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It’s such a gloomy day. The shy is gray: the clouds are dark and full of promise to rain. Storms are forming above us. It is easy to believe that it is an ominous sign of what’s to come. Yet, at 7:30 this morning Sarge is up and moving. He is full of energy, the most we’ve seen since his accident. I haven’t yet given him his morning pain pill and he is already standing at the door waiting to be let out. The two young pups haven’t been penned yet, so we make Sarge wait; afterall, we don’t want the over exuberant pups to run him over or knock him down.
After the pups are penned, Sarge is waiting at the gate waiting for his turn with tail awagging. Once the gate is opened he charges down the steps as if he’s been running up and down those steps with a bum leg all his life. What an encouraging attitude this boy has. Of course, he doesn’t know that he is about to go on one of those terrifying car rides to see the scary vet in order to have his bum leg removed. But still… he is happy and full of energy today. He knows life is good and that all will be right. It is time that we humans get on the same page and remember our blessings.
8:15 am and Sarge is waiting to be checked in. He is uncomfortable with the smells of the vet clinic and begins to squirm and whine. Now this is the Sarge that we all know and love. He has always been uncomfortable at the vet’s office. Being the good boy that he is, he follows us straight into the examining room. Vitals are taken, tranquilizer administered, and off he goes into an unseen room to wait all alone for his “procedure”.
We talk with the vet a little more to see what his plan is for surgery. He is hoping to amputate mid way through the femur and let the remaining stub of bone calcify. By doing this the muscle will still be in place to give Sarge a more symmetrical appearance. But he can’t be certain that this is a possibility until he gets underway. He may have to remove the leg at the hip joint.
We all stay home today, we want to be close by just in case the vet calls. So all of us are trying to stay busy and keep our minds off of what’s going on a few miles away. We are gardening, doing some rabbitry chores, fencing off the porches (to prevent future porch lunges), and writing this post in an attempt to remain calm as 3:30 approaches.
We are to call and check with the vet at 3:30. We are hoping Sarge is awake and ready to come home.
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Here’s hoping you have had some news about Sarge by now!
I’m sure everything went according to schedule and Sarge is already on the road to recovery.
Hugs
Linda and Tucker
Yes, he is home now. I’ll try to do a quick update today. Thank you for your support and encouragement.
And just think, Sarge is blissfuly unaware of anything right now! He’s still very drugged up and probaby seeng pink elephants!!
I know it’s ard to believe how well he will do. You will be sooo amazed!!
Yeah, this is a tough time and recovery is no picnic. You are dong what needs to be done to give that cute boy a wonderfully happy and pain free life!
Try and get some rest amd just knowthat all is well in the land of Sarge! Update us when you can..
HUGS TO ALL!!
Sally and Happ Hannah
Thank you so much for your encouragement Benny55. I hope to do an update later today. You’re right, I’m amazed already.
So glad to hear he’s home! I hope everything is going well and Sarge is getting his rest. Please visit us in the Forums if you need anything at all, we’re thinking of you.