Ummm......he JUMPED OUT OF MY MOVING CAR!!!! What?!?! The kids had off school for MLK day, so Peyton and I were going to take the dogs down to the park where they like to run. Gus LOVES the park and is always ripping and ready to go! We was excited, and once we turned on the final road he was super pumped. We had just turned, so the car was only going about 10 MPH, and he saw another dog out for a walk, so he thought he'd just jump out and play. OMG!!!!!! Luckily there was no car behind me. I slammed on my breaks, ran out to get him and he wouldn't walk, and had pooped himself .
We called the vet and they said we could bring him in and they'd work him in. We took Annie home, dropped her off, grabbed Gus's leash and headed to the vet. When we stopped at home and Annie jumped out, Gus didn't even move....so I knew he was hurt!
They vet tech came out and got Gus from the car and she had to use a towel to lift up his back legs and have him walk on his front two legs. They called me a little bit later and said that he had broke the upper part of his back right leg. Since it was the upper part of his leg, they would not be able to cast it. Now we have to go to a doggie orthopedic surgeon......UGH!!!! They sent Gus home that night, extremely doped up, and we had to just give him painkillers the next day, as they couldn't get him in for surgery until Wednesday. I literally slept on the foyer floor with him that night......My body told me I was too old for that.
Everyone took their turn laying in his cage with him.....babysitting Gus....
Surgery DAY!! Mike took the kids to school and I took Gus to the surgeon. They called me about 2:00 and said the surgery was done and that it went great. They said he would stay over night and be released the next day. They also said that we wouldn't hear from them again.....that no news was good news. Well, about 10:30 that night they call. They said he had been regurgitating a little bit through out the day and just thought it was the anesthesia. Then they took him out to the bathroom an he pooped out something that wasn't poop.....soooooo, they wanted me to spend another couple hundred bucks to take an X-ray and see if he had a blockage. I told them, nah, lets just wait until the morning and see how he does. Whatever it was, I'm sure he's had way worse! So the next morning they call and say they think they still need to take the x-ray......ugh! FINE! SO they did and they didn't see anything........they wanted to watch him the rest of the day and see if he would quit regurgitating.
He finally got to come home that night......and OH GOODNESS is this dog gonna be a ton of work!! He feels fixed and good as new with the plate in his leg, but the bone needs to heal for 12 weeks!!!!! For 12 weeks, he cannot run, jump, play with Annie, jump on the couch or bed, etc. It's gonna be exhausting!! But we are happy that he feels well and is fixed!!!!
Here we are, very bored in the car, waiting for the to come get him for surgery. Can't go in because of COVID, so we just wait in the car until they are ready and then they come out and grab him.
And from now on......Gus no longer gets to stick his head out the window.....nose only!!!! He ruined his freedom!!
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