Afternoon all!
Well I've had a day....The critters are fine as are the cats and majority of the dogs. All except for one. Buddy, DH's dog, blew out his knee yesterday afternoon. I had to go to dinner with the DH and his boss, so I put the dogs out and brought then in right before I left. Everyone was fine and when we got home a few hours later, Bud was non weight bearing on his left hind. Took him to the vet today and they did x-rays-again. X-rays confirmed what the vet thought it was. Darn. So now, we have options but some aren't really options. Surgery is what is needed but we can't afford it so we have other avenues to go down. We are taking it one day and one step at a time. The first thing is to keep him quiet and rest his leg and take him out only on a leash. Then if in 1-2 weeks he's exactly the same, without surgery then we will have a hard and difficult decision to make. Another option is to try a "stabilizing" boot. She (the vet) is not to thrilled with those since the fit is crucial but the boot had to be molded and then it can be hard to fit. There is another vet in the practice who has a client using one, so my vet is going to talk with the other vet to get the down low on how it's going with that other dog.
Of course, there is a good to great chance that if we some how can manage to be able to afford the surgery for one leg, the other leg will need it to. Then there is the front elbow that has issues too, and after the other surgeries, might need surgery too.The surgery is ~$2,000 per leg and he is 8. That is getting old to be putting a dog through tough surgeries and hard/long recoveries. So there is much to consider. I'm having the x-rays looked at by the Orothopedic surgeon to get her/his take on how back Bud's joints are. Then we will know more, and what to expect.
So right now, we are in "wait and see" holding pattern for the next week or so. So lots of prayers are being said here...
Welcome to all the newbies!!! Great to see you here!
Vicki-! Whoo Hoo...Sheldon did indeed say that quote. I love Big Bang. Have all the seasons on dvd. Sheldon cracks me up although half the time I just want to smack him!
Jim-meant to say yesterday, glad Dora is home and sorry about Prince...
GR-glad to hear your Boy is home....
Well, that is about it, should go fold laundry. Wanted to get everything done since tomorrow it's supposed to be around 103* with the heat index. Yuck! When will Fall and Winter get here!??! Snow already dang gummit....Grrrrr....
! Drug everything, literally, out of the coop, primed and painted the entire inside including the ceiling, cleaned the roost unit while it was drying then painted the inside a nice semigloss white. While the paint dried I gave the floor a good Oxine scrub. Hubby had to come see what I was doing and got put to work replacing the door posts and sill to fix air leaks. He then took pity on me and did the last coat of paint on the ceiling. Then it was drag everything back in, clean the windows, put the roost ladder back up and Sevin in the nest boxes, DE in the poop box and on the floor and finally new straw in the nests, new wood chips in the poop box and on the floor. Finally, place the new waterer with the duel thermostat. (Wiring for the waterer and lights goes in next week). Whew! 
I think the chili starter canning may wait til morning. Now, where did I put that ice cream????
