won't be critical, probably just stitches or a broken bone, but that story will be hilarious. And you know it's coming. Do you recall how many times one of us ended up in the emergency room as kids?
There was even the time we gave Carol directions to our house in IL, she took a different major road so when she crossed the river and took the 1st right as we told her she ended up in the emergency room entrance and thought we did that on purpose as a joke!!
I am glad the puppy is ok, but when you recounted that story on the phone this morning (and here), it is hysterical in retrospect knowing that everything is ok.
I am so glad your puppy is ok. That must have been so scary. I hope you don't but if your puppy ever has any behavior problems, please feel free to give us a call. I own Cumberland Canine, maybe you have heard of us. We fix problems and stop bad behavior from developing. Take a look at www.cumberlandcanine.com. And yes your puppy is the cutest puppy in the world!!!
Tammy
How heartbreaking is it to hear a puppy cry?!?!?!?!?!?
I'm not sure where you live but the after hours emergency clinic is great. It's right off Wedgewood on 12th Avenue and they're open all weekend till 7AM on Monday morning.
Glad she's ok!! And she IS beautiful!
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