The Big Day

Well Friday was Nelson's surgery. He got the laser for his neutering, and then he also needed to get his umbilical hernia removed too. The vet called immediatly after the surgery and said how well he did at taking the anesthesia and that the laser surgery was so great, he didn't even have one drop of blood. The umbilical hernia was, however, a little more complicated. The hernia was larger than he thought and therefore it took a little longer and he got quite a few stitches.

All in all his surgery went great, and in 10 days he gets his stitches from the hernia removed. IF he chews on his stitches he will be forced to wear a cone on his head.... :-) Hopefully he won't. Until then Nelson cannot run or jump or do anything that usually takes his energy away. So for the next few days Nelson needs to just expend his energy in other ways and last night we got him a bunch of chew toys.

Hopefully everyone has a great week and we will keep you updated on his progress.

GLOVES

Well after an incredibly exciting (scary) week, Nelson and I were able to end it with a birthday celebration for me with family, from near and far, in Lawrence this weekend. What was scary that happened? On Monday Nelson decided to grab one of my thin cotton gloves I wear at night and take off with it like he does sometimes. This time was different. This time when I ran over to him to grab it out of his mouth, I could literally see his thought process..."Mom keeps on taking this from my mouth, and that is not fun at all. If I swallow it she can't get it!! GULP" And so I watched him swallow my glove. I was terrified. The days that followed got me more worried as he seemed to get more sick and sick. Therefore, he was taken to the vet friday for xrays and although they didn't see anything, they were concerned so they gave him some pills and special food. He improved immensely, and is getting better day by day.

The weekend was fantastic, celebrating my birthday with Family and Friends. I couldn't ask for more.

This next week I have a few days off and cannot wait to clean the apt! Nelson will keep with our regular pattern of Daycare Tuesday/Thursdays which will be a little break for me :). Next Friday Nelson is getting neutered, and thanks to my wonderful parents who offered to pay the difference, he is getting neutered using the new laser surgery. Everyone keeps their fingers crossed all goes well on Oct. 17th.

With Love, Ellen & Nelson