Amputation/surgery day. [Seconds thoughts. Are we doing the right thing? Of course we know we are, but this just plain sucks!….]

Oreo wonders why Cookie gets breakfast and she does not. Cookie doesn’t feel like eating anyway and wonders why we are leaving her home alone.

Originally, the veterinarian said we would pick Oreo up around 5:00pm. They also said they would call about noon and tell us how she was doing. At 2:00pm, I still had not heard from them so I called. Oreo was doing great but, they wanted to keep her over night due to the pain drip. My husband and I went to visit her at the clinic and bring her a blanket and her giraffe. This giraffe is her favorite toy, surprisingly because it had been missing its squeaker for about a year. Still, she will search the pile of toys until she finds her beloved giraffe. We hope it will provide her some comfort tonight, her only night away from us AND Cookie….ever.

She let out a high-pitched yelp when we saw her. My husband, whom I have known for 19 years and have never seen him cry, began to cry when he heard her yelp in pain. We have never heard her yelp before. The veterinarian sent her lymph nodes in that limb out for biopsy. The surgery had gone well and Oreo was doing fine. She would not pee for the staff – but, I told them this is not unusual for her. When we go camping, she will often ‘hold it’ until we return home. Funny dog.

It was difficult to leave her to the clinic’s care, even though I knew they would take good care of her.