... "here's the good news
... and here's the bad news." i personally hate that phrase. pisses me off in fact. it's like some kind of morbid game of emotional cruelty. just get it over with! don't play the "robin game" were you tell batman every goddamned thing you two are going to do before you do it... ARGH!
our family got some BAD NEWS the other day. 
my dearest puppers, maddie, who's only 4 years old, suddenly began to favor her front left foot. this time of year, almost every year, maddie gets mild allergic reactions of some sort in the webbing of her paws, so we immediately assumed it was jes that. A little dab of neosporin does the trick! voila! happy puppers!
no. not this time. maddie got worse and worse over the course of 24 hours. i rushed her to the vet on monday because she could barely walk on her paw by this time, and it was noticeably swollen. after testing her reflexes, testing body weight support on all feet, xrays, and more... the doc is flustered, surprised and confused!
maddie's middle toe is 4 times the size it should be. it's NOT a break, which they thought it was, but it's in fact some sort of deep, deep infection that has settled in between the backside of the toenail where it touches the index finger/bone inside. so..... there's a nasty and possibly cancerous BUG inside my puppers that i can't fix. (*sniff) and it's killing me. She looks at me with those big baby browns and actually puts her injured paw on my lap and says, "fix me daddy... i hurt" Do you have any idea how much this sucks!? The GOOD NEWS is that maddie's on some bigtime pain killers and antibiotics for now though, and the doc wants to try to treat this AS an infection for at least 30 days. if this doesn't work, they'll look into a possibly biopsy or the toe removal option to hopefully save the foot/leg.
AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH!
it's amazing to feel the effect that an animal has on your life. i am just a goddamned mess, aside from all other kinds of drama and shytte going on in my life i'll spare you all from. i need her to be strong for me... just as she needs the same for me. we've got so many more walks to have, sticks to chase (her, not me) and bellies to scritch. thankfully dogs can adjust well to 3 legs if the worst must happen some day. in the meantime, think a good thought for my puppers. please?
since i can't end on a sad note, my wifee took a hilarious shot of mr puddins, aka thunderbutt the other day when he found some sun. can you say "content?"
(yesh, we know... mr puddins is a big cat.... 24 lbs of luvin cannot be denied)
6 comments:
OH NO!!! I will keep Madster in my thoughts until we find out what is going on!!!! At least you got her in and she's on meds. Some people would have just let her be, you're good to your pup. In turn, she's good to you. You do have plenty of time left.
Can't believe you didn't mention this in IM yesterday...give her a hug from me!
Awwww
I love Maddie girl, she is such a good girl dog! She is in my thoughts as are you and wifee. Its horrible to feel helpless but she is a very lucky puppy to have you as her dad! By the way I love the picture of thunderbutt. He really is 24 pounds of lovin that can't be denied. :)
Damn, damn, damn, and if I haven't said it before, damn.
Just when you think you can't love them anymore than you do already, they figure out some new way to tug at your heartstrings. I know she is tugging at mine. (watery eyes here)
I remember having to take Scooter, our cat, to the vets for the inevitable euthanasia. I took him in and handed him to Dr. Bruce. He asked if I wanted to observe. I declined, gave him permission to dispose of the reamains and fled, crying to the van. (watery eyes here, too) Thank goodness Maryann was driving.
They give us so much love.
You got all the extra positive energy you can use coming from this part of the universe. Use it and pass the leftovers on.
Keeping Maddie in my thoughts!
Poor Puppydog! She and your family are in my thoughts. Hope she gets better quickl;y.
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