Thursday, June 26, 2008

what a day..

so last night was probably one of the worst experiences i have had in a very long time...larry -- aka big pig -- has been sick since monday. It started out monday evening with him vomiting approximately five times -- him going to bed -- vomiting in the bed and once more the following morning...jon was pretty upset so we made an appointment at the vet and dropped him off...

GREAT NEWS --
the vet reported that even though he was pukey all his tests came back showing he was a very healthy bulldog...we were so happy knowing that it was just something that upset his little belly....

unfortunately, yesterday was a different story...after i got home from work i took the dogs out and larry had the runs...which sucks cause i have to wipe his booty...this happened one more time and then jon got home and i passed the duty off to him (im so loving, arent i??) right before bed jon took the dogs out again and came back telling me that larry was now bleeding from his butt...i got worried, but he has had that problem before and he ended up getting better the next morning...so i suggested we lay him down and if it got any worse we would take him in the next morning...

well, morning came a heck of a lot earlier than we expected...larry woke us up at 230 in the morning with a look of urgency...jon took him out...and when jon came back to the front door asking for toilet paper i knew something was wrong by the sound of his voice...i opened the front door and there was a trail of blood down the hall way...i was terrified....we both started looking up vets that we could go to at that moment...and ended up down in lynnwood at about 3 in the morning...

after about an hour there we were told that he was fine and that it was likely just a "bug" and were sent home with some more antibiotics and told to watch him -- the thing is -- hes not acting like anything is wrong...hes being larry...a hair tossing, licking, loving bundle of joy....


on a happier note -- he has been fine all day...so keep your fingers crossed that he stays that way...

i also realized something -- as we drove to the vet last night i began thinking what our lives would be like without him -- and honestly -- even though he drives me crazy -- i love that damn dog with all my heart and i would have paid anything to make sure he was okay...he is a part of our family and it absolutely kills me to see him in pain...


At work today i also had a pretty good day -- I had my interim review -- and my boss told me that i need to stop under estimating and being so hard on myself...he said that i have exceeded all his expectations and he couldnt be happier with the work i am doing...he also said he sees me going places...normally i wouldnt be so open about this -- but im currently taking a dale carnigie course (i graduate next week) and one of the things we are supposed to work on is being proud of the things we accomplish...so i thought i would share this with the world -- especially since i have been thinking about it all day... the funny thing is -- before i went into that review i told jon i was gonna kick its butt -- and he laughed and said okay (not in a mean way...but just kinda like okay nichole, good luck with that) and when i told him what my boss said he couldnt have been more proud of me...so i would also like to say thank you to jon for believing in me and helping me achieve my dreams -- i love you baby!!

1 comment:

Jessica Zevely said...

Wow, what a rough few days for the pup. I'm sorry! Hang in there, I'm sure he's now on the road to recovery. And congrats on your work news. That's awesome. Maybe one day you'll be big boss lady and hire me as your nanny and pay me big bucks :)

Did you decide on the name?