So long monkeybutt!!!

After almost 15 years, Lupe is now a tripawd!!!

I dropped her off with Dr. Z this morning.  The tech came to get her so I kissed her nose, scratched her ear and under her cheek and kissed that cancerous leg good bye.  Dr. Z called shortly after and said that Lupe’s blood work looked good, consistent with what we had been seeing.  She was a little dehydrated and her blood sugar was a little low, but she was getting fluids and glucose.  Dr. Z said if we were going to do the surgery it was better not to wait.  It was a quick decision…

Dr. Z called me a little before 2 to let me know Lupe got through the surgery wonderfully, no complications.  She was awake and breathing on her own.  Dr. Z was amazed at how her leg had changed from a week ago.  It was severly inflammed and must have been causing so much pain.  I spoke to her nurse a couple of hours ago and Lupe was resting comfortably, still coming out of the anethesia but we set up a time to have a video call at 9 pm.  So what they do is have the nurse and me on the phone talking about her progress while they have a video camera on Lupe so I can see her.  I should be able to see her tomorrow and hopefully she will be coming home on Saturday.

I’m overwhelmed by everything.  Driving home tonight I saw people walking their dogs and the guilt hit me along with the anger.  I guess its normally to be jealous of the monkeybutts with knowing what is happening with Lupe and I.  I’m not sure what to do to prepare for what I am going to see and how things are going to be when she comes home.  She’s still my Pooh Bear and I need to not lose sight of that and treasure the time we have as we move forward on this new road we are going down.  Wow, Lupe is tripawd and I’m a tripawd pawrent…craziness!!!