Wednesday, March 11, 2009

eva in action



here's eva in her role as mighty dog! unfortunately, she won't be fetching for a couple of weeks. she was spayed today, and there were some complications. apparently she had an old injury on her spleen that started bleeding during surgery and had to be removed. the vet said if they had not found this, she could have ruptured it in the future and bled to death internally without us ever knowing! phew, i'm thankful they caught that. poor thing threw up (from the anesthesia) three times tonight and had an accident in her crate (which hasn't happened since the first week we got her). i've done three loads of laundry from towels and blankets that got dirty, and i feel like a mom with a newborn! thankfully, she will be sleeping soundly through the night - as will i.

p.s. chris said he would like to harness the energy in her wagging tail...ge would be proud. i love my engineer!

1 comment:

Erika said...

Awww...poor Eva!!! I'm so glad they found the spleen thing and caught that! I'm impressed with her fetching skills. Hopefully she will be back up to working on them soon. And I totally agree-- having a puppy (at the beginning) was exactly like having a newborn...Lola had to be walked twice a night, etc. I seriously should have gotten some doggie maternity leave. When we were doing taxes, Matt wondered whether we could claim Lola as a dependent...I means, she certainly is costly, and she doesn't provide for herself!!