We visited Angel yesterday and will take her home today.  She was still sleepy from the drugs.  She tried to stand on her leg and cried.  She's been through so much.  They put a metal plate and 6 screws in her pelvis.  There was a Y-shaped break right on the cup that holds the head of femur.  She has a 3 inch incision there and they closed up the smaller flesh wound with staples.  They can bend her leg without hurting her and they say she'll have full range of motion after everything heals.  I can't believe everything she's been through.  She also faces the amputation in a few weeks and wound care every few days at the hospital.  They're going to try close the large wound as much as they can, but are waiting til the wound is in the best shape possible so they don't close in any infection. 

It has now been 2 weeks since the accident.  I am wondering if I made the best decision for her after all these surgeries and more to come.  Of course we're not turning back now.  She's a fighter and wants to live.  I would take all her pain if I could.  It breaks my heart.  The total bill for what has been done so far is $7700.  We've taken out a personal loan and racked up the credit cards b/c we don't have any money in savings (we just bought a house in December).  But my mom always says 'you can't take it with you' and even though money will be tight for next 2 years I'd hate myself if we didn't try everything possible to save Angel.  And knowing the possibility of her surviving, I couldn't let her go.  I love her so much.  I know she'll die sometime but I don't want to lose her yet.  When we didn't know in those first few days if she would live, I just wanted to go to sleep forever it hurt so much.  But I had to be strong for our 5 other fur babies. 

I'll let ya'll know how she does tonight.  Also I need some advice- I plan on taking off work tomorrow so will have 3 days with her.  She can't get around on her own yet, so should I take off more next week?

Thank you.  We need everyone's prayers through all this.  I have a lot of sick time accrued but I'm scared to use it then get called out on it.  I'm coming to work Saturday for 1/2 day and worked all day last Saturday (to prepare for Angel coming home), so I have some comp time.  I have almost 4 days of vacation.  I'm thinking of doing 1/2 days next week using my vacation.  Then my husband is done teaching after next week and will be with her all day.  The ladies in the office are not nice people and I get crap from them if I'm actually sick and stay home!  My husband says to ignore them, they give everyone crap.  We'll figure it out so she won't be alone for too long at a time. 

I'm so happy she's coming home but feel overwhelmed with everything.  God, my hubby and all of you are my support; God knows I'm not strong enough to do it alone.  I heard  there's a chat this Saturday night, I really hope to get on that. 

I can't thank ya'll enough (can you tell we're in Texas!).  God bless you.

Hi everyone,

My hubby took Angel to the vet to get her bandages changed.  The doc said 1 more little peice of the skin flap is dying, but that's OK.  He said she's doing so good, he wants to do the amputation Monday or Tues!  She just amazes me.  She likes to sit outside for a bit, then when she gets tired I bring her in.  She hasn't cried at all and is putting a little weight on her new hip.  We just try to keep her quiet and keep her from licking her wounds.  I found out she likes hamburger with rice, but only if it's mixed up.  She really likes mashed potatoes and chicken.  She shared some of Brandon's breakfast burrito this morning.  Whatever dog(s) are with us when we feed Angel get the benefit of sharing her food, so they are pretty happy about that!  Well, I'll let ya'll know what happens!

Hi Everyone!

Angel came home yesterday.  Yeaaaah!   She is doing soooo good.  They amputated her right rear leg mid-femur.  They didn't staple her wound shut (on her side) bc they think it will continue to heal from the outside in.  So we'll be bringing her in every 2-3 days for bandage changes.  Her stump looks good, just a lot of fluid collected there.  They sent her home with a little cart.  But my hubby picked her up and I can't figure out how they got her in the cart!  She has strict orders not the use the leg that had surgery on it last week (broken pelvis).  She can use her cart twice a day for 10-15 minutes.  She has been a little groggy, but when she's awake she's alert.  She seems very comfortable and will lay on both sides.  (I was worried about which side she'd lay on cause one's the pelvis/hip surgery and the other's the amputation.)  She's doing better than I could have imagined. 

I emailed the vet at the ER bc he had taken some pics of her that 1st night.  I got them yesterday.  They are horrendous.  I don't know how she survived.  The skin that was torn off was about 6x8  inches (on a tiny poodle!).   Her little paw was twisted off and hanging by skin.  She's my miracle girl. 

I'll send in a few pics of her and her new tripawdness! 

Love and prayers to you all!