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Wednesday morning I took Lucky outside, like we do every morning. I was tossing her 'hyper' stick for her to fetch. She got about halfway to it on one throw and the just let out a scream...not not a yelp a SCREAM!
She stopped dead in her tracks and had her left hind leg held up and was trying to still get the **** stick!! She just started crying and yelping and I call her to me as I'm running to her and she's still crying and holding her leg up. I get her up the stairs and into the house still crying and I'm hollering for Shane to bring me my phone because Lucky is hurt.
I call the vet as I'm calming her down, and they ask if she stepped on a wasp...Nooo, but let me triple check her paw...nothing. So they tell me to wait 24 hours and if she's still not using it to bring her in the next day. Okay maybe I did overreact a bit, but she's hurt herself before running like that. It's always an intial yelp, a few limps and she's fine. But Okay I'll wait the 24 hours.
Three hours later she's STILL limping and I notice her foot is swelling. So I pace back and forth for a while wondering if I should call the vet back or not, finally I say "You know what, I friggin PAY them, I can annoy them as much as I want, I've probably put their kids through school in the last year with all of Sam's visits!" SO I call them and inform them that she is still in pain and her foot is now swelling, so they tell me to bring her in.
Then I can't get a hold of Shane to tell him that he needs to come with me. Lucky has SEVERE anxiety at the vet AND I had Phoenix with me. So I send him a message on AIM saying "GDI ANSWER YOUR ***** phone!"
We take Lucky to the vet and I had to carry her inside because she was so terrified, which led to me getting PEE'D all over a couple of times!
The vet comes in and starts messing with her leg, and she is just frozen and shivering as I'm holding her head near me, trying to comfort her. I'm afraid he's going to think she's not hurt as bad since she's not reacting to him moving her injured leg around. Then he helps me get her off the table and has me make her walk..rather hobble...around.
He says she ripped a ligament near her knee and she has to have surgery now. She's scheduled for surgery on Tuesday and I am a nervous wreck about it. She's been sleeping with me and Shane's been on the couch so I can keep an eye on her.
It's not the actual surgery that has me worried. Our vet is very very good and he's done this procedure 100's of times. What has me so upset is that I have to leave her there, and for ATLEAST overnight. It would bother me to be parted from any of my dogs, but Happy and Sam can cope, they do okay with strangers, let them be petted. They'll be sad I'm not there but they'll function you know? Lucky is going TO FREAK out. I tear up just thinking about having to take her in there Tuesday morning and walking out. She's not going to understand it. I'm afraid she'll hurt herself or have a heart attack or something. I asked them how long she'd be there before she's sedated for her surgery, because after that she'll be all doped up and I'm sure she'll be okay then, and I'll be there bright and early on Wednesday to get her. They told me "not too long." I expressed my concern that she'll freak out and I am afraid she'll hurt herself in the kennel and they told me they'd give her something if she gets that upset, but really that doesn't make me feel any better about it.
Is it wrong to ask to be allowed to stay with her until they sedate her? I'm completely stressing out about this. Her anxiety at home and on walks is getting so much better. I actually got her to lay down next to a motorcycle (turned off) while I gave her treats. I'm afraid me just leaving her at the vet is going to just wash all the work away!!
Am I stressing to much about this or are my concerns valid?
She stopped dead in her tracks and had her left hind leg held up and was trying to still get the **** stick!! She just started crying and yelping and I call her to me as I'm running to her and she's still crying and holding her leg up. I get her up the stairs and into the house still crying and I'm hollering for Shane to bring me my phone because Lucky is hurt.
I call the vet as I'm calming her down, and they ask if she stepped on a wasp...Nooo, but let me triple check her paw...nothing. So they tell me to wait 24 hours and if she's still not using it to bring her in the next day. Okay maybe I did overreact a bit, but she's hurt herself before running like that. It's always an intial yelp, a few limps and she's fine. But Okay I'll wait the 24 hours.
Three hours later she's STILL limping and I notice her foot is swelling. So I pace back and forth for a while wondering if I should call the vet back or not, finally I say "You know what, I friggin PAY them, I can annoy them as much as I want, I've probably put their kids through school in the last year with all of Sam's visits!" SO I call them and inform them that she is still in pain and her foot is now swelling, so they tell me to bring her in.
Then I can't get a hold of Shane to tell him that he needs to come with me. Lucky has SEVERE anxiety at the vet AND I had Phoenix with me. So I send him a message on AIM saying "GDI ANSWER YOUR ***** phone!"
We take Lucky to the vet and I had to carry her inside because she was so terrified, which led to me getting PEE'D all over a couple of times!
The vet comes in and starts messing with her leg, and she is just frozen and shivering as I'm holding her head near me, trying to comfort her. I'm afraid he's going to think she's not hurt as bad since she's not reacting to him moving her injured leg around. Then he helps me get her off the table and has me make her walk..rather hobble...around.
He says she ripped a ligament near her knee and she has to have surgery now.
She's scheduled for surgery on Tuesday and I am a nervous wreck about it. She's been sleeping with me and Shane's been on the couch so I can keep an eye on her.It's not the actual surgery that has me worried. Our vet is very very good and he's done this procedure 100's of times. What has me so upset is that I have to leave her there, and for ATLEAST overnight. It would bother me to be parted from any of my dogs, but Happy and Sam can cope, they do okay with strangers, let them be petted. They'll be sad I'm not there but they'll function you know? Lucky is going TO FREAK out. I tear up just thinking about having to take her in there Tuesday morning and walking out. She's not going to understand it. I'm afraid she'll hurt herself or have a heart attack or something. I asked them how long she'd be there before she's sedated for her surgery, because after that she'll be all doped up and I'm sure she'll be okay then, and I'll be there bright and early on Wednesday to get her. They told me "not too long." I expressed my concern that she'll freak out and I am afraid she'll hurt herself in the kennel and they told me they'd give her something if she gets that upset, but really that doesn't make me feel any better about it.
Is it wrong to ask to be allowed to stay with her until they sedate her? I'm completely stressing out about this. Her anxiety at home and on walks is getting so much better. I actually got her to lay down next to a motorcycle (turned off) while I gave her treats. I'm afraid me just leaving her at the vet is going to just wash all the work away!!
Am I stressing to much about this or are my concerns valid?
