Yesterday I was grateful...

Yesterday on my way home from the surgery vet - I sent thanks and praise to the heavens above.  I acknowledge that I am a very, very lucky girl in many ways.  But yesterday in something as simple as my old dog's health -- dodged a big bullet - and bill.

Let me 'splain...
As you know Shelby and her busted elbow of Christmas, things have been progressing along.  She'd been getting up and down the most used stairs (to the back yard) but we still carried her down the big steps in the house.  It's just our routine now.

ANY -- way.. she got all brave on Sunday as I was talking to the neighbors and fell down the two steps off the deck.  Of course, she landed on that freaking elbow.  Then I saw a new bump.  She didn't like me touching it.  We feared the worst, we sent pics to the ER Vet - they said as long as she was walking on it -- keep our Wednesday appointment.

That was yesterday.  I will admit I had expected the worst - more surgery - maybe after all we are talking about the laws of diminishing returns.  And of course Bubba is traveling for work...

So we arrive, go through the intake, discuss the spill of Sunday, back she goes... I break open a book - because it's what I do - and it's a good distraction - then - oh the heavens be praised - the doc comes out and says -- no big deal.  Screw was loose (make your own joke there) and it was right under her skin, 15-20 minutes with a local numb screw came out, and we were headed home. 

I said a multitude of prayers on the way home, so very grateful for that small gift.   Shelby napped. ;-)

I also figured I better send up a chest bump to the big guy up stairs because I was having very selfish thoughts about my weekend plans and how Bubba could adapt his instead of me canceling everything.  God knows my husband and the suffering that would have been brought upon him  had he had to do something not of his liking... especially because his wife didn't do it for him.   Rude I know... doesn't make it any less true.

So!  Big deal tonight is the rush to get hubby's car paid for before they close tonight - and because I don't want to go 15 miles out of my way Friday afternoon.  Call me selfish.

All righty -- back to work.