She must know snowmen aren't usually here in Nashville!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
A Mini Me!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
I love Saturdays.....
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Supper Time..
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Chillin' on a Tuesday
Sunday, June 14, 2009
That bone is here somewhere......
When I look in on her she looks up at me with the bone in her mouth...too cute!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
On the Road Again....
I'm having a few procedures; my nails done, facial, porcelain veneers, and a tummy tuck! Not really, just my big girl surgery and a dental. My foster mom says it is all part of being a retired racer. I had my first check up at the surgeon also, I am good to go for another 2 weeks. Yeah!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Happy Sunday!
Saturday, June 6, 2009
A New Adventure
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Heidi is in her foster home
Heidi comes out of surgery!
YEA! Heidi appears to have done really well. So far, so good. She seems more upbeat and happy than she did on Monday when we dropped her off.
OK, as a point of interest, we generally do not use E Collars with greyhounds. The dogs are really accustomed to wearing a kennel muzzle, and tolerate them well; whereas, the E Collar can be very disconcerting for them. If, however, a hound licks incessantly on bandaging, the use of a stool guard in combination with the muzzle would be necessary.
I am guardedly optimistic. :)
Ann-Marie met me at the Orthopedist's so that she could get the low down on Heidi's recovery care - though Ann-Marie and Jim have cared for more than their fair share of post surgical dogs. Thank you SOOOO MUCH Ann-Marie and Jim for offering to care for this girl!! Please keep us appraised of her progress.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Heidi's Sugery
When Dr Beckman walked in, after introducing himself and realizing that he and I had been across the table before (first with my Parents' Flat Coated Retriever with a Radius/Ulna Fracture) then with my own Greyhound for a consultation on a poor hock fix, the very next words out of his mouth were "has this hound been drugged already?" For indeed, Heidi was being my very favorite type of greyhound... VERY calm, cool and collected. ***Perfect***
We had a very thorough conversation about Heidi's problems. He removed the bandage, palpated and flexed the hock then removed himself, and Heidi, for a couple of X-rays. When he came back, we looked those over, and he explained where the problems were.
He took her directly into surgery as I was leaving. The post operative phone call made everything sound pretty good. He was pleased with how things came out, and we can pick her up on Wednesday to begin the next step on her road to retirement.