A new saga begins

“If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.” 

-Peace Pilgrim

Dolly had ACL surgery yesterday.

I had no idea when this was first presented to me, how much of a process this was going to be.

Besides the cost (Don't Ask!),the recovery is a very long road.

14 days of wearing the cone of shame.

Not the worst thing in the world but clumsy,cumbersome and bulky.

Her other limitations however are quite severe.

She has a harness ,reminiscent of the one Loki wore during his last months.

She has to be helped up,walked on a leash,no running and most of al no jumping up on the furniture.

The last part is the biggie. Dolly and I share a recliner.

Thankfully, most evenings she is kind enough to allow me to use it.

She has also commandeered a large section of the sofa,including the throw cover which she balls up every evening once she has moved from our chair.

At bedtime,she lays down next to me,waits for me to remove her collar (she sleeps naked!) and falls asleep next to me.

During the night she makes her way down to the bottom of the bed where she is content to sleep until after I get out of the shower each morning.

With the new "no furniture" rule,none of the above can happen.

We have one very unhappy dog.

Part of the solution is someone will sleep on the floor next to her for the next 6 weeks. And yes , you guessed just who that someone is.

I ordered an air mattress but it will not get here for a few days. In the meantime, I have taken the cushion from the chaise part of the sectional and it will serve as my bed for the time being.

Large men sleeping on the floor.

Never a good thing.

Old men sleeping on the floor.

Even worse!

Like I said.....a new saga begins!

Now if we could just get her to pee & poop!