A family member of mine recently surrendered their dog of 7 years to the local vet. My wife and I have always talked about how we felt we could provide the dog with a better more stable home but never really knew how we could approach the situation without causing any unneeded drama.

Things got interesting when another family member I had stopped to visit was upset, I proceeded to ask what was wrong and got a heartbreaking story about how the dog had been surrendered to the local vet because they could not take care of her nor pay for the surgery she needed to have her bladder stones taken care of.

I wish they would have asked my wife and I to help them or take the dog we would of happily done so. My wife and I are big animals lovers we have 3 dogs and 2 cats already and sometimes its crazy but it’s well worth the enjoyment. When I found out I immediately went to the vet and asked if she had been adopted and offered to pay the $1000 to have her surgery taken care of if we could adopt her. The hardest part for me was knowing this poor dog had only known one family and was about to be given to someone else at the age of 7 it seemed heartbreaking to me to let this happen, since she knows us and loves our border collie.

The vet called me back this morning and OK’d the adoption, she is going to have her surgery on Monday and we’ll be able to pick her up on Tuesday. In the end I hope we’ll be able to provide her with a good home and the ability to run in a large yard and play with other dogs.

This is a picture of our youngest dog Cheyenne. She loves her rawhide bones and this frog toy, my wife and I call them her little “treasures” since she has one with her at all times.

Just another update on this situation. During the past two weeks I’ve had increased dull pain in my arm, spasms/cramping in my left hand and the incision is still very swollen, discolored and sensitive. It actually hurts to type because my fingers lock up and get very tired.

I go back to the doctor on Sep 05, but frankly I am not very optimistic. I’m questioning rather or not this surgery was worth it….

I am in Chicago this week for oracle workshop 2 training and figured while I was waiting, I would give the wordpress app for my iphone a test. It’s pretty slick I have to admidt.

I figured I would take a minute and update my status after 3 months. My elbow is still very tender and hurts when touched in certain ways, like if its bumped or I set it down on a table. My arm is still very stiff and the elbow is numb as well, its a odd feeling and the tingling in my pinky and ring finger still persists.

I go back to the doctor next week and we’ll see what he says, my nerve was pretty damaged and when I visited a month ago he said I would most likely still see improvement 2-5 years down the road. All-in-All I am not sure the surgery was really a total success the aching has gone away but the numbness hasn’t and that’s the part I am having trouble getting used too.

I’ll try to keep up on my updates on a more regular basis since people seem to be interested in sharing their experiences on my previous post.