Sunday, August 24, 2008

Hanging in there...

Well, this weekend has been devoted to taking care of Tanner and keeping him comfortable. He's really been a trooper so far under the circumstances. I can honestly say now that Nick and I know what it's like to be sleep deprived because "our baby" wouldn't sleep. Between the two of us we have had to trade off during the night checking on Tanner and trying to get him to sleep and stay off his leg. After the first night, I went back to the vet and got pills to sedate him because he was having such a hard time. Once they kick in, we all can sleep! I was the lucky one this morning about 4am when I was on the couch with Tanner that got peed on...don't laugh! Tanner was so out of it he was still sleeping and besides, how can you get mad at the poor guy when he looks so pitiful. Anyway, Tanner would like to share with you how he feels...Mon. morning we go to get the cast off.


"this lamp shade collar stinks, can't even scratch my itch. good thing my dad can help me out."


"get me out of here!"


"finally getting to rest with mom on the couch."


"can't wait to get this thing off my leg!"

Friday, August 22, 2008

Post-Surgery

So far so good! We picked him up this afternoon. He wasn't happy about being introduced to his new environment.

Check out his "little" cast with paw prints on it, cute but just pitiful along with the e-collar.
It wasn't long before he ended up here...and no, it's not breaking the recovery rules.

Poor thing! The cast comes off Mon. We'll keep you posted.

last days with a bum leg

We really felt bad about Tanner's surgery...so we loved on him and played with him so much extra this week leading up to Thurs. (Just incase you're wondering, Tanner's surgery was to fix his knee cap and the bones around it on his back right leg.)


This is what the living room looked like all week...


He has lots of favorites but this one is extra special because he knows it's wolfpack red! Not kidding...if you say go get the red one, he goes right to it.


Wed. night I think he knew something was up because he wanted to sit all by himself.


He's gotten several "get well" gifts too! We're thankful that our friends and family think a lot of Tanner like we do.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

27!


I loved my ice cream cake, mom knew if it had flip flops, it would be perfect for me. Too cute!


Me, Mom and Dad


Nick got me a new chair to relax in for the deck...can't wait to enjoy it!

I celebrated all weekend and Monday (my actual birthday). We enjoyed dinner with Nick's parents on Friday night, lunch with Nanny on Sat., dinner with my parents on Sat. night, and dinner on Mon. night with Jonathan. I'm blessed to be a part of such a loving family!

sick puppy

It's been an interesting time around the Babbs' house. Tanner had a huge reaction to his rabies shot. After several vet visits and a trip to the emergency vet at 12am, we've decided he's not getting any more shots. Poor little guy has had a rough time this past week. He's finally starting to get back to normal...too bad he's scheduled to have surgery on his back right leg next thurs. I told Nick he's giving us good practice, but this is hard! The worst part is he doesn't even know what's going on and why. I guess it's some form of "tough love".