Again, you guys are wonderful and I just kept rereading the support here till I finally got tired. I did manage some sleep, but I've been up since around 4am staring at both our cell phones (we dont' have a landline). No phone call yet. I'm sure she is ok. Despite being skinny :) (her other name is skinny butt, I think my SO actually started calling her that affectionately first) she is healthy, active, and just about everyone in the vets office wants to scoop her up and heap loving on her (and believe me Ari is JUST fine with that, in fact she insists!). Though it was cute the "scolding" she got at the vets office, a few said there that they all love her and love seeing her, but they DO NOT want to see her back after this until her vaccines are due! Sheesh with the two diareah episode we battled with her early on (turned out to be diet related it seemed) and her hurt leg it's been eventful to say the least - and Ari's been a regular customer (plus too the frequent puppy vaccine shots).
It really is times like this when it hits you hard just how much our dogs mean to us. We've had Ari barely 3 months, but it took her mmm maybe a few seconds to secure herself firmly in my heart. After all when i scooped her up and held her in my lap on the ride home, with her kissing my hands and face and looking at the both of us with such trust - well how can anyone not fall instantly in love!
The emergency clinic did suggest care credit, but we'd rather use up our savings that we have right now and just pay it. We'll manage. If I lose my job Monday, I can always find something quick. Heck I'll even learn waitressing if I have to (I worked 2 years as a cashier/food prep while finishing my degree up in VT at a major chain family resturaunt - and waitressing is the last thing I'd like to do lol). Either way, what matters above all to me is Ari. I'm just glad my SO feels the same - b/c I know not everyone feels the same way I do. I got one comment, that she's just a dog and I'm being over dramatic about her symptoms and then when I came back saying she needed expensive surgery again that one person said she's just a dog.
I walked away, b/c I really just wanted to slap the person and I'm NOT a violent person by nature. Let me tell you about my "just a" dog Ari, she greets me with such enthusiam in the morning that I can't help but giggle even though I'm usually pretty out of it when I first wake up. She gets soooo excited for any car rides that heck even I like 'em more myself now too. Everything is new and exciting and fun to her and I see things in a new light too. I find myself watching her chasing after butterflies on the beach and everything in me relaxes and I grin like an idiot. People on the street are starting to look like potential nice people to me since well Ari demands to meet everyone and HONOR them with kisses galore. Normally I look at everyone and just shy away. She's my snuggle bum at night and she never judges me, forgives me quickly for being "just a human" and is really one of my best buddies. She brightens my day, and is my daily reminder to take care of my emotional self - b/c she will pick up on it so despite right now being a wreck I have been doing noticible better with riding stress out and relaxing myself.
How can I deny my furry buddy the best care I can give her? She entrusts me for her well being, her safety, and that's a responsiblity I don't take lightly and she gives back to me far more than I think I give to her!
But, I'm definitively preaching to the choir here :)
After this, Miss Ari is NOT allowed to scare me like this....well at least for a good long while. New house rule :) And gah, if the clinic doesn't call soon, I'm going to become one of THOSE people calling and checking in every 5 minutes. But I do know they said her surgery wasn't going to happen till later last night - so I'm going to try to be a good patient person and trust I will hear good news soon.