Thursday, June 20, 2013

Sad Puppy

So, making a long story short.  Little puppy hurt his back.  Not sure how it happened but $310 later we have painkiller for him so he can at least sleep.  It's been a rough couple days at our house.  It started when the pup would wake up yelping like we were butchering him alive.  It happened to coincide with a thunderstorm so we thought he may have been scared.  It kept happening and we took him to an emergency vet because his belly looked distended.  We left $80 poorer and no answers.  He got worse last night and hardly slept.  The mister took him to the vet this morning and they took x rays and there were no fractures or slipped discs.  So the vet concluded he pulled a muscle.  Sent him home with tramadol and he seems better after he took a nice long nap.  Poor guy, he sounded so awful.  It was torture listening to him howl and not being able to do anything for him.  I'm hoping the next few days he will be better.  When he isn't sleeping he plays like normal but we are trying to keep him as confined as possible without making him crazy.  It's going to take a few days for him to recover.  Ugh...I hate this. 

Work has been crazy.  We had AABB (American Association of Blood Banks) and the FDA show up this week.  We knew about AABB but the FDA can show up whenever they want and that's exactly what they have done. Awesome.

Food has been boring, or in other words, exactly how it needs to be.  Exercise has been intermittent since puppy arrived and nonexistent since he has been hurt.  Sigh...life happens I suppose.

1 comment:

  1. Sorry your baby hurt himself! Sometimes it is surprisingly easy for these fast-growing, awkward large-breed puppies to slip, trip, & sprain or strain something...
    Get well soon baby!

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