Sophie...

This is my precious Sophie Lynn. She fills our house with, joy, love, and some frustrations now and then. As everyone knows, there comes a time in a dog's life, when their owner has to make a decsion, to fix, or not to fix. Well, typically this is done before the dog, or cat for that matter, is between 4 and 6 months old. Sadly, at on September 29, 2008 Sophie will be 6 months old. This means that I had to deciede, to fix or not to fix. Sophie is my baby, I decided that she didn't need to have babies of her own, so fixed it is. Yesterday was the big day. She went under the knife. It did work out well, though because I didn't have my 7:30 class, so I was able to take her to the vet yesterday morning, and then I just left judging practice early to pick her up. Well, when I got there the poor thing wasn't even all the way awake yet. Actually they said they just went and woke her up for me. Poor thing, her eyes were cloudy, and her tounge was hanging out, she looked so miserable! One of the girls went and put her in my front seat, and there she went back to sleep, and didn't even fight it when I brought food into the truck or anything, just just laid there. Well, finally we get home, and I put her in my chair until I was ready to sit with her. After doing a few things around the house, we sat in my chair together since Nick was at a fishing tournament. That went just fine until about 7:30, then it started. She started getting sick. I called my mom to see if that was normal, not that she would know, but still, she might! Mom said she thought it was, so we just waited it out, until she did it again. So yet another phone call to my mom. By the time I finished that phone call and we just decided I should call the vet and ask, poor Sophie got sick again. Yes, this is 3 times now. We called the vet and he said to give her some Pepto Bismol, and watcher her through the night, if it got worse, or she wasn't normal in the morning to have her back in Girard at 8:00. Of course we didn't have any Pepto Bismol in our house, and Nick is gone, Mom and Dad are gone, and Sophie is sick. We called good ole' Aunty Jennifer and Ryan. They came to her rescue! They went to the store, bought some Pepto Bismol and then brought it all the way out to us!! What a good Aunt and Cousin! We gave her that as the vet directed and by about 10:00 Sophie had stopped. She was still dry-heaving--I think, but not as miserable. Sophie and I slept on the couch, and this morning, her eyes were more clear, she seemed more alert, and in less pain. I hope to find a back to normal Sophie when I go home on my lunch hour. But needless to say, yesterday was a heartbreaking day for all, and we hope for a better Friday and a better weekend!!