I'm at Cornell. Again.
I left at 1 to go to the work party, picked up DH afterwards, ran errands and was home at 5 to find Piper standing in blood with her front left leg stuck between the frame and gate of her puppy pen. I totally lost it.
I got her free, wrapped her in her blanket and then attempted to get DH back in his coat while he continued to laugh because he just didn't understand at all what was going on and thought my sobbing was laughter.
I drove to my sister's house and asked her to help me. Her husband took DH home and my nephew went up to my house to feed and potty Bella and Skittles while sis and I went to the hospital.
The doctor just spoke to me and said Piper did not break her leg. The blood came from a nail on her back foot where she must have been struggling to free herself. She has soft tissue damage to the leg, it is swollen and she is favoring it but weight bearing. She's coming home with pain meds and restricted activity.
My family didn't even know I got a puppy. I hadn't told them yet. I was going to surprise them.