Our little buddy Linus got hurt! He'd been hobbling around for about a week, not putting weight on his back left leg. Being the worrysome mommy that I am (and I don't even have human children yet!) I decided he needed to be seen by a vet as soon as possible when he didn't start walking on it a few days later. I made an appointment with the vet simply to make myself feel better. It was probably nothing. I got to the vet and she assured me that it was probably nothing a few pain killers and some time wouldn't heal, but she would like to take some x-rays to be positive. I was okay with that, since all I wanted was for Linus to be better. After about half an hour the vet came back in to look over the x-rays wit me. Linus' knee cap was nowhere near his knee! The vet said that a ligament or somthing had probably torn up in his thigh, and pulled the knee cap up with it. The only way to fix it would be for Linus to have a surgery and put pins in his leg to hold the knee cap down, which is an expensive surgery. If we couldn't afford it the "Humaine thing" would be to put him down. TR and I cried, and prayed, and planned, and worked it out so that we would be able to save our little buddy. The next morning we drove down to Payson and said goodbye to our little buddy until Saturday morning. We were greatly blessed by those in our family, and the vet's quick and steady hands. The operation took less time than was originally quoted to us, so it cost a considerable ammount less, and our family chipped in as much as they could, including prayers on our behalf, which was much more than we expected. We cried and laughed and rejoiced in their generosity. We picked up Linus on Saturday morning, and instead of post dating a check until our tax return came which we had originally planed, we paid for it in full and have no debts, and we also have a much better little buddy. He still looks kinda funny since they had to shave all of the fur off that one leg, but we're greatful he's doing better.
He can still keep up with the other dogs, and is usually faster than them, in spite of being a tri-pod for a little while.
And just when he was starting to grow his soul patch back from his first surgery...
That's a nice battle scar.
He's gotten so big since we moved here.
This was taken just after we moved in.
This was taken today.
I know he's going to be a big dog so his growth rate is faster than I'm used to, but it still takes me by surprise. We're excited to have many more years with our Little Linus. We thank the Vetrinarians and our family who worked and prayed so hard for him to be healthy and still a part of our family. We can never repay you enough.
I was Miss Elizabeth Bennet!
