I feel so bad for the little fella. Landon picked me up from the airport around 11:30 last night, and had no choice but to bring Butch along since he was still all drugged out. It seemed that the jostling of the road was hurting him, because he started to whimper, and moan. It is so hard to hear him make noises that mean he is in pain, and there is nothing that we can do.
Butch is a dog that sleeps with us in our bed.
Circumstances as they are, we had to make a bed for him on the floor since he is still wobbly, and has that giant lamp shade around his head. We did not want to jostle him while we slept.
We finally got to bed around 2:00 , and about 3:30 Butch woke me up with his whine, and I did not know how to help him.
So I gave him some water, and then I guessed that he did not know what to do not sleeping with us, since he always has.
I made up a little bed for myself on the floor next to him, so I could give him some comfort since I did not know if the pain meds were wearing off, but I did know that we could not give him more until the morning.
So I slept on the floor. And not 5 minutes after I got settled, he wobbled over, and laid down beside me, turned out, he just wanted the warmth and comfort. Poor little guy.
The doctors told us that the surgery went well. They had to make the groove in his leg bone deeper, and said that there was quite a bit of wear and tear on the ligament, so they expected down the road that he will develop arthritis in that leg. I feel bad that we did not catch it until now since that meant that this had been going on for sometime.
5 comments:
Butch is so cute. So many nights as a mother are spent like that - not knowing what a child needs or wants, not able to DO anything, but just BEING with them is enough (though usually mom is uncomfortable). Good luck Butchie, get better.
poor little thing!! I hope he gets feeling better soon! Its been fun reading your blog and catching up as to what your doing since it looks like the Ricks cousin reuions are a thing of the past. We had some good times during those reunions!!
I'm glad you got home safe and got Butch back from the vet. I showed Bryce and Ashlyn your blog, and Bryce says that he hopes Butch gets feeling better! He said he knows what it feels like :).
Thank you all for the nice comments. Butch is slowly getting the hang of walking on three legs. The lamp shade is still a problem though. He keeps letting it knock him over. :)
I'm so glad you gave my dad your blog address. It's nice to be able to catch up.
I'm so sorry to hear about Butch. It's amazing how animals become such a big part of your family. I really hope he recovers quickly. You will have to check out my blog when you have time. www.mwfamily.blogspot.com
Melissa
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