Hi everyone.  I've lurked here for awhile, but I suppose I've never really introduced myself or my dog, Jack.  I'm Jill...Jack's name started out as a joke and ended up sticking.

Jack came to me as a puppy with a crooked leg from a rescue.  We've tried correcting it a few times and our last attempt ended in failure; the vet and I decided that amputation was the best course.  He went into surgery yesterday and came home today.  I've gone through such a range of emotion, but I think the main one has been relief.  It's so good to just not have to deal with this any more and to be absolutely sure that Jack is now pain free (or will be once everything is completely healed).

We've got a lot ahead of us but I'm not worried about what's going to come...this place has so much information and everyone is so supportive here...that's really made the difference, I think. 🙂

I have more at Jack's blog, including pictures, http://jackjack.....ome-today/

We'll take it day by day like everyone else, although I won't lie...I am making one small plan.  I think we can win the local Halloween costume event this year if Jack goes as a pirate... 😉

Editting to add!  I didn't really introduce myself either...so focused on my amazing Tripawd.  I'm a researcher at the University of Texas.  Have a master's degree in endocrinology and working in a neurobiology lab at the moment...still trying to figure out what I want my PhD in (and pay off student loans).  Jack has taken care of me from the moment I brought him home - from scaring off someone threatening to knock down our door in a bad apartment complex we lived in for a month to helping me make sure the sheep didn't escape their pens during feeding when I was in graduate school.