Oh dear Sadie Mae...

Me and Hali'a

the "donut" or cone #3

cone #1, eaten (don't have a pic

of the second one)

back in the day - my precious puppy!

About two weeks ago, we finally got the opportunity to have our dear Sadie Mae "fixed." I was on spring break and thought it would be the perfect time to have her surgery so I could stay home and just hang out with her. She did really well during the whole procedure, although I must say, Jeff and I almost had a freak out moment when the guy at the clinic told us he could not find our dog. (I thought Jeff was gonna punch someone :) Jeff went in and found her though, and she walked out to the car and got right in with a little nudge from dad. She literally jumped out of the car when we got home and I almost had a heart-attack. She did pretty well and stayed somewhat mellow, mellow for Sadie anyway, the first 2 or 3 days. The first day we left her alone was 4 days post surgery to go to my aunt and uncle's for the annual Easter egg hunt and party. During those two hours she managed to eat her cone and stitches out. Jeff called me and I ran home to find her guts split open. Not pretty. I was kind of freaked out because it was a holiday weekend and I knew how much it was going to cost us to take her to an emergency room - a fortune! But off we went to Fountain Valley to the nearest ER. Everyone in the office was so amazing to us and the vet there, Dr. Campos, put in her staples for free!! All we had to pay for was the pain meds he gave us and a bigger, longer cone for her head. Tender mercy right there folks, and a huge blessing for paying our tithing :) Fast forward to Tuesday nite when I got home from my parents and Jeff got back from work, and she has EATEN her cone and her staples!!! Crazy dog! Off to the ER again, and lucky us, Dr. Campos was there. He was pretty amazed at her "determination" and by the fact that the sedative/pain meds he gave us did absolutely NOTHING to her, not even a nap. We went home with a "donut," more pain meds, and muscle relaxers. He told us Sadie needed a farm and was hyperactive- no kidding :) She slept Tuesday nite for all of 6 hours, a record folks I am serious. But man oh man, do we love her to death! We are glad her and all her craziness are ours :) AND, today is her 1st birthday! We are off to the Pet Expo tomorrow (awesome!) and I am sure we will pick up tons of treats for her! More to come...