i've got some catching up to do...

week 19
If anyone is still checking this blog I owe you an apology, I haven't updated in a dogs age!

Let's see where did I leave off? Ah yes, the new vet and the ear mites... Well, an appointment was set for Lucky to get her pins out shortly thereafter. If my memory serves me right it was on the 19th of September. Unfortunately the vet forgot to tell me he was going on vacation and the appointment had to be moved to the 26th. We went up to my parents house in Breck (that's where the vet is) a couple days early. On the 25th me and Marc went out to lunch and left the dogs with my parents. We were on the way home when the cell phone rang. Marc answered it and said "no, your kidding" I immediately thought one of them had been hit by a car. Marc hung up the phone and said "don't worry, Lucky just pulled her pins out." WHAT, WHAT, WHAT? Yes, it's true my big lucky dog rushed for the door and got the apparatus caught on the bottom lock on my parents front door. The pins apparently came right out and ricocheted back into the dining room landing squarely at my brother's feet. My mom grabbed lucky, afraid that she would run away and didn't know the pins had come out until my brother yelled "MOM THE PINS!" Lucky didn't seem to be phased but they got her into the car and took her straight to the vet. In case you missed it this is one day before she was scheduled to get them out!! We met my mom and brother at the vet and we were all laughing in disbelief. Not only did she seem to be perfectly fine but I'm pretty sure she saved me some serious bucks. The vet took x-rays and sure enough she was perfectly fine. The only thing he said was that she should be kept calm because it still was not completely healed. He said to come back in 4 weeks for a final x-ray. Keeping a fetch-loving black lab calm is not an easy task. I'll admit after the first couple weeks I let her run and chase the ball, but I think it helped her heal faster. Four weeks came and went and I had to change the appointment to one week later. Finally on the 29th of September, Lucky was pronounced "all better". Her leg was about 90% healed. The vet said considering her break it had healed nicely, her leg turns out to the side just a touch now, but I think it makes her look like a ballerina...