I get by with a little help from my friend

So after last night, that will make 3 times that my dog Lila has had to go to the emergency vet clinic.  She ripped her leg open on something ( we think it was the small fencing around the bushes) and she had stitches put in.  It was on a Wednesday.  The following Friday ( a week ago) , she was able to get the donut off and licked some stitches out. We took her back and they added staples to her stitches.  She had been so good until yesterday. I got home from work and the first thing I've been doing, is look into her kennel to see if she has the donut around her neck.  Nope!! She was able to get out of it and had taken her staples out and a few stitches.  It had been really healing well too.  Todd took her back and this time they used glue. We switched out the collar that goes thru the donut to be tighter so fingers crossed, she can't get out of it.  We've paid a fortune with these vet visits! Like seriously close to a grand. Thank goodness for credit cards.  I just hate that it's just that much longer that she has to wear the donut and be on medication.  I put the cone on her yesterday and she freaked out so bad!!!! It's like she became claustrophobic and was crazy. She pawed at it feverishly and her tongue was out and she took off running and of course ran into things. It was horrible to watch and I started crying because she was so scared. She eventually ran into things and caused it to pop off.  We have no choice but to use the donut. It's less invasive and she can eat with it better.  I had also stopped on the way home last night after work at a thrift store and bought some infant leggings and shorts to put on her and to cover her wound so she could have a break from the cone.  I may try that tonight. Oh the things we do for our pets!

The other night we had a quick storm that came through with crazy winds. Our pool floats were blowing around the backyard and the dogs were watching out our glass door . I laughed so hard when I saw Lila leaning against Jax and he let her for at least a good minute or so.  Time enough to grab the photo.  

So this week has been the start of the funerals for our Dallas officers that were killed a week ago today.  It's been crazy with the POTUS here and literally hundreds of officers from other states, cities and Canada.  It's been solemn. 

Today was wear blue to support the police.  Have y'all heard any of the speeches from our Chief Brown? He's been amazing and such a great leader.  

My mom is in town and has been staying with my grandma for the last few weeks. It's my turn for her to visit and so Todd is picking her up today from east Texas and she will stay with us until she leaves Tuesday morning.  I'm so happy to have her back .  I only get to see mom once a year if I'm lucky so twice is so awesome! 

Have a great weekend. 

Lila's long night

My sweet poor baby Lila hurt herself good.  Yesterday I had makings of a migraine so as soon as I got home, I laid down for a nap. Y'all have to know that's very unusual because I've never been a napper so I felt like poo!  Todd came home from work and I remember him closing the door so the dogs would let me rest.  Earlier, Lila had jumped on the bed and laid down next to me .  

It was a little after 8pm when Todd came in and he was holding Lila and asked "What do we do"?  It was a very deep open wound on her leg and I knew we had to take her to emergency vet clinic.  Being new to the neighborhood, I looked to see if there was a closer one than the one we knew of near our previous home. Luckily there was one super close and they were great. 

Todd realized the wound when she was constantly licking it but at first he didn't think anything of it.  She also went and laid into her kennel which she only does if she is scared or not feeling good. Lila ended up having to go under so they could clean the wound and sew her up with stitches.  

We got home a few minutes before 10pm. The dogs have always slept with us and so we all loaded into the bed. Lila was so stoned and woozy from the medication. She couldn't sit up and would lean and fall over. She had the clear cone on her and it scared her.  I was up all night with her. Lila was very restless and would be sleeping and then just sit up and act like she wanted to jump off bed.  She was having bad doggy dreams and every now and then she would whimper. It broke my heart! 

I didn't want her to get off bed so I he's onto her all night.  I thought maybe she would be safer in her kennel. She would be more confined and her little bed is in it. So Todd brought it in our room and we put her in.  That lasted about 10 minutes and she started whimpering.  Then Todd laid on floor with her but she still cried so we took her out and put her back in bed. 

This morning, we took the cone off her and I put a scarf around her neck to try to keep her from licking . I found a neck ring that is inflatable and is alternative to the cone online. Todd is heading to petco now to find one. That will be better than the cone so she can eat and not run into things as much. 

I hate it when my babies are hurt! We have no idea what happened but we think it might have been from a small fence around our bushes in backyard.  She is always on the prowl and she gets under everything.  

We have to take her to get stitches out in 10 days. Wish us luck for trying to slow her down for that long.  

Warning , her wound is graphic.  

This is what we hope to find so she doesn't have to wear cone.